Case Studies

Sentara Healthcare streamlines workflow
In 2008, Sentara decided to leverage the internal IT expertise of Optum™ in conjunction with Sentara staff to develop an entirely new interface to allow Sentara to optimize use of its Epic software and the Optum LYNX ED Charging Application to maintain critical consistencies in revenue, documentation, and compliance without a duplication of effort.

CHRISTUS Health attains profitable outpatient charging compliance
Capturing ED facility evaluation and management (E/M) visit level charge can be a daunting task, and one that required the time of 35 nurses at Medcenter One, a 232-bed hospital in North Dakota. Using the Optum LYNX ED Charging Application, Medcenter One improved charging accuracy, reduced reporting time, and had a significant increase in net revenue.

Medcenter One attains charging consistency and realizes $29 per patient revenue increase
Capturing ED facility evaluation and management (E/M) visit level charge can be a daunting task, and one that required the time of 35 nurses at Medcenter One, a 232-bed hospital in North Dakota. Using the Optum LYNX ED Charging Application, Medcenter One improved charging accuracy, reduced reporting time, and had a significant increase in net revenue.

Case Study on a Physician that has used CareTracker to meet Meaningful Use Requirements
With the Ingenix CareTracker EHR system and its unique Meaningful Use Dashboard, Dr. Foreman has met Phase 1 Meaningful Use guidelines, and qualified for Medicare health IT incentive payments.

Comprehensive Health Services Case Study
Comprehensive Health Services Reduces Costs for Its Customers, Improves Health Care for Clinic Visitors, and Exceeds Performance Metrics with Ingenix Solution:  CHS has been using the comprehensive solution from Ingenix, including data warehousing, analytics, benchmarks, and support, to more effectively provide health care services at its clinics, reduce costs for its customers, gauge the performance of its clinics, and provide improved program management.

State University Health System Implements Innovative Cost Stabilization Approach, Increases Cash Reserves by More than $42 Million over Three Years with the Help of Ingenix Employer Advisory Services
With the help of Employer Advisory Services, the state university health system and a managed care company implemented a unique medical management approach carved out from their medical claims administrator. They created a select network, providing care reimbursed at 100 percent for those who use select network providers.

Peak Wellness Center Improves Productivity, Reduces Turnaround Time for Payments, and Increases Revenues with Ingenix Transaction Exchange for EDI
Peak Wellness Center staff no longer need to print and manually mail several thousand forms and statements every month, improving overall productivity.

Credentials Verification Case Studies
Case studies: Examples of how Ingenix Credentials Verification streamlines the entire credentialing process for health plans by helping to gather, verify, review, and archive provider credentials.

Trumbull Medical Practice Reduces Costs, Increases Revenue per Patient, and Improves Patient Care With Ingenix CareTracker
Trumbull Medical Practice will gain a cumulative, projected five-year net benefit of $224,655 from the use of Ingenix CareTracker, due to savings in licensing costs and revenue increases.

Providence Case Study
Providence Property & Casualty Insurance Company Improves Productivity and EDI Compliance Rates, Gains Nearly $375,000 in Benefits With Ingenix WorkComp.NET and EDI Auto Triggers

Medica Partners with OptumInsight and Gains $8.6 Million in Benefits from OptumInsight Subrogation Services
Using OptumInsight Subrogation Services, Medica will see a cumulative five-year net benefit of $8,617,818, with a return on investment of 51%, and a payback period of 13 months

Directories Online A Case Study – Client: A large national health plan
Case study: A large national health plan offered provider information to its members in the form of hard-copy provider directories. Creating, producing and distributing the directories was an expensive, time-consuming process that often resulted in outdat...