AzHHA's Service Corporation Delivers
We Are Here For You!
The purpose of the AzHHA Service Corporation is to provide products and services that member hospitals find valuable. Revenues from these products and services are then used to help support advocacy efforts and programs on behalf of Arizona hospital members.
AzHHA's Service Corporation strives to give members access to the resources, services and products they require to address myriad needs ranging from information management to healthcare workforce challenges.
Member Needs Drive AzHHA's Preferred Vendor Relationships
AzHHA Service Corporation Preferred Vendors earn this valued designation by undergoing a thorough evaluation conducted by Association members who serve on the Preferred Vendor Committee.
Preferred Vendor Monthly Spotlight
"Stat Doctors" Getting Better Just Got Easier
The Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association Service Corporation is pleased to announce our newest preferred vendor “Stat Doctors”. The Service Corporation understands your need to keep employee healthcare cost under control. Please take a minute to review this important new offering.
As you know, the cost of insuring employees keeps escalating, rising at nearly twice the rate of inflation. At the same time, over 70% of Americans do not have ready access to their primary care physicians. The STAT DOCTORS™ eHealth service was specifically designed to address these gaps in our healthcare system.
STAT DOCTORS™ provides your employees direct and immediate access to care for common medical conditions thus reducing urgent care and emergency department visits. Whether at work, on vacation, traveling for business, or at home in the middle of the night with a sick child, quality healthcare is only a few clicks or a phone call away, 24 hours 7 days a week.
STAT DOCTORS™ also reduces healthcare expenses for companies and patients by redirecting routine emergency room and urgent care visits to our team of on-call physicians.
- STAT DOCTORS™ is the only eHealth provider using a national network of board certified emergency room physicians as the first access point for patients.
- Visits are conducted over the internet using webcam technology or via phone.
- Many non-emergency illnesses can be accurately diagnosed and treated, including cold and flu, respiratory problems, rashes, sprains, vomiting, UTI, ear aches, throat infections, etc.
- Physicians prescribe via eScript directly to the employee’s preferred pharmacy.
- All records are HIPPA compliant and confidential.
- STAT DOCTORS™ increases employee satisfaction, improves productivity and reduces absenteeism.
- The STAT DOCTORS™ solution reduces insurance and healthcare costs over time, and is projected to provide positive ROI within a few months following implementation.
For more information, please visit our website at www.statdoctors.com or contact Jon Svendsen, Vice President of Sales, at either jsvendsen@stathealthservices.com or 480-949-1117, extension 102.
You can also contact John Koeneke, Director Servcie Corportation, at 602-445-4300 or jkoeneke@azhha.org
Preferred Vendor Listing
The following list contains the rest of our Preferred Vendors that have been approved by the Preferred Vendor Committee and offer AzHHA members specially negotiated packages:
Provista
AzHHA Service Corporation is now partnered with Provista, one of the nation’s leading Group Purchasing
Organizations, to help you save money on your healthcare purchasing needs. This partnership has been
formed for the benefit of AzHHA members and will enable you to realize significant savings through a
comprehensive portfolio of contracts and services covering more than 90 percent of your supply chain
spend. AzHHA members have “no fee” access to the nearly $40 billion in purchasing power of Provista’s
supply contracting company, Novation, with no mandated participation levels. Voluntary commitment
and no membership fees means you’ll have quick, easy access to the broadest, most competitive group
purchasing portfolio in the country.
For more information about Provista contact George Hartpence (Provista), R.Ph. at 972.910.6695 or
email ghartpen@provista.com or contact John Koeneke
(AzHHA Service Corporation) at 602.445.4313 or email
jkoeneke@azhha.org
www.provistaco.com
Employee Retirement Plans & Fiduciary Advisory Services
Customized employee retirement plans (401(k), 403(b), DB) are the hallmark of PensionTrend thirty
years of experience. With unique insight into best practices of hospital retirement plans, PensionTrend places intensive value on the customer experience with ongoing education, investment
advice as an independent fiduciary agent ((ERISA Section 3(21) or 3(38) Fiduciary), and a customer relationship
team of specialists. As an independent, unbiased and fee-based fiduciary, PensionTrend works on
behalf of hospital boards and committees to provide independent guidance, education and compliance services. Pension Trend clients can focus on caring for patients while Pension Trend focuses on caring for your staff's retirement future.
“PensionTrend, Inc. is affiliated with PensionTrend Investment Advisers, LLC, a Registered Investment Adviser. Services described above may be performed by one, or both, companies.”
For more information visit Pension Trend at www.PTadvisers.com or contact Jon Murray at 480-366-5820 or murrayj@pensiontrend.com
Information about the AzHHA Service Corporation disclosure can be accessed here.
STAT DOCTORS: Getting Better Just Got Easier
STAT DOCTORS™ is an innovative e-health service that provides a “virtual house call” and your employee
immediate access to board certified emergency medicine physicians for the diagnosis and treatment of common
minor medical conditions. Currently being offered to employers, third party administrators (TPAs) and insurance
carriers as a supplemental health benefit STAT DOCTORS results in reduced emergency room and urgent care
utilization and direct cost savings. In addition to connecting a patient with a board certified emergency
medicine physician, we offer our members electronic health records storage and maintenance and the electronic
fulfillment of prescriptions. Our STAT DOCTORS service is optimized to use the Internet and advanced web-based
and mobile technologies to deliver our e-health service.
Developed by emergency physicians, STAT DOCTORS understands healthcare and is the e-health provider of choice
for healthcare organizations. Whether at work, on vacation, traveling for business, or at home in the middle
of the night with a sick child, quality healthcare is only a few clicks or a phone call away, 24 hours 7 days
a week.
For more information, please visit our website at www.statdoctors.com or
contact Jon Svendsen, Vice President of Sales, at either
jsvendsen@stathealthservices.com or 480-949-1117, extension 102.
CorVel Corporation
CorVel Corporation provides Claims Administration for Workers’ Comp, Property, Liability and Auto.
CorVel offers an innovative approach to claims administration. The integrated service model
controls claims at inception by advocating at the onset of the injury to decrease claims administration costs and shorten the
length of disability. CorVel's tailored, proactive service model for health care facilities
allows more control over your claims program and will significantly reduce your program costs, including administrative fees,
medical costs and indemnity reserves. From initial claim prioritization through payment resolution and employee return to work,
CorVel offers the most comprehensive solution for your workers’ compensation and liability
program.
Please contact Brian Ventre (Southwest District VP) @ brian_ventre@corvel.com or 602.288.2007
CorVel’s innovative services help you manage your risk and stay ahead of your costs.
MD Ranger
MD Ranger is a new subscription service providing benchmark data on hospital-physician contracting arrangements. MD Ranger will assist hospitals with assuring competitive compensation for physician service agreements; containing costs; and assuring compliance with federal Stark, Anti-kickback and tax requirements, as well as the new Disclosure of Financial Reporting Relationships requirement from CMS. For more information visit www.mdranger.com. or contact Robin Pam at (650) 692-8873.
ARMSRx
ARMSRx Pharmacy Benefit Savings
ARMSRx has partnered with AzHHA to assist members in achieving savings in their prescription drug benefit plans. AzHHA offers access to the PBM program that ARMSRx developed and has implemented successfully for hospitals and employers in many other states including New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Tennessee. ARMSRx is serving as AzHHA’s pharmacy benefit experts. The program has demonstrated impressive negative to very low trends for the majority of their hospital clients. ARMSRx leveraged this unparalleled program on over 100,000 lives and it is now available to self-funded hospitals of all sizes. In addition, AzHHA member organizations also has the ability to obtain savings comparisons and other pharmacy consulting services from ARMSRx at no additional charge. For more information about ARMSRx, visit www.armsrx.com or call Wende Ward at 513-313-7756 (wende@armsrx.com).
Commerce Bank
Automated A/P Solution, will reduce your hospitals costs and risk, maximize A/P float time and significantly increase revenue-share through their solution. Commerce Bank’s “ControlPay” advanced (CPA) works with existing accounting systems and provides easier reconciliation while offering suppliers more acceptance options. The advantages of “ControlPay” Advanced include: Replacing paper checks with electronic payment through the Visa® network, retains your current processes and procedures, create a new revenue stream for AzHHA members. www.commercebank.com/controlpayadvancedap
The more suppliers you have enrolled in the automated payment process, the more payments you can move from a check writing process to an electronic Visa® payment process, thereby increasing the cash back revenue share your hospital will earn. Vendor enrollment is the key to their program’s success. Therefore, Commerce offers a dedicated team to enroll your suppliers, thus helping increase your volume.
For more information, contact John Koeneke manager of business development at AzHHA at 602 445-4313 jkoeneke@azhha.org, or contact Joseph Noll with Commerce Bank, joseph.noll@commercebank.com , or direct at (623) 465-2944 for consultation on how this solution can benefit your hospital and suppliers.
Adreima (Formerly Known as Advanced Reimbursement Management)
Advocacy for Reimbursement Matters
Adreima advocates for hospitals nationwide, providing eligibility and revenue cycle management services
supported by a deep knowledge of state-specific issues and unparalleled in-house expertise. Our know-how
and commitment to customer service improves financial performance and builds long-term trusting partnerships.
Adreima’s unique ability to synthesize data and measure outcomes is an added benefit to our clients. We
present information in a meaningful way to assist hospitals with compliance, risk reduction and process
improvement.
Our suite of services includes:
Eligibility Services
Facilitation of uninsured patient application and enrollment in Medicaid, Disability and other Government
programs
Receivables Management
Comprehensive account management from initial billing through account resolution for all claim types
Denials Management
Resolution of denied claims to recover additional revenue for the hospital.
Post-Payment Recovery
Analysis of paid, zero balance, accounts to identify underpayments, recover additional reimbursements and facilitate payment
Clinical Auditing
Utilizing technical, clinical and legal resources to review and audit challenging accounts that may be a product of systemic issues
For more information about Adreima, please contact Tim Robertson at 602-744-0140 or trobertson@adreima.com
Visit www.adreima.com
Vision Care Direct
Vision Care Direct is a payment plan managed by independent eye care practitioners who have formed
a statewide association of peers to deliver affordable, high-quality eye care DIRECTLY to the community.
Local doctors in each state volunteer their time to manage the plan in cooperation with Vision Care Direct
marketing and administrative personnel. Vision Care Direct doctors believe that patients want the kind of
high-quality health care they can expect from independent eye care professionals. They are committed to giving
patients access to the highest quality of eye-health care, and doing what they've been trained to do: care for
patients!
For more information or to enroll online, please contact Charlie Devlin @ 602.617.5080 or devlinc@yahoo.com visit Vision Care Direct @ www.visioncaredirect.com or call 877-823-2552.
AzHealthjobs.com
The Arizona Hospital Association has joined the National HealthCare Career Network (NHCN) to expand our healthcare
career opportunity listings and related services. The NHCN partnership brings together the best sources of highly
qualified talent from leading professional and trade associations representing members skilled in all sectors of
healthcare. In addition to our regular member services, we now offer thousands of local and nationwide healthcare
job listings, career development services, and thousands’ of active resumes.
Reach high-quality candidates through AzHHA's Career Center and their alliance with the National Healthcare Career
Network (NHCN). The NHCN links job boards of leading healthcare associations – the preferred resource for healthcare
talent. Save time and expand your recruitment reach by posting your healthcare opportunities with the AzHealthjobs and to the NCHN with one click!
For more information contact John Koeneke at (602) 445-4331 or jkoeneke@azhha.org
Job Applicant Screening Program
Hospitals and health systems can tap into this Arizona agency to access a wealth of information, ranging from prior work history to verification of education to criminal backgrounds on potential employees. This program screens out applicants inappropriate to work in a healthcare setting, thereby reducing liability risks and enhancing job placement decisions. Visit www.universalbackground.com for more information or contact Alan Lasky at (877) 263-8033 ext. 3215
Language Interpretation Services
InSync Interpreters provides over-the-phone interpreting services to facilities nationwide. Every call is answered by a live person. There are no passcodes or language codes to remember. Customers simply call a toll free number. A live coordinator will ask a few simple questions, get an interpreter online, conference in any additional parties, then leave you, the interpreter and patient online to finish the call. Visit www.insyncinterpreters.com for more information or contact Tim Ormond at (866) 501-2022.
Phoenix Benefits
Save Time and Money with Online Benefit Administration
This new system takes a manually-intense process off the plate of the human resource manager and simplifies the day-to-day administration of employee benefits. Using an online system that can consolidate all employee information for each carrier into one location, it eliminates duplication while also providing extensive reporting capabilities. Other Adavantages include:
- Employees and HR specialist have 24/7 access, whenever an Internet connection is available -at work, at home or on the road
- Integration with virtually all existing carriers and payroll systems
- Weekly updates are sent electronically to carriers and payroll to help reduce, oe even eliminate, dat entry and improve data accuracy
For an online demonstration please contact: Karl Jenkins @ 602.443.2444 or email: karl@phxben.com
Facilities Development - Large & Small Projects
To our clients, it’s an extraordinary event. To us, it’s all in a day’s work. For almost a quarter century, clients have turned to FDI (Facilities Development, Inc.) for expertise in medical equipment technology planning, transition/occupancy planning, procurement, logistics and operations modeling/simulation services. FDI specializes in helping our clients navigate through the complex intricacies of large and small projects. We offer services from the design phase through occupancy for healthcare facility construction and expansion projects. Visit us www.fdiplan.com or contact Larry Leisberg at 602-382-7000 or lleisberg@fdiplan.com
Registry Program www.azhharegistry.com
Member hospitals and health systems can participate in this program to secure high quality supplemental staff at competitive rates. Both local per diem and traveling staff are available through this cooperative purchasing program that is focused on quality and patient safety. For more information, contact John Koeneke, Director - Service Corporation, at 602-445-4300, ext. 4313 or e-mail jkoeneke@azzhha.org
Salary Survey Program
"WageWatch provides compensation data, salary and wage rates online to human resourse professionals, hiring managers and executives. The Arizona Healthcare Survey covers over 175 management, clinical, professional, technical, and support positions, including those in: patient care services, dianostic laboratory, radiation oncology, rehabilitation, medical administration, pharmacy, housekeeping, general administration, human resources, information technoloy, food service, finance and more.Visit www.wagewatch.com or contact Randy Pullen at WageWatch 888-330-9243 Ext. 210 to schedule a demonstration of the product.
Staffing Solutions - International
O'Grady Peyton International, the international division of AMN Healthcare, specializes in helping clients recruit highly qualified, licensed international nurses who are interested in relocating to America and becoming a member of your nursing staff. Visit www.ogradypeyton.com for more information. contact Information: Sinead Carbery at (912) 352-0684 or Sinead.Carbery@ogradypeyton.com
SkillSurvey
SkillSurvey is the leading provider of Web 2.0 reference assessment solutions that increase quality of hire and improve
recruiting efficiency. Using SkillSurvey, organizations improve the quantity and quality of information they collect
regarding a candidate’s past work performance, providing better information to recruiters and hiring managers as they
make decisions on new hires. SkillSurvey also significantly reduces time and money spent on reference checking. This
breakthrough, patent-pending approach to reference assessments is based on over 25 years of research in job
competency modeling. More information is available at www.skillsurvey.com.
or contact John Koeneke Director-Service Corporation @ 602.445.4313 jkoeneke@azhha.org
Staffing Solutions - Permanent Physician Placement
Established in 1987, Merritt, Hawkins & Associates is the nation's leading physician search and consulting firm. Through offices in Dallas, Atlanta, Salt Lake City and Irvine, California that employ over 950 people, Merritt, Hawkins & Associates works in all 50 states recruiting physicians in all specialties, as well as select allied health care professionals.If you have any questions or need additional information, contact John Koeneke at 602-445-4300, ext. 4313 or email jkoeneke@azhha.org
Staffing Solutions - Temporary Physician Placement
Staff Care is the nation's leading locum tenens staffing firm, matching physicians in all specialties and CRNAs on a temporary basis with hospitals, medical groups, occupational medical clinics, individual practitioners, network, psychiatric facilities, government institutions and managed care entities. Staff Care is renowned for the superior level of service afforded to healthcare providers and medical facilities. Visit www.staffcare.com for more information. contact Information: John Koeneke @ 602.445.4313 jkoeneke@azhha.org
Telecom Utility Services
AuditHead, LLC specializes in the recovery of errors and overcharges in utility and telecom bills including power, phone, data, cell phone and pager bills. Founded by former senior executives from the telecom, energy and technology sectors, the company has worked on hundreds of hospitals nationwide. Our industry experts also offer insider insight on competitive rates and what you "should" be paying. Our process is systems-driven and is fast, flexible and requires little effort on your part. We only get paid if we save you money. For additional information contact : John Ivey at 303.285.9060 or visit www.audithead.com
Unemployment Compensation Control
Hospitals and health systems can help manage unemployment compensation costs with the aid of this program. A team of professionals from a nationally known company provides statistical data, court representation and claims expertise. Visit www.talx.com for more information. Contact infromation: Esther Kritz (702) 565-8053 or ekritz@talx.com
Workers' Compensation
Through this association-sponsored dividend program, hospitals and health systems insured for workers' compensation through the State Compensation Fund can earn additional dividends based on the experience of the group. For more information, contact Jim Haynes, vice president and chief financial officer, at 602-445-4300, ext. 4308 or e-mail jhaynes@azhha.org, or contact Tod Dennis at 602.631.2810 email: tdennis@scfaz.com or visit www.scfaz.com
Peer Review - West Virginia Hospital Association Critical Access Hospital Network Peer Review
Rural communities need a safe learning environment for objective, retrospective and
prospective reviews of medical cases with a strong emphasis on confidentiality. The West Virginia Hospital Association Critical Access Hospital Network Peer Review Service is an effective and economical option for small rural and critical access hospitals to improve patient care by identifying opportunities to improve the process and delivery of patient care. The West Virginia Hospital Association Critical Access Hospital Network Peer Review Service provides just such an opportunity. To reduce costs, professionals or peers at participating hospitals perform external peer review. Through this service, we offer a true peer-to-peer rural, objective and confidential medical opinion, based on review of medical records. Peer physicians not only share opinions, but also personal learnings, current information and education related to the case reviewed. The West Virginia Hospital Association CAH Network believes creating a safe peer-to-peer learning network, with physicians supporting physicians, is beneficial to improve the safety and quality of patient care delivery. Please contact Dianna Iobst at 304-344-9744 or diobst@wvha.org for more information.