Yikes! What’s all this about ACA Operating Rules???
By Angela Reynolds on March 7, 2013
Did you know that if you’re a HIPAA-covered entity, you could be faced with hefty fines if you’re not compliant with Phase I of the ACA Operating Rules by April 1, 2013? If you’re still a little hazy on the ACA Operating Rules requirements, we can help. Regardless of where you’re at now, our deep [...]
Category: Business Process Automation, Consulting Services, Corporate Blog, HCIM Blog, Industry Blog, Industry News, Information Technology, Recent News
HCIM Welcomes Ryan Maciej as a Professional Project Consultant
By Angela Reynolds on September 12, 2012
HCIM is pleased to announce the addition of Ryan Maciej (pronounced “ma-chee” like “bocce” ball) to our Professional Consulting team. He recently finished a long-term QNXT implementation where he served as a Business Analyst and is now busy putting the knowledge and experience he gained from that project to good use for another QNXT client. [...]
Category: Consulting Services, Corporate Blog, HCIM Blog, HCIM's Culture
The ICD-10 Deadline is Officially Delayed until Oct. 2014!
By Angela Reynolds on August 24, 2012
It’s official! The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today that the ICD-10 compliance deadline will be delayed one year, from Oct. 1, 2013, to Oct. 1, 2014. While this announcement will likely be frustrating and potentially costly for those who were already on track for the Oct. 2013 deadline, the deadline delay [...]
Category: Consulting Services, Corporate Blog, HCIM Blog, ICD-10 Resource Center, Industry Blog, Industry News
SymKey for QNXT Benefit and Contract Loader Utilities
By Angela Reynolds on June 27, 2012
A recent Q-User’s Group (QUG) email about Provider Contract setup forms sparked interest in HCIM’s automated Benefit Plan and Provider Contract Loader utilities. These utilities seamlessly interact with the QNXT user interface to build benefits/contracts using a spreadsheet template and SymKey’s advanced automation engine, eliminating manual entry for the consistent and accurate loading of benefits [...]
Category: Business Process Automation, Consulting Services, Corporate Blog, HCIM Blog, HCIM's Solutions, Industry Blog, SymKey
04/03/2012: HCIM Transforms the Face of Consulting
By Angela Reynolds on April 3, 2012
HCIM is propelling consultant interviews into the 21st century by allowing clients to screen their experienced professional consultants via HCIM’s exclusive virtual interview process. Using video conferencing, clients can interview potential consulting resources just as they would in a traditional face-to-face interview.
Category: Consulting Services, Cool Things I've Seen, Corporate Blog, Did You Know?, HCIM Blog, HCIM's Solutions, Industry Blog, Industry News, News Room, Press Releases, Recent News
HCIM Issues Groundbreaking Performance Assurance Pledge
By Jeffrey M. Hall on March 25, 2011
HCIM has just raised the bar in healthcare payer consulting services with a groundbreaking Performance Assurance pledge. We pledge to deliver professional, competent, and affordable consulting services to the agreed-upon specifications or fix it at no additional charge. This means that clients will never be charged more than the price they were quoted for their [...]
Category: Consulting Services, Industry News, News Room
Implementing Successful Health Care Payer Core Claims System Conversions
By Gregory K. Merica on January 3, 2011
Over the span of my career, I have led or been involved in numerous system installations and conversions. It seems like each project involves an out of date or unsupported primary/legacy system that needs to be replaced, which means that a new and exciting system is waiting out there to improve the client’s productivity. As [...]
Category: Consulting Services, Corporate Blog, HCIM's Solutions
Successful Joint ikaSystems Implementation/MC400 History Conversion Project
By Angela Reynolds on June 30, 2010
HCIM and IBA Healthcare Consultants, Inc. teamed up to bring a new client live with ikaSystems in only 60 days, which included converting the client’s historical data from a legacy MC400 system. This joint implementation effort successfully created over 1,300 benefit plans, migrated over 2,000 providers along with their related contracts, and migrated multiple years [...]
Category: Consulting Services, Corporate Blog, HCIM's Solutions, News Room
Don’t miss out on Business Process Automation Opportunities
By Michael E. Wilson on June 2, 2010
I recently visited one of our current SymKey® for EZ-CAP® clients in the Midwest. We met with our client’s COO for a couple of hours on a Monday morning. She shared with us the exciting activities and long term strategies that their organization has been working on in their efforts of continuous improvement and striving to bring [...]
Category: Business Process Automation, Consulting Services, Corporate Blog, Did You Know?, HCIM's Solutions, Industry Blog, SymKey
Can BPA help you ditch the Sticky Notes?
By Michael E. Wilson on May 20, 2010
During my time spent as an Operations Manager, I remember that my claims processors had sticky notes all over their monitors and cheat sheets that they would use to remind them of manual or special processes for certain providers or members. Not everyone had the same sticky notes, nor did they all have the same handwritten [...]
Category: Business Process Automation, Consulting Services, Corporate Blog, HCIM's Solutions, Industry Blog, SymKey
