Process Consulting Services

Besides Echo's software solutions, we can also provide your organization with consultative services to help your agency be more successful.  At the heart of these services is the Process Impact Study.

The Process Impact Study is a three-day onsite preliminary analysis of process delivery to discover inconsistencies regarding organizational structure, breakdowns in communication, ambiguous process controls, lack of core job understanding and their financial ramifications.

Typically the three-day site visit examines a cross section of the most widely utilized service delivery systems to understand trends and workflows. The customer can further define the focus of the Process Impact Study to target specific programs, locations and areas of inquiry with the time available. Longer on-site reviews can be arranged if necessary.

Once a thorough review of the organizational service delivery processes is completed, Echo staff will produce an Organizational Process Impact Study document that includes the following content areas: flowcharting of reviewed clinical and/or reimbursement processes, application utilization, re-design recommendations and techniques to improve inefficiencies. The document will be useful to a variety of stakeholders concerned with organizational processes including management staff and Echo Team members.

During this preliminary visit, Echo will review the following:

Scheduling
Intake Services
Client file structure
Clinical processes
Billing processes
Accounting processes
Existing Hardware Configuration
Existing Infrastructure

Time required for this visit:

3 days on site
3 days summary preparation/evaluation

Onsite analysis may include:

Clinical Billing

Scheduling
Electronic Charting
Case Reporting
Notes
Regulatory and Pay source reporting
Best Practices

Production (process) of billing submissions
Methodologies
Workflow
State Specific billing and submissions
Financial Information Systems
Payor Sources
Profile of Payment History
Analysis of receivables
G/L System
A/R System
Service Profile
Systems requiring Interface(s)
Systems Requiring “Conversion”
Staffing Expertise
Coverage for Maintenance
Hours of Coverage
Technology Identification of Reporting Requirements
Infrastructure Review
Workstation Review
Server Review
Enabling Technology Review
Operating System(s)
Database Platform
Hardware Infrastructure
Internet Connectivity
External (Corporate, Federal, State, Other)
Internal (Within Organization)

The Echo Group offers a wide variety of services to help our customers be successful including process consulting, implementation management, and transaction management.  If you would like to learn more about our products or services, please contact us at 1.800.635.8209 or Email Us.

   
             

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