Cheryl, I respectfully disagree. It seems your facility has determined that the provider dictionary is best handled by the billing department and that is great. However the provider dictionary has a lot to do with credentialing. It also has a lot to do with Admissions, Lab, Pharmacy, OR, Order Entry, Departmental, EDM, POM, Abstracting, etc.
I would venture to guess that a majority of organizations have the provider dictionary additions done by credentialing. They (should) have all the correct information on the physicians and if they don't it is their job to get it. We set up an advisory group to set policies and procedures concerning the provider dictionary. The group included the module coordinators for several of the aforementioned departments. In this way we were able to have accurate information entered by the credentialing office in a consistent format. Fortunately for us our credentialing office is responsive to the need to have providers entered quickly when necessary. If they were haphazard as another post reported theirs are, they would have to find another position. -- Bill Palmer Information Systems Financial Coordinator Mid-Columbia Medical Center The Dalles, OR 97058 541-296-7417 >>> On 5/23/2007 at 7:38 am, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Long, Cheryl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We have this process in place, but it is not haphazard at all. We auto print > a report to the individual responsible for that aspect of the provider > dictionary. What I mean by that is, there is a staff person in B/AR assigned > to this part of provider dictionary entries. Since these entries have > nothing to do with credentialing and everything to do with billing, the > billing staff take an active role in getting that information, entering it > into the provider dictionary and correcting the acct in ADM. > We have not experienced any issues with the process up to this point anyway. > Please call if you have questions. (Hi Liz) > > Cheryl Long, RN > Systems Analyst > Howard Young Health Care > PO Box 470 > 240 Maple Street > Woodruff, WI 54568 > ph (715) 356-8728 > fax (715) 356-8076 > > > > _____ > > From: Blitz, Elizabeth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2007 2:46 PM > To: Julie Carlson; Meditech-L (E-mail) > Subject: RE: [MEDITECH-L] RE: PROVIDER NOT IN MIS PROVIDER DICTIONARY > > > > Please post answers to the L as we are experiencing this exact same issue. > Thanks! > > > > Thanks, > > Liz > > _____ > > From: meditech-l@mtusers.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Julie Carlson > Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 4:29 PM > To: Meditech-L (E-mail) > Subject: [MEDITECH-L] RE: PROVIDER NOT IN MIS PROVIDER DICTIONARY > > > > Hello L-list, > > We frequently have patients who present to Admitting to register for > outpatient Labs or Imaging studies ordered by a physician or provider who > has not yet been entered into our MIS Provider dictionary. For the longest > time we have used a generic "OTHER" as the ordering physician (in order to > get the patient registered and taken care of quickly), with research and > Provider dictionary entries made by our Medical Staff Office after the fact, > and sometimes rather 'haphazardly' at that. Because of the late entries, RAD > reports often do not get sent to the ordering provider (but get 'sent' > somehow to Dr Other), and with the new requirement for NPI numbers and > claims potentially rejecting for no NPI, among other things, we know we need > to find a solution to this situation. > > > > Is this situation experienced by any of you? If so, how does your process > work? I'd welcome any suggestions, comments, or ideas.....by the way, we are > Magic 5.5 SR3. Thanks in advance for any input, > > > > Julie Carlson > > Meditech Systems Analyst > > Cascade Valley Hospital and Clinics > > Arlington, WA 98223 > > (360)435-2133 ext 5017 > > > > > > > > **************************************************************************** > ** > > DISCLAIMER - > > Email is not considered secure. Confidentiality risks are assumed by > choosing to communicate with Cascade Valley Hospital and Clinics by email. > The information contained in this e-mail is confidential, privileged, or > otherwise protected from disclosure. It is intended only for the use of the > authorized individual as indicated in the e-mail. Any unauthorized > disclosure, copying, distribution or taking of any action based on the > contents of this material is strictly prohibited. Please do not rely on > e-mail to communicate health concerns or confidential information. 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