IntelliSoft Group Blog

By John Eddy

IntelliSoft’s new Patent Pending technology will allow users to map data into web forms such as those found at the CAQH and PECOS websites, eliminating manual data entry.

Nashua, NH (March 29^th, 2012 ) —   IntelliSoft Group LLC, a leading developer of medical credentialing software, announced today the submission of a US Provisional Patent Application for data mapping to web forms.

The IntelliCred system has added functionality to map system data, including all practitioner data, directly to web forms found on payer websites such as PECOS for Medicare submissions.  Any web form can be mapped eliminating tedious and time consuming manual data entry that is required by health professionals currently.  “As the information is already in the database, it makes sense to be able to be able to migrate it to the Webpage without retyping it or cut and pasting.” Says Mike Aha, Director of Development.  “It improves accuracy and security as well as saving time.”

With IntelliCred, users now have the ability to automate the application submission and management process that our system was designed to do with traditional paper forms.  “Now that technology has advanced past paper forms the credentialing software industry had to respond.  As the leader in medical credentialing and payer enrollment software, IntelliSoft did just that with a technology we feel is patentable,” says Michael J. Melville, president of IntelliSoft. He continues, “Without the ability to map data to web forms those submitting credentialing and application information were thrust back 20 years to a time of manual typing and tabbing.”

This new patent pending technology will be made available by IntelliSoft in the version12.1 release due out in May, 2012.  It will be available in the IntelliCred and IntelliApp product lines.

Based in Nashua, New Hampshire, IntelliSoft Group is the leading producer of medical credentialing and provider enrollment software products. The company’s products, IntelliCred, IntelliApp, and IntelliContract are used by hundreds of healthcare systems, hospitals, managed care organizations, credentialing verification organizations, individual practice associations, and primary health organizations throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico. IntelliSoft Group can be found online at www.intellisoftgroup.com.

Although most healthcare organizations feel safe storing private and restricted data in web applications, security breaches are rising and leave organizations in a very vulnerable position. This webinar is meant to inform MSPs and other healthcare professionals of precautionary measures that can be taken to avoid privacy corruption.

On a similar note, The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) proposed a change to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule that would allow individuals to receive reports of who has electronically accessed their health information.

The Office for Civil Rights Director, Georgina Verdugo, states, “This proposed rule represents an important step in our continued efforts to promote accountability across the health care system, ensuring that providers properly safeguard private health information.”

After reading about these health events, a strong message seems to resonate; despite our growing technology, the privacy of our information is far from secure. And it seems that patients are becoming more and more aware of this.

Furthermore, one of the topics to be discussed in Healthcare IT News’ webinar is, “About the changing healthcare landscape and how it is increasing the security risks for your healthcare organization.” Clearly, not all “web applications” can provide adequate security for healthcare organizations, or keep up with the demand to tighten security.

IntelliSoft’s IntelliCVO program provides a secure storage system in its database that can hold your current and archived documents. And when it comes to inter-office security, IntelliApp and IntelliCred offer customizable user roles, allowing the administrator to determine the accessibility each individual has.

The security of records in the healthcare field is everyone’s business.  Are you secure?

Let’s say that a hurricane was approaching and you were forced to evacuate your home; what would you take with you? Furthermore, what would you be forced to leave behind?

The US has experienced a great deal of natural disasters in the past year, devastating different parts of the country and forcing numerous communities to clean up the mess. Although technology has improved tremendously within the last 15 years, it does not stand a candle to floods, tornadoes, or hurricanes; unfortunately, nature always wins that battle.

In the midst of a natural disaster, it’s easy to forget about the electronic health and practitioner records that were stranded in those devastated hospitals. However, once the storm has ceased and communities are working to repair the damage, salvaging electronic records is no easy task.

Just recently, The American Health Information Management Association Foundation (AHIMA) announced the launch of the Health Information Relief Operation (HIRO) to fund and support Health Information Management (HIM) professionals that have lost their records in a disaster. HIRO is using the $10,000 awarded by AHIMA, as well as generous donations, in their relief efforts.

HIRO will continue to work with damaged healthcare organizations as time goes on. In fact, from this point forward, they are determined to provide more urgent assistance to the organizations that need them; “This is not the last year something like this will happen,” said AHIMA Foundation Chair Lynn Kuehn, MS, RHIA, CCS-P. “But this will be the last year the health information profession will not be immediately prepared to answer the call of entire communities of our colleagues in need.” (2)

IntelliSoft’s IntelliCVO support services ensure the safekeeping of electronic verification information through a secure credentialing and storage system. We store current and archived documents in our database, allowing for healthcare organizations to possess a backup copy of their information. MSPs should not have to worry about losing all of their data to natural disasters; the standard credentialing verification process is time consuming, and nobody should have to recreate all of their hard work.  Learn more at http://www.intellisoftgroup.com/services/credentials-verification.html

1. General information: http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/ahima-foundation-initiates-health-information-relief-operation-fund
2. http://community.advanceweb.com/blogs/hi_1/archive/2011/06/14/ahima-foundation-initiates-health-information-relief-operation-fund.aspx
3. http://www.healthnews.com/en/articles/2bhNPoE8TD2AO56ZIEvosD/Celebrating-Prevention-and-Wellness-Month/