Information Technology & Systems

Recent Service Engagements

Well chosen systems strategies, technology, and networks through which data is managed, serve as the operations backbone in successful healthcare organizations. Without an effective structure of information technology, an organization will not meet its market potential and soon find itself spending the majority of its time and resources reacting to it instead of leading it.

HFA is providing leading IT strategies and applying paradigm shifting technology in services to our clients in providing the correct solution in a fraction of the time and cost. The IT advisory experience and value HFA professionals provide will ensure an organization has planned for and is maintaining the right systems structure for its short and long-range needs, with the appropriate mission-centered applications, providing valid and secure data under HIPAA, SOX and other requirements, and operating under the most efficient cost structure possible.

• Applications Development & Migration
• Business Intelligence Solutions
• Clinical Data Integration
• IT Operations Assessments
• IT ROI Analysis Models
• IT Strategic & Development Planning
• IT Systems Design/Redesign
• Payer/Provider Services
• Product Evaluation/Contract Negotiation
• Software Development
• Systems Implementation Support
• Revenue Cycle Systems Strategies
• EHR/EMR Design & Implementation
• Health Data Networking

Recent Service Engagements

• Developed automated solution to solve supply cost management problem and allow focus on departmental process issues for a large California non-profit hospital saving $500,000 annually.
• Applied and coordinated automated approach to resolve costly orthopedic services issue for a large Midwest hospital through improved focus on the physician network and preference trends saving $600,000 annually.
• Web-based product for a large health insurer reducing the cost of prescription drugs among its enrollment saving $1.8 million annually.
• Resolved major utilization issue for an HMO using technology allowing a process whereby all contracts are continuously analyzed and benchmarked, and saving the organization $900,000 annually.
• Corrected non-compliant physician practices for HMO for catastrophic claims through automation of a labor intensive manual research process saving $1.9 million.
• Served as national leader for e-commerce in healthcare industry, Fortune 500 companies and start-ups in developing web-based strategic initiatives.
• Designed, directed and implemented the re-engineering of claims processing functions for a health plan with HMO, PPO, EPO, TPA, Dental and Senior products.
• Developed function-specific software, custom-designed and implemented to client needs.
• Led committee responsible for strategic IT direction, acquisition and ROI analysis for one of the worlds leading medical institutions.
• Led EHR/PM implementation and upgrades for physician offices and clinics.
• Led implementation of IDX PM, BAR and MC applications.
• Designed clinical architecture of browser-based, .Net EHR solution application suite, mobile and wireless e-Rx, and inpatient rounding applications.
• Healthcare system EMR automation/clinical data warehouse development.

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