AFFILIATIONS
MGMA Project SwipeIT
InstaMed pledges its support for the Medical Group Management Association's (MGMA) Project SwipeIT. This industry-wide initiative is intended to build coalescence among insurers, vendors and providers in order to drive the creation and adoption of standardized, machine readable patient ID cards by January 1, 2010. MGMA currently estimates that broad use of such technology would result in combined annual savings of one billion dollars for physician groups and hospitals.
WEDI
InstaMed is a member of the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), which is dedicated to improving healthcare through Electronic Commerce.
Medical Banking Project
InstaMed is a member of the Medical Banking Project, which drives to lower healthcare costs by researching and facilitating cross-industry models that optimize banking resources for healthcare.
Electronic Payments Network
InstaMed uses the Electronic Payments Network ACH Association Services, which provides accurate, timely and useful ACH information.
HBMA
InstaMed is a member and corporate sponsor of the Healthcare Billing & Management Association, which is dedicated to educating and supporting the needs of third-party billing organizations within the healthcare industry.
Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange Phase II
InstaMed is CORE® Phase II certified (the CAQH® Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange) for its InstaMed Platform and Network product. The CORE rules address data critical to the healthcare revenue cycle, including patient eligibility and benefits, patient financial liability for various service types, patient deductibles/co-pays and patient accumulators. These rules also cover specific requirements for exchanging that information, including system connectivity, system availability, patient identification, claim status, maximum response times (batch and real-time) and the consistent use of standard acknowledgements. Phase II certification allows InstaMed to deliver increased access to a significantly expanded set of consistent patient administrative information in response to electronic inquiries, such as real-time eligibility and claim status. This data is critical to initiating and completing the healthcare payment cycle. The Phase II rules build on the Phase I rules, with additional rules for patient identifiers, patient accumulators, claims status and connectivity. The Phase II rules also require patient financial responsibility for an increased number of service codes.
AHIP
InstaMed is an AHIP Solutions Partner. AHIP (America's Health Insurance Plans) is the national association representing approximately 1,300 health insurance plans providing coverage to more than 200 million Americans. AHIP's goal is to provide a unified voice for the health insurance industry, to expand access to high quality, cost-effective healthcare to all Americans and to ensure Americans' financial security through robust insurance markets, product flexibility and innovation, and an abundance of consumer choice.
ASC X12
ASC X12 brings together business and industry professionals in a cross-industry forum to develop and support electronic data exchange standards and related documents for the national and international marketplace to enhance business processes, reduce costs and expand organizational reach.