IVANS

As the healthcare industry tries to rein in cost, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) has launched several audit programs to reclaim incorrect payments from healthcare providers.

Many organizations have found that meeting audit program deadlines can be challenging and costly. It takes time and money to copy, print, package, ship, and track thousands of pages of audit documentation. To help minimize the audit burden, IVANS is part of a selected group engaged by CMS to initiate its electronic submission of Medical Documentation (esMD) program.

IVANS LIME™ AuditDocs enables providers to send medical documents electronically to Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs) and Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) under the esMD program. AuditDocs helps you:

1. Save time and money on document submission
2. Process requests faster to meet audit deadlines within HIPAA guidelines
3. Track the audit process more accurately and reliably
4. Reduce document handling errors

AuditDocs is an easy-to-use, pay-as-you-go solution, leveraging IVANS LIME™ Health Information Exchange platform, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' CONNECT software, and Nationwide Health Information Network standards. Every day, healthcare organizations across the nation rely on IVANS to simplify their health information exchange.

Key Benefits:

• Reduce Risk – Ensuring your audit documentation is securely sent and received by auditors within tight audit deadlines
  
  
• Minimize the burden on your staff – Providing an easy-to-use solution that can significantly reduce staff time spent on audits
  
  
• Decrease expense – Helping you cut down on printing and shipping costs, while giving you the ability to pay only for the document submission services you use

Service Features:

• Easy, real-time document submission – Offering quick solution implementation and on-demand electronic document submission through our IVANS LIME Portal web application
  
  
• Detailed tracking – Including confirmation that your documents were sent and received by CMS
  
  
• Document archiving – Providing up to 36 months of audit document archiving to ensure your documentation is readily available throughout the audit process
  
  
• Secure, HIPAA-compliant data network – Leveraging government-approved standards, including the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services CONNECT software and Nationwide Health Information Network
  
  
• Flexible technology platform – Enabling you to send .PDF and .TIF documents from virtually any practice management system, electronic health records software, document management system, or scanner that supports these formats
  
  
• Accessible, knowledgeable customer support – Including assistance via phone, live chat, and email with your questions

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• Medicare Access