Oakbrook Terrace, IL – [February 17, 2020] Archways, a not-for-profit community behavioral healthcare provider, and Streamline Healthcare Solutions (Streamline) have partnered to move the South Florida healthcare agency from its current legacy system to one integrated electronic health record platform.
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State Reporting for Behavioral Health: Deciphering the Alphabet Soup
If your behavioral health agency is using an electronic health record (EHR) system to measure outcomes and report data, you know that there are numerous reporting techniques.
Payers like Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurers use these reporting techniques to measure client outcomes. This allows the payer either to provide bonus payments under incentive programs, or withhold payments for undesirable outcomes. In this way, healthcare systems are migrating from fee-for-service (FFS) to value-based payment (VBP) models.
Different reimbursement programs require different types of reporting. Unfortunately, the “alphabet soup” of acronyms for different reporting methods can be confusing and overwhelming. Let’s decipher some of these reporting types.
2020 – A Look At The Year Ahead
There’s never been a more dynamic and innovative time in the health and wellness industry, leading to the best treatment for clients. Many updates and adaptations have replaced archaic systems and processes, and created streamlined, efficient approaches that save time and cost. Providers are able to better serve their clients, and clients receive more personalized care and understanding. While endless changes have occurred in the last few years, we anticipate even greater new trends in 2020. From regulation changes to enhanced data access, exciting changes are explored in our look at the year ahead.
Streamline’s Year In Review: 2019’s Key Industry Changes
The healthcare industry has experienced dynamic changes in 2019, resulting in many advances for running a practice or facility with efficiency and enhanced tools for communication. From changes in legislation to key trends, Streamline Healthcare Solutions (Streamline) has explored the major breakthroughs and movements to offer a comprehensive look at the year in review. Legislation … Read more
How Technology Advances Impact The Internal Organization
Today’s technological advances are not only increasing the mental healthcare system’s overall efficiency, but are leading to better internal organizational development. As state requirements become more refined, the change to online record use is serving to revolutionize the data holding process and information sharing. The same technology is also offering parallel benefits within participating organization’s cultures and staff’s performances. To better understand the positive impact that technological changes make, we’ve explored how the data collected for your state’s requirements transform into benefits for your internal organization’s needs.
SmartCare EHR Reaches 40,000 User Milestone
Oakbrook Terrace, IL – [December 11, 2019] — Streamline Healthcare Solutions is proud to announce that the company’s user base, made up of a variety of health and human services professionals, has officially reached a milestone of 40,000 individual users across 26 states. New sales at Streamline have continually improved year over year. Streamline specifically works with multifaceted organizations that provide services at all levels of care, and contracting with outside providers to perform services. Streamline has been delivering web-based software for healthcare organizations to provide and coordinate all service delivery processes for over 15 years.
Indiana Behavioral Health Organizations Have the Ability to Transmit 837 Claims and 270/271 Batch and Real Time Eligibility Inquiries Through SmartCare EHR
Oakbrook Terrace, IL – [November 20, 2019] – Streamline Healthcare Solutions announced today they can successfully transmit both 837 claims and 270/271 eligibility inquiries through the SmartCare EHR platform for Indiana Medicaid. INXIX, Indiana State’s preferred vendor who completed the set up and testing process for Indiana Medicaid, required Streamline to complete several test runs for each client organizations business process. Commercial clearinghouses and payors are required to go through set up and testing processes as well. Streamline’s first Indiana client, Porter-Starke Services, was tested based on multiple scenarios of checking for eligibility of which all have been approved via INXIX.
Reasons to Upgrade to SmartCare!
In this critical time of COVID-19, it is imperative your organization operates effectively and safely. Using the right electronic health record (EHR) technology that can help your agency meet the needs of your clients now and into the future is also critical. We understand this need. Our SmartCare EHR is an integrated web-based technology that … Read more
Streamline’s SmartCare 5.0 Earns ONC Health IT Certification From Drummond Group
Kalamazoo, MI – [May 16, 2018] Streamline’s SmartCare 5.0 has achieved Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC-Health IT) 2015 Edition Health IT Module Certification via Drummond Group LLC, an Authorized Certification Body (ACB) that has been empowered to test software for compliance with the requirements of the federal government’s program. The stamp of approval designates that the software offers the functionality that enables eligible providers and hospitals to meet Meaningful Use requirements, qualifying these organizations to receive payments under the ongoing EHR adoption program.
“This is just another recognition of our continued focus on building a single comprehensive system covering all levels of care and supporting all lines of business. We’re at the forefront of where the market is headed.” Said Javed Husain, Co-CEO Streamline Healthcare Solutions.
“As we’ve said from the beginning, anytime, anywhere, anyone can have complete access to our system. SmartCare is not a bunch of disparate applications you hope work together. We have proven again that it’s not only the most user friendly, but also the most robust unified system on the market today.” Said David Ryland, Co-CEO Streamline Healthcare Solutions.
To earn the certification, SmartCare 5.0 was tested to be in accordance with applicable standards and certification criteria put forth by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
With more than 15 years of testing experience across various industries, Drummond Group LLC (DG) brings a high level of technical expertise to this process. Its healthcare experience also runs deep, having certified hundreds of EHRs since becoming an ACB in 2010.
SmartCare 5.0, which met the requirements for (ONC-Health IT) 2015 Edition Health IT Module Certification, is currently the only completely web-based application to be in compliance of Health IT in the behavioral healthcare market.
The all-inclusive behavioral health system was built from the ground up for inpatient, outpatient, residential and managed care providers. SmartCare will continue to meet all Meaningful Use requirements and is dedicated to helping organizations improve the quality of patient care, maintain the privacy of patient health information, maximize clinical outcomes, while increase business efficiencies.
Disclaimer:
This Health IT Module is 2015 Edition compliant and has been certified by an ONC-ACB in accordance with the applicable certification criteria adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. This certification does not represent an endorsement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Certification Information:
Vendor Name: Streamline Healthcare Solutions
Certified EHR Name: SmartCare
Certified EHR Version: 5.0
Vendor address: 510 East Butler Court, Kalamazoo, MI 49007
Certification Date by Drummond Group: 12/31/2017
Certification number: 15.04.04.2855.Smar.05.00.1.171231
Requirements Edition: 2015 Edition
Modules Tested: 170.315 (a)(1-5, 9, 11); (b)(1-3, 6); (c)(1-3); (d)(1-11); (e)(1-3); (f)(1-3, 5); (g)(2-9); (h)(1)Clinical Quality Measures: 2v6; 9v5; 26v4; 31v5; 32v6; 55v5; 68v6; 71v6; 72v5; 102v5; 104v5; 105v5; 107v5; 108v5; 111v5; 113v5; 128v5; 136v6; 137v5; 139v5; 160v5; 161v5; 165v5; 169v5; 177v5; 190v5
Additional SW: HISPDirect (RosettaHEALTH), Dynamic Health IT
Costs and Limitations:
Streamline Healthcare Solutions, LLC has adopted the following costs in order to comply with the requirements of 42 CFR 170.523(k)(iii) which mandates, in plain language, a detailed description of said costs. The following are the additional types of costs and contractual limitations that a user may be required to pay to implement or use the Health IT Module’s capabilities, whether to meet meaningful use objectives and measures or to achieve any other use within the scope of the health IT’s certification.
(1) A written license agreement is required for each customer which specifies the costs to license and implement the licensed program modules. The terms for contractual obligation are negotiable and include all third party add-ons.
(2) Licensing Fees are generally required for the applicable modules selected by the customer.
(3) Licensing and Support/Maintenance Fees for the electronic prescribing program, SmartCare Rx, are determined on a per prescriber basis.
(4) Additional fees are generally required for implementation of the licensed software and for any customization of the software to meet the requirements of the customer.
(5) Annual Support and Maintenance Fees, determined on a concurrent user basis, are required in order to receive the support services for the licensed program modules and receive updates of the software which may be required or desired to conform the meaningful use requirements in the future.
(6) Customization, support and maintenance fees may be required for specific state reporting requirements.
(7) Hosting fees, determined on a concurrent user basis, may be required if customer selects Streamline to host data for as long as the data is hosted by Streamline; and,
(8) Additional charges may apply to migrate data upon termination of the hosting arrangement with Streamline.
(9) Additional charges may apply for licensing requirements or customized requests as it relates to new requirements in the 21st Century Cures functionality.
About Streamline
Streamline delivers web-based software for healthcare organizations to provide and coordinate specialized behavioral service delivery processes. Streamline’s SmartCare™ solution was developed to truly integrate all departments; moving them to a more holistic service model. Streamline’s software solutions are well suited for organizations who wish to have a system that can incorporate its entire business processes into a single solution, with the ability to continue to grow as business-lines needs evolve. Streamline has been offering software in the behavioral health marketplace since 2003.
Please visit us at: www.streamlinehealthcare.com
Streamline Healthcare Solutions Continues To Grow Its User Base And Enhance Their EHR Software Solution
Kalamazoo, MI – [January 4, 2018] Streamline Healthcare Solutions (Streamline) saw exponential growth in 2017, welcoming over 4,500 new users across nine states. Many of these new clients left national companies, such as Askesis, Core Solutions, Netsmart, and MindLinc, or state-specific applications such as iServe and BrightEHR.