Managing Medical Record Requests a problem? We’ve got the solution.

How to manage medical record retrieval processes with multiple clinical audit vendors.

Is your health plan missing out on the potential of having multiple clinical audit vendors because you’re concerned about overlapping medical record requests? That uncoordinated approach to medical records retrieval is unnecessary in the modern age of vendor coordination and provider communications. 

For health plans that are ready to maximize their returns, improve recoveries and avoid the abrasion created by redundant medical record retrieval processes, Pareo® is your answer. Pareo is a comprehensive payment integrity solution that works by making data more accessible, connecting it to multiple stakeholders and managing real-time communications (including those related to the claims process and associated with technology vendors).

With these efficiencies in place, health plans are able to maximize their savings by adding clinical audit vendors. Data is no longer siloed — it can be seen, used and leveraged by health plans. That’s the power of Pareo. 

Overlapping Medical Record Requests Begone

Suppose your health plan were to prioritize adding clinical audit vendors without a broader management tool in place. One of the very real side effects of this practice is overlapping medical record requests. It’s frustrating for everyone, especially providers who seek to prioritize patient care over cumbersome administrative processes. 

In instances where health plans have a lot to lose (recoveries, valuable providers, plan members), clear communication is crucial to success. We understand that our clients need to do more than just talk at stakeholders; they need to intelligently coordinate with vendors and relevant internal stakeholders in a streamlined but meaningful way. 

Unfortunately, some of the payers we speak with feel forced into an impossible decision: improve provider relationships OR recoveries. This approach, while understandable, is unnecessary. What if you could do both? What if expanding recoveries through adding vendors — a smart strategy for scaling health plan payment integrity operations — wasn’t stressful on providers? 

Harmony: Vendor Coordination + Provider Communications

By eliminating the fear of overlapping medical record requests, you are free to stack the best vendors to your advantage. Directing vendors to laser focus on their area of expertise creates more potential for finding anomalies; for example, having vendors concentrate on a line of business (e.g. Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, commercial). Data tells us that any time a health plan adds a vendor in a multi-pass capacity, their ability to increase recoveries improves dramatically. 

But don’t leave providers out of the loop. Health plans often run a planned series of audits that parallel those that a provider performs. With Pareo, each party can be on the same page about these audits; knowledge and understanding of them beforehand can minimize redundancies.

But as we all know, it’s not as simple as straightforward communication between a payer and a provider. Vendors are an important component as they rely on data to deliver results. That’s where Pareo comes into play.

Pareo: Eliminates Risk Around Medical Record Requests + Retrievals

Tackle risk, reduce inefficiencies, increase nurse auditor throughput, improve your net promoter score (NPS) and increase recoveries with Pareo. Our solution provides gates and custom logic that streamline the medical records retrieval process to coordinate with vendors, eliminate duplicate requests and auto-route submissions to the appropriate auditor with smart tagging so nothing gets overlooked. 

To enhance communication, our solution creates a unilateral or bi-lateral portal of communication for our clients that allows them to better communicate with vendors and internal teams. We understand that in today’s IT ecosystem, a true solution has to “speak” with multiple stakeholders in a way that removes redundant, wasteful processes. 

Those communications streamline activities that can be automated. But perhaps just as important, Pareo allows for sophisticated coordination between all stakeholders. With our technology, even pending requests — days outstanding, notes on interactions, etc. — can be tracked to prompt proper follow-up strategies.

These efficiencies mean more clinical audit vendors and less abrasion with providers. In today’s world where health plans are being asked to do more with less, a scalable, comprehensive solution is the strongest way forward.