SMART Code Scrubbing
Birmingham, AL (February 8, 2011) - Practices that use AccelaSMART think of it as the brainpower of White Plume Technologies' ePASS solutions. The powerful coding resolution engine found in AccelaSMART scrubs encounters for potential errors before posting the charges into a practice management system.
AccelaSMART is just one offering in an innovative suite of products that evolved from White Plume's ground breaking charge capture and coding system—CodeScan. Upgrading from CodeScan to AccelaSMART allows practices to receive charge information regardless of how it is captured by the provider.
Charges captured on paper can be automatically scanned by AccelaSCAN before being electronically reviewed for correct coding. If providers choose to capture charges electronically in an office setting, AccelaCAPTURE offers the elegant simplicity of "paper under glass"—an electronic version of the practice's encounter form. AccelaPASS allows physicians who are using EMR's to make sure that a step forward in the clinical automation of the practice does not result in a step backward in the automation of a practice's finances. Finally, using AccelaMOBILE, physicians can manage their rounding lists and productively capture charges in any setting, in or outside of the office.
AccelaSMART gives users the ability to automate custom edits that apply to their practice including specific practice and physician preferences. Say goodbye to the "sticky note" rules shared by billing office staff. Quarterly updates ensure that AccelaSMART users always have the latest LCD and NCD rules, CCI edits, and Medical Necessity Guidelines. In fact, between April and May 2011 users benefited from updates to 12,000 LCD policies, 20,000 CCI edit changes, and the addition of 90,000 CPT codes.
Rules-based management creates an automated workflow engine for coding resolution and saves substantial amounts of time and money. During the "scrubbing process" AccelaSMART eliminates bundling errors, missed modifiers, CPT and ICD matchups, and insurance differences.
"AccelaSMART has been amazingly effective. The custom edit capability allows us to focus on existing problems and then add on as we indentify new ones," Gordon Barlow, Consulting Practice Manager of Augusta Eye Associates in Waynesboro, VA.
About White Plume
Established in 1999, White Plume develops innovative technology solutions that help over 7,000 U.S. physicians eliminate major productivity barriers, from patient encounter to clean claim submission. To learn more about White Plume and its solutions, visit www.whiteplume.com.
