3M Health Information Systems delivers comprehensive software and consulting services to help organizations worldwide improve documentation, quality, and financial performance across the healthcare continuum. 3M offers integrated solutions for transcription, speech recognition, clinical documentation improvement, documentation management, computer-assisted coding, quality, and revenue cycle management, effectively meeting the industry’s changing needs. With 25 years of healthcare experience and expertise, 3M works as a trusted and stable business partner to provide reliable implementation, training, and support services. http://solutions.3m.com/HIS

AHA Solutions, Inc. is a resource to hospitals pursuing operational excellence. As an American Hospital Association (AHA) member service, AHA Solutions collaborates with hospital leaders and market consultants to conduct product due diligence and identify solutions to hospital challenges in the areas of finance, human resources, patient flow and technology. As a subsidiary of the AHA, the organization convenes people with like interests for knowledge sharing centered on timely information and research. www.aha-solutions.org

AHA Solutions is proud to reinvest its profits in the AHA mission: creating healthier communities.

AHIA is the only professional organization for healthcare auditors. We are an international, non-profit organization whose purpose is to fulfill the professional and educational needs of healthcare auditors. AHIA promotes excellence in its members, their institutions and the healthcare internal audit and compliance profession through the sharing of ideas and information, as well as educational opportunities. Be a part of AHIA as we achieve excellence in our profession and for our healthcare institutions. Visit our website at www.AHIA.org.

Having timely, practical information is the best way to identify and reduce your Medicare, Medicaid and HIPAA compliance risks while minimizing time, expense and disruption to your organization. Atlantic Information Services, Inc. offers easy-to-implement guidance, including: The HCCA-AIS Medicaid Compliance News, Medicare Part D Compliance News, Report on Medicare Compliance, Report on Patient Privacy, and A Guide to Auditing Health Care Billing Practices. Visit http://www.aishealth.com/AISCompliance.html for complete details and to order.

BESLER Consulting – improving the health of the healthcare community through unmatched solutions.  Our professional team of Compliance and Reimbursement experts will enable your Organization to efficiently ensure compliance in high risk areas without the challenges of internal audits.  BESLER Consulting can provide your Organization with assistance in completing your 2010 compliance plan.  We have identified potential risk areas that have been targeted by the OIG and other Regulatory agencies.  For more information, please visit our website:  www.besler.com.

BNA's Health Law Resource Center(TM) is the most comprehensive source for health law -- in one easy to use site It merges BNA's unparalleled news coverage and analysis with research tools, primary sources and the most significant health law cases, to create one place for all your health law information and research. The Health Law Resource Center includes news and analysis from our premier Health Care Fraud Report, covering a broad range of fraud and compliance issues impacting the private insurance industry, managed care organizations, and the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

BridgeFront provides innovative, online education on compliance, risk management, medical billing, clinical topics (CEU), management training and communicating skills. Featuring the benefits of cloud computing, our e-learning courses deliver proven, quantifiable results. With nothing to install or maintain, your company can be enrolled and learning in a matter of days. Join more than 10,000 organizations that have already discovered BridgeFront's e-learning and the care you deserve. www.bridgefront.com

Krieg DeVault LLP, a full-service corporate lawfirm, in addition to its other health care consulting services, provides healthcare compliance education using entertaining monthly picture strips on health law and compliance issues featuring Captain Integrity. Krieg DeVault represents clients throughout the country in all facets of health law and compliance. The firm's legal services incorporate hospitals and health systems, large physician groups, home health agencies, academic medical centers and other health care providers. For more information, visit www.kriegdevault.com.

Certiphi Screening® provides compliance screening services exclusively to the healthcare community. Our services include state-of-the-art OIG/EPLS and healthcare sanctions screening via our SanctionsBase.com  web tool; employee and applicant background checks; full-service fingerprinting; integrated electronic I-9 and E-Verify services; occupational health screening and Department of Transportation (DOT) compliance services. Certiphi® is the only company whose applicant screening services have been endorsed by the American Hospital Association. To learn more, visit the Certiphi website at www.certiphi.com.

LarsonAllen LLP is a nationally recognized professional service firm that provides business advisory, consulting, assurance, accounting, and tax services, with extensive expertise in health care.  Internal audit and information technology audit and consulting services are two service specializations, among many.  Our consultants and specialists offer a wealth of customized services, including:  risk assessments, network penetration testing, outsourced or co-sourced internal audits, information technology audits, and security awareness training, just to name a few.  www.larsonallen.com

The Coding Network provides four primary products: remote coding services (ongoing or temporary), coding compliance reviews, coding helpline services and physician documentation training. Our U.S. based certified coder/auditors provide services in 55 medical specialties in 49 states, 55 academic institutions, 120 billing companies and numerous community-based practices and facilities. Visit our website at www.codingnetwork.com.

Compliance 360 is the leading provider of enterprise governance, risk management and compliance solutions for healthcare providers.  With these solutions, healthcare providers reduce risks, improve efficiencies and protect their brands using a single platform to address their comprehensive GRC requirements.  The Compliance 360 solution for healthcare addresses the need for policy management, centralized regulatory management, Joint Commission Accreditation, corporate integrity agreements, adverse-event management, contract management, Medicare CMS RAC audits, self assessments, and enterprise risk management.

Compliance Concepts, Inc. (CCI) was established to help organizations create a controlled environment that reinforces the commitment of the organization to compliance. This is accomplished through utilizing CCI’s highly trained healthcare consulting staff, ComplianceLine, a 24-Hour Reporting Hotline service, and SanctionCheck, a cumulative searchable fraud and exclusions database. For more information, visit www.ComplianceConcepts.com.

Coding StrategiesSM is your complete source for auditing, education, reference tools and consulting services.  CSI consultants have extensive healthcare business experience and are the experts at tackling the challenges healthcare professionals face daily, such as operational, coding, compliance and reimbursement issues.  We are educators at heart. Therefore, many of our services revolve around training and providing reference tools because we believe disseminating accurate information is one of the best ways we can serve the healthcare community. www.codingstrategies.com

Conifer Compliance Solutions provides a robust suite of ethics and compliance services including consulting, systems, training, and coding audits. Conifer Compliance Solutions has practical experience in the operation of ethics and compliance programs that meet the requirements of OIG guidance and the program requirements often mandated under Corporate Integrity Agreements. A division of Tenet Healthcare, Conifer Compliance Solutions currently operates the multi-faceted ethics and compliance program for Tenet Healthcare’s 50 hospitals, 90 ambulatory surgery centers and 95 physician practices. Our offerings include compliance due diligence for acquisitions, advanced tools for conducting annual risk assessments, integrating compliance and quality program components, measuring program operations, compliance personnel placement and reporting compliance activities to key stakeholders. Our experts will provide practical and tested solutions for your compliance program.

CCC, the rights licensing experts, is a global rights broker for the world’s most sought after materials, including millions of in- and out-of-print books, journals, newspapers, magazines, images, blogs and ebooks.  Founded in 1978 as a not-for-profit organization, CCC provides smart solutions that simplify the licensing of content that lets businesses and academic institutions quickly get permission to use copyright-protected materials, while compensating publishers and content creators for the use of their works.  For more information, visit www.copyright.com

HIPAA Security compliance enforcement is here. How would you score your organization's readiness for a CMS audit? CynergisTek is a leading provider of information security management, regulatory compliance and IT audit solutions for the healthcare industry. We will work with you to accomplish your compliance requirements and objectives in a manner that contributes positively to business operations. Visit us at www.cynergistek.com to learn more about our compliance monitoring and management programs, data loss prevention solutions and eDiscovery readiness services. www.cynergistek.com

Debix is the technology leader in the identity protection market.  OnCall™ Credit Monitoring, the proprietary mobile voice application developed by Debix, makes identity protection actionable for consumers, and 9 out of 10 privacy experts prefer Debix over ordinary credit monitoring.  Debix offers comprehensive Data Breach Response Solutions.  Leading healthcare organizations, including 6 of the top 10 managed care companies, work with Debix to protect their brands and customers in the event of a data breach. www.debix.com

As Deloitte’s Health Sciences Practice, our mission is to help our clients bring discoveries to life and improve the quality of care while creating and sustaining long-term, bottom-line success.  Drawing on more than 70 years of proven industry experience and the innovation, knowledge, and commitment of more than 2,700 professionals, we provide a complete range of audit, tax, consulting, and financial advisory services across all segments of the industry.  To learn more, visit www.deloitte.com/us/healthsciences.

eHealthcareIT offers a new generation of customizable, engaging and comprehensive Corporate Compliance & HIPAA Compliance online learning events that encompass over 80 courses covering hundreds of department specific, mission critical topics. The content is written, monitored, and updated by industry leading subject matter experts with operational expertise: PricewaterhouseCoopers. Functional training coupled with healthcares only “Bulletproof” rated eLearning system offers eHealthcareIT clients dependable training solutions.

Additional training available includes: HFMA: Billing, Finance, Avoiding Claims Denial, and Cost Control, Coding, and Disaster Preparedness training. www.ehealthcareit.com ;info@ehealthcareit.com; 1-800-806-0874.

EpsteinBeckerGreen has been at the forefront of health care law for more than 35 years, taking the lead in understanding, interpreting and shaping laws and regulations that affect the health care and life sciences industry. EpsteinBeckerGreen attorneys have experience providing complete corporate compliance program legal services that are tailored to the size of the organization and the nature of the business. For more information on the firm's practice and experiences assisting client's with their corporate compliance programs, please visit www.ebglaw.com.

Executive Health Resources (EHR), The Physician Advisor Company™, is the leading provider of medical necessity compliance solutions to 1,500+ hospitals. EHR’s Physician Advisors are specially-trained in CMS regulations, have real-time access to clinical and regulatory intelligence, and leverage EHR’s database of 2.5 million medical necessity reviews. To learn more visit www.ehrdocs.com or call 877-EHR-DOCS.  

FairWarning® is the inventor and global leader in appliance-based software solutions which monitor and protect patient privacy in electronic health records enabling healthcare providers to confidentially connect physicians, clinics, patients and affiliates. FairWarning®'s turn-key privacy auditing solutions are compatible with healthcare applications from every major vendor. Customers consider FairWarning® privacy auditing solutions essential for compliance with healthcare privacy regulations such as ARRA HITECH, HIPAA, California SB 541 and AB 211, and other state laws. www.FairWarning.com

ForensiCorp provides litigation support services exclusively to attorneys who litigate healthcare cases. We offer plaintiff and defense counsel involved in civil and criminal proceedings with unparalleled resources for addressing a broad spectrum of legal concerns. Our team of experienced professionals has deep subject matter expertise in the areas of accounting and finance, regulatory compliance, Medicare/Medicaid coding and billing, statistical sampling protocols, as well as all facets of cost reporting, cost allocation issues and drug pricing matters. www.forensicorp.net

The George Washington University’s Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Corporate Compliance:  This CCB-accredited program provides a comprehensive corporate compliance education for current or aspiring corporate compliance officers.  The 12 credit program can be completed in seven months with two short in-class residencies in Alexandria, VA and an interactive distance learning segment in-between.  Students have unparalleled access to experts in the field, including former regulators and policymakers, as well as legislators, patient advocates and other compliance professionals. 
1-800-Join GWU or www.nearyou.gwu.edu/hcc.

Global Compliance is the leading provider of outsourced ethics and compliance programs, and the only provider that can deliver the comprehensive products and services that facilitate OIG requirements. We currently serve 440+ health care clients, and are uniquely positioned to deliver solutions that mitigate financial, legal, and reputational harm and increase employee, patient, and stakeholder confidence. www.globalcompliance.com

• Code of Conduct
• Ethics/Compliance Hotlines
• Case Management
• Analytics/Benchmarking
• Awareness Campaigns
• Online Training
• Instructor-led Training
• Ethics/Compliance Risk Assessments
• Ethics/Compliance Program Evaluations

GNYHA Ventures, Inc. and technical partner Bluemark, are pleased to announce the release of TRACKer™ PRO, the next generation of TRACKer ™. While TRACker™ remains the premier solution available today to manage all Medicare fee for service audits including the RAC program, TRACKer™ PRO is a comprehensive audit and compliance toolset designed to assist providers in managing the entire spectrum of audits including Medicare, Medicaid as well as commercial payers. www.gnyhaventures.com

Hall Render provides organizations in the highly regulated health care industry with full service legal representation. From the time William S. Hall founded the firm in 1967, Hall Render has focused its practice in health law and is now recognized as one of the nation's preeminent health law firms. With more than 160 attorneys, Hall Render represents over 500 organizations, including hospitals and health systems, physician practices, life science firms and non-profit organizations. www.hallrender.com

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SYSTEM FOR MANAGING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. 
HCCS provides online compliance and competency training courses and learning management systems to healthcare facilities. HCCS has provided over 2.5 million hours of training to hospitals, teaching facilities, medical schools, health plans and other healthcare entities. The HCCS Compliance Learning Library contains expert training content in the areas of Medicare, Medicaid, HIPAA, Research, and Quality Compliance. The HCCS HLPTM is a healthcare specific Learning Management System. www.hccs.com

HCPro offers information and training solutions for your toughest regulatory compliance challenges, including the powerful MedicareFind database. MedicareFind  can help you to quickly and intuitively find Medicare rules and regulations.  Ask us about the best-selling HCPro audioconferences and Boot Camps, including the Medicare Boot Camps for Hospitals, Certified Coder Boot Camps, and CDI Boot Camp.  HCPro also offers custom education and regulatory monitoring services through our Revenue Cycle Institute including the Medicare Membership program. For more information, visit www.hcmarketplace.com.

The Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) is the nation’s leading organization serving the needs of health care compliance professionals by providing education and resources for effective compliance programs. Recognized for its Annual Compliance Institute, HCCA offers a wide array of conferences and training programs at the local and national level.

Resources for compliance professionals are provided through HCCA’s website, www.hcca-info.org and its publication, Compliance Today. Annual dues for individuals are $295 and include: monthly mailings of Compliance Today, access to Member’s only feature on the HCCA website, and discounts on HCCA conferences and products. Visit us at www.hcca-info.org,
or call us at 1-888-580-8373.

HealthCare Appraisers, a nationally recognized valuation and consulting firm, provides services exclusively to the healthcare industry, including: Fair Market Value opinions for compensation and service arrangements (e.g., employment, ED call coverage, medical directorships, collection guarantees, equipment lease/use arrangements, and service/co-management arrangements); Business Valuation (e.g., ASCs, hospitals, dialysis centers, home health, diagnostic/ treatment facilities, physician practices, and intangible assets); Consulting and Advisory Services; and Litigation Support.

Delray Beach • Denver • Dallas • Chicago
Tel: (561) 330-3488
 www.HealthCareAppraisers.com

Health Endeavors provides 24/7 web-based software solutions for hospitals and physicians.  We offer integrated solutions for conflict of interest management, physician non-monetary comp tracking, contract & entity information management, medical director hours/time studies tracking, training center for staff, physicians and board members, submission of online questions and note audits to certified coders for analysis, credentialing document management, ACO resources and physician alignment solutions.  We are uniquely different as we provide a one-stop 24/7 solution. www.healthendeavors.com

HealthPort is a leading provider of healthcare information technology serving more than 10,000 healthcare facilities, 44,000 physicians and millions of requestors nationwide.  State of the art technology and a commitment to deliver exemplary service makes HealthPort the largest provider of release of information services and the premiere choice for RAC management and technology. HealthPort’s products and services optimize the flow of information, improve communication and increase the quality of care. Visit www.healthport.com or call 800-737-2585

Since 2001, Health Revenue Assurance Associates (HRAA) has been a leading solutions provider for Health Information Management through: Compliance-focused Outpatient and Inpatient coding and documentation audits; Education programs; Chargemaster reviews; APC AuditorProTM and DRG AuditorProTM internal auditing software technology. As 2013 approaches, HRAA is poised to be the leading provider of ICD-10-CM/PCS education and coding services for all US based hospitals.  HRAA will provides a comprehensive transition solution the includes education, coding resources while client staff is undergoing training, coding resources to handle backlog as productivity levels drop off, auditing resources to ensure retention of education. www.healthrevenue.com

HiSoftware provides content-aware compliance and security solutions for the monitoring and enforcement of risk management and privacy guidelines across digital environments. The company’s solutions provide a data governance and compliance platform for content management and collaboration processes that support corporate and brand integrity, site quality, accessibility and confidentiality for public websites and portals, as well as internal intranets and SharePoint sites. HiSoftware’s customers include US and international government agencies, as well as Global 2000 companies. www.hisoftware.com

Holliday & Associates www.cdmpi.org is an independently-owned software developer and consulting firm dedicated to CDM and Compliance related software products, Hospital Chargemaster reviews, and Chargemaster Coordinator education. Since 1990 we have provided hospitals with accurate, unbiased, and timely regulatory and coding information based on hands-on operational experience. Our national recognition is built on:

• Customer references and referrals:
• Specialization in chargemaster analysis and education
• Depth of expertise in the hospital environment
• Fine-tuned analytical methods
• Our cutting edge software tool for CDM analysis and research, ChargeAssist™

Huron Healthcare’s Compliance and Investigations team provides healthcare organizations and their legal counsel with the broadest, most comprehensive, and highest quality regulatory compliance and investigations solutions in the industry. Our Healthcare Compliance & Investigations team delivers focused solutions for the most complex matters of compliance, governance, risk management, investigations, and litigation.

Working collaboratively, we help clients identify, design, and implement effective and sustainable compliance programs to mitigate risk and meet evolving regulatory challenges and requirements, now and into the future. When investigations or litigation occur, we develop expert response and defense strategies along with highly focused data collection and analytics as part of our comprehensive investigation and litigation assistance.
 
Our understanding of the regulatory landscape and our extensive experience in healthcare allow us to design and implement proven solutions, enabling our clients to effect change, implement best practices, and achieve excellence.

www.huronconsultinggroup.com

Iatric Systems helps hospitals and health systems leverage their HIS investment with software, interfaces and reporting services.  Since 1990, more than 900 hospitals worldwide have implemented Iatric Systems' solutions including Security Audit Manager (SAM), an advanced application that automatically monitors audit logs across your entire enterprise, sees every access and identifies potential HIPAA privacy breaches.  SAM has been implemented in more than 200 hospitals and healthcare systems. For more information, contact info@iatric.com or visit security.iatric.com. 

Audimation Services is the U.S. distributor of IDEA, CaseWare™ Monitor and SmartExporter.

IDEA is a powerful and user-friendly tool designed to help accounting and financial professionals extend their auditing capabilities, detect fraud and meet documentation standards. CaseWare™ Monitor is a sophisticated risk and controls monitoring solution that allows business, risk and control professionals, and auditors to quickly and confidently monitor any automated system. SmartExporter simplifies the extraction of SAP data for review and analysis. www.caseware.com

IDtracks-docs policy manager makes it easy to maintain your policies and procedures. We offer a complete solution including implementation, training and support. We load your existing policies into the system as part of the implementaion. Additional features include joint commission standard references, fast and efficient search engine, ability to link policies and procedures, role based security and on-line multilevel review. For more information, please visit www.indidge.com or e-mail contact@indidge.com

Inovaare offers end-to-end compliance and quality management software solutions for healthcare organizations using its unique CQMS platform. These solutions are tailored for providers, payers and manufacturers.  The CQMS platform includes regulatory audit, incident tracking, regulatory filings, compliance training, reporting and dashboards. Inovaare offer these solutions both On Demand and On Premise model.
For further information, please visit us at www.inovaare.com

Integrity First Consulting (i1C) is an innovative, women-owned healthcare consulting company. We are unique because our consultants have operational experience in leading and managing compliance programs. We serve as a resource to the healthcare industry in compliance program development, implementation and management. Whether you're developing a compliance program, need a risk assessment, or you have a program but need assistance with audits, education, or a program effectiveness review, i1C should be your #1 resource. www.i1consulting.com.

Kinney Management Services, LLC (KMS) is one of the premiere electronic health records companies in New York State.  Founded in 1993, KMS provides program management, consulting, and technology services to healthcare industry professionals, associations, counties, school districts and cooperative education agencies. 

Our software solution, KchecksTM allows users to automatically search a central repository on a monthly basis for individuals and entities that have been excluded from participating in federally funded healthcare program, including Medicaid and Medicare www.kinneyllc.com

Kforce Healthcare Inc. specializes in HIM services including all aspects of the coding department, revenue cycle and more. We work with more than 350 healthcare providers, including 75% of the nation’s top Honor Roll Hospitals. We can support you during audit events, coding backlogs or other business challenges. Expertise includes:

• 22 National Compliance Managers on staff
• Consultants average 10+ years of HIM experience
• Compliance plan supports accuracy standards of 95% for coding

KPMG’s (www.us.kpmg.com) Healthcare Advisory Services professionals are committed to helping clients balance risk and controls with improved business performance, thus enabling the organization to maintain compliance and achieve sustainable value over time. KPMG serves hundreds of the leading healthcare organizations in the U.S. on a daily basis. Members of our Healthcare practice have substantial experience with every type of healthcare provider from primary and urgent care to post-acute care, research, and education.

Loyola University Chicago School of Law offers two online degrees in health law:  A Master of Jurisprudence (MJ) for health care professionals who work in compliance and need to know more about the laws, regulations and policies governing health care and a Master of Laws (LLM) for attorneys who want to expand their practice to service health care clients.  Learn more about Loyola’s Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy at www.LUC.edu/healthlaw or 1-800-424-3986.

McBee Associates, Inc. believes that compliance is essential to good business. A recognized leader in providing consulting services to the health care industry, the firm is one of the nation's largest independent health care consulting practices. With unparalleled commitment to compliance, McBee Associates develops lasting solutions that ensure the financial and operational success of its clients. The firm offers Medical Necessity Audits, Billing Compliance Reviews, Internal Control Reviews, Coding Audits, and Clinical Documentation Reviews, as well as a full suite of revenue integrity services. Visit us at www.mcbeeassociates.com or call 1.800.767.6203.

For over 24 years, MCN Healthcare has been a leading provider of regulatory compliance solutions for healthcare organizations. Healthcare professionals around the globe rely on MCN for policy management software, compliant-ready policy templates, and email notification of changes in regulations. Visit our website at www.mcnhealthcare.com.

MDaudit™ automates the administrative duties of compliance auditing using strategic, risk-based audit methodology. It is in use at more than half of the top fifteen healthcare organizations in the country, as identified by US News & World Report. MDaudit doubles audit productivity, maximizes revenue and helps streamline compliance auditing processes. www.hayesmanagement.com

Meade & Roach, LLP distinguishes itself as a law firm focused on delivering practical solutions for healthcare regulatory compliance needs. Each of our partners have more than a decade of focused, industry-leading experience in this area. The results we have achieved for clients speak for themselves. We not only understand the law, we understand our clients—who range from the nation’s largest academic medical centers and hospital systems to stand-alone specialty facilities and physician practice groups.

Founded in 1994, MedeAnalytics enables healthcare organizations to improve clinical, financial and operational performance through on-demand analytics and client services. For hospitals and health systems, MedeAnalytics provides solutions to address revenue cycle, patient access, clinical operations, staff productivity, regulatory compliance, finance and accounting, and enterprise performance management. For healthcare payers, the company provides solutions for provider network management, medical management and operations. MedeAnalytics delivers business intelligence to over 800 healthcare organizations using a hosted, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model, which reduces up-front costs and enables rapid implementation and exceptional time-to-value. For more information, visit www.medeanalytics.com.

Medelearn is the industry-leading compliance training system developed specifically for healthcare organizations. It is easy to use, effective for all types of training needs and affordable for any size organization. Choose from our full HIPAA, JCAHO, OSHA courses or author your own curriculum with our easy-to-use course-building interface. Manage all your classroom and web-based training with our student management center. Improve your training effectiveness while saving 80% in training costs.

www.medelearn.org
Contact: Clif Gaus
cgaus@medelearn.org

Medical Learning, Incorporated, is the nation’s most respected authority on medical coding, compliance and reimbursement. Founded in 1991, MedLearn delivers actionable answers that equip healthcare organizations to confidently meet their revenue and compliance obligations. MedLearn clients can access this information through a variety of products and services, including publications, consulting services, seminars, and customized learning and assessments. Each one is rooted in MedLearn’s extensive experience on the frontlines of healthcare. www.medlearn.com

MediTract is the leading contract management service provider exclusively serving the healthcare industry. MediTract currently works with thousands of hospitals and hundreds of healthcare systems nationwide. The company’s solutions help healthcare professionals regain control of their contracts and reduce the cost of doing business by providing the tools necessary to improve management's visibility of contractual obligations, enhance compliance and streamline workflow.  For more information please call toll free 1-877-492-8490 or email at info@meditract.com. Please visit us at http://www.meditract.com.

MRO Corp., a leader in disclosure management solutions for healthcare organizations, provides electronic release-of-information (ROI), audit tracking, accounting of disclosures (AOD) and document management software and services. MRO’s disclosure management solutions can be deployed as a common tracking platform across the healthcare entity, from HIM, radiology and the business office to outpatient clinics and numerous other departments. MRO partners closely with healthcare organizations to enable them to achieve a higher level of compliance oversight, policy enforcement, enhance customer service, and assume more control over the disclosure management process. For additional information, visit www.mrocorp.com.

NetLearning is an eLearning software provider developing products for the healthcare industry since 1995 and part of Cengage Learning. The NetLearning product suite allows for the deployment, management, and reporting of training-related activities. Cengage Learning, is a global leader in providing integrated information solutions to business and professional customers. www.netlearning.cengage.com

Founded in 1985 by several private health insurers and federal and state law enforcement officials, the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association (NHCAA) is the leading national organization focused exclusively on the fight against health care fraud. NHCAA is a private-public partnership, with members representing private insurers and those public-sector law enforcement and regulatory agencies that have jurisdiction over health care fraud committed against private payers and public programs. Health care anti-fraud professionals may also join as individuals. Established in 2000, The NHCAA Institute for Health Care Fraud Prevention is a separately incorporated, tax-exempt educational foundation that provides education and training to health care anti-fraud professionals. www.nhcaa.org

PleaseTech Ltd offers unique software solutions for the collaborative review and co-authoring of documents and content. PleaseReview™, its flagship product, is designed for the simultaneous review and co-authoring of Microsoft® Word® and other document types by multiple users within a secure, structured and controlled environment.

In addition to its unique collaborative review environment, PleaseReview offers full management and control over the document, comment and change reconciliation, comprehensive reporting and is available integrated with leading DMS. www.pleasetech.com

Polaris Group, a nationally recognized consulting firm, assists post-acute health care providers in realizing accurate reimbursement and Medicare compliance. Offering customized clinical, operational and financial consulting, education, regulatory research and billing services. Our focus is understanding our clients goals and objectives. We then customize the implementation tools and management processes in alignment with the priorities identified by client-specific needs. Polaris Group has over 23 years of assisting clients with state and federal compliance regulations. 800-275-6252. www.polaris-group.com

Policy Medical, known as “The Patient Safety People” is  the healthcare pioneer devoted to helping hospitals achieve the highest levels of patient safety by cost effectively automating policy and procedure management.  Our industry experts have created the FIRST hospital specific, out-of-the-box policy management solution to prepare for a successful Joint Commission audit.  Our only focus - hospital policy management systems.  Our clients -  the LARGEST critical mass of hospitals worldwide using the official PolicyManager ä system. The result – the deepest best practice knowledge of any firm globally on healthcare policy management that connects you to literally 100,000’s of your hospital compliance and quality peers. www.policymedical.com

The web-based Policy & Procedure Manager™ provides your staff with instant access to your organization's policies and procedures. It notifies those who are required to read specific documents and tracks who has read them. You can use the software to create, review, approve, and archive all of your documents, not just policies and procedures. Email reminders and reports ensure that everything stays up to date. You can also organize documents according to any regulatory compliance standards - such as Sarbanes Oxley, ISO 9000, JCAHO, HIPAA, state guidelines, etc.  Please visit www.policytech.com to learn more about this time- saving, compliance centric solution.

PreCheck provides healthcare organizations with the information they need to preserve the integrity of their people and programs.  In addition to background verification and credentialing, our suite of cost-effective risk management solutions for healthcare organizations includes outsourcing solutions for employee sanction screening, professional license management, employment verification, I-9 management, and drug screening. Call 800-999-9861 or visit the web site at www.PreCheck.com for more information.

PricewaterhouseCoopers Health Industries serves as catalyst for change and the leading advisor to organizations across the health continuum. PwC draws from its broad perspective and capabilities across and beyond the health industries to help solve the array of emerging complex problems health organizations face, lead cultural and clinical transformation, and create a new, sustainable model for care delivery that is quality driven, patient centered and technology enabled. www.pwc.com/healthcare

Primex Wireless is a leading provider of facility monitoring technology for markets including health care and education. Our products include advanced temperature and humidity monitoring, time synchronization and other solutions that reduce costs, increase productivity, mitigate risk and achieve regulatory compliance.
www.primexwireless.com

Protiviti’s team of experts understands the challenges faced by the industry.  Protiviti’s professionals assist healthcare providers with strengthening compliance programs and improving technology, finance and revenue cycle efficiency and effectiveness, resulting in improved operational performance and lower costs.  We partner with payers to manage risk and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their operations and compliance activities.  As healthcare continues to face intense regulatory demands, Protiviti’s industry experts will be there to provide powerful insights. www.protiviti.com

Proven Healthcare Solutions (PHS) provides real time, remote Admission Review services to hospitals. Operating 24/7/365, we offer a flexible menu of coverage options to meet your hospital’s admission review needs. Place patients in the correct care setting at the beginning, and fortify your hospital’s compliance program and bottom line! www.provenhcs.comPhone: (800) 560-3962

QHR is the 7th largest healthcare consulting firm in the country. QHR has helped more than 1,000 hospitals in the United States. QHR also manages more not-for-profit hospitals than any other company, with clients in 38 states, representing $7 billion in hospital net revenue. Our consulting clients include freestanding community acute care hospitals, multi-hospital systems, university-affiliated facilities, teaching institutions, large Catholic healthcare organizations, integrated delivery systems and hospital networks in both urban and rural markets. Our market presence and broad level of resources give us the agility and flexibility to serve almost any hospital’s specific challenge. The QHR Learning Institute provides education to more than 8,000 healthcare professionals each year. For more information, go to www.qhr.com or call toll free 866-371-4669.

RMC is a Northwest-based consulting firm providing exceptional services nationwide since 1994.  Specializing in Coding Compliance Reviews, we work with Compliance Professionals to ensure their hospitals and physician practices are in compliance with coding, billing and documentation guidelines.  Our staff are highly qualified individuals with myriad experience conducting reviews for healthcare institutions, governmental agencies and attorneys.   Our success is directly attributed to quality people doing quality work.  Your satisfaction is guaranteed. www.rmcinc.org

Rippe & Kingston, founded in 1976, is an International Information Technology Solutions and Services firm with clients in 42 States and 8 Countries. We provide solutions and managed services to the legal and healthcare industries. Our affordable contract management service is flexible and easy to use. Built into Contract Guardian is a powerful search engine, reporting, and journaling capabilities to manage contracts. Hosted and purchased solutions available. For more information call 1-800-650-1999, email sales@rippe.com or visit us at www.ContractGuardian.com

SCORE (Strategic Command of Risk Elements) is a web-based on-demand software program developed by Risk Compliance Performance Solutions, LLC, which measures, manages and monitors a healthcare organization's risk, compliance and governance efforts into one dashboard. SCORE’s technology delivers transparency, accountability and an early warning system for work processes related to malpractice, accreditation, clinical operations, etc. SCORE allows healthcare executives to measure their organization’s improvement using a standardized methodology for compliance monitoring and risk reduction. www.rcp-solutions.com

Sinaiko Healthcare Consulting, Inc., founded in 1990 by Richard Sinaiko, has served many of the nation’s most prominent healthcare organizations and health law practices. Today, Sinaiko is among the sector’s most experienced healthcare consulting firms, encompassing a range of service areas, including: revenue cycle consulting and litigation support to compliance, valuation and transactions, reimbursement and strategic analytics. These areas of expertise are integrated to address the most critical issues facing the healthcare delivery system today. Please visit www.sinaikohc.com

Strategic Management provides compliance services to healthcare companies that are under scrutiny by government agencies such as DOJ, OIG, or CMS.  Specialty areas include Medicare, Medicaid, Anti-kickback and Stark laws, HIPAA, and others.  Our consultants quickly assess the government’s scope, prepare a remediation strategy, and navigate the process. Ongoing services include risk assessment, policy development, compliance program evaluation, and issue resolution. For more information, please visit our website at www.strategicm.com or contact Mary Lundregan at (703) 535-1421 or mlundregan@strategicm.com.

The UHC-AAMC Faculty Practice Solutions Center® provides a Web-based suite of robust benchmark data, practical analyses and decision support tools to inform clinical, operational and revenue cycle improvement initiatives for faculty physician practices. These data can be used to support your organization’s local coding and compliance efforts and help inform participation in quality reporting.

VCS offers a no cost web-based vendor credentialing and compliance management program.  VCS not only credentials your representatives, but also your suppliers.  The VCS program, being web based, can be deployed in a few hours.  The VCS program is used by leading healthcare institutions nationwide.  VCS partners include GPO's, IDN’s, 1000+ bed hospitals, Surgery Centers, Physician Offices and offsite medical offices.  To find out more:  VCSdatabase.com (281) 863-9500 VCSdatabase.com

Vendormate provides unique credentialing and compliance monitoring solutions for healthcare vendor companies, representatives, and contractors.  These important service providers are registered, screened, and continually monitored for non-compliance.  Integrated badge services control facility access based on compliance status and credentials.www.vendormate.com

Verisys offers its flagship product, FACIS, Fraud and Abuse Control Information System, to the health care industry.  FACIS is a historical and current aggregation of sanctions and disciplinary information on medical providers.  Verisys is a “primary source” provider centralizing content from thousands of federal and state sources.  Verisys is a CVO and is NCQA Certified and URAC Accredited.  VERISYS also sources and links its data to other data like: licensing, NPI, SSN-DMF, DEA and OFAC-SDN.  www.facis.com

Wolters Kluwer Law & Business (CCH, MediRegs and Aspen Publishers) provide industry leading solutions for Corporate Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC), compliance and reimbursement regulatory information and coding.  The ComplyTrack Suite is a web-based solution for total compliance program management. Already used daily in hundreds of hospitals throughout the United States, ComplyTrack is the most comprehensive, cost-effective and practical set of compliance management and enterprise risk management (ERM) solutions for the health care industry. health.cch.com  MediRegs.com

ZHealth Publishing is all about providing “do-it-yourself” reference guides such as: Dr. Z’s Medical Coding Series, 23-laminated CVIR Anatomy Charts, On-line CEU Web Education and Audit Services for healthcare professionals to use daily to improve coding compliance—and, in many cases—reimbursement. We focus exclusively on the specialty area we know best: interventional radiology, cardiology, and vascular surgery. www.zhealthpublishing.com

Healthcare organizations and their business associates need to be mindful of the critical role email plays in their day-to-day operations. The insecure nature of email combined with its inherent high volume of traffic makes it particularly susceptible area for HIPAA-related violations. ZixCorp is the market leader for email encryption services, combining the simplicity of software-as-a-service with the convenience of customizable encryption policies. ZixCorp offers automated key hosting and sharing, resulting in a scalable, reliable, easy-to-use and simple-to-administer solution. www.zixcorp.com