Practice Management & Revenue Cycle Management Services for DME Billing Services

Practice Management & Revenue
Cycle Management Services
for DME
41 Madison Avenue, 25th Floor, New York, NY 10010, USA
Phone: (646) 930-4608 | E-mail: michael.smith@sunknowledge.com

Private & Confidential 2Phone: (646) 930-4608 | E-mail: michael.smith@sunknowledge.com
WHY SUNKNOWLEDGE

SUNKNOWLEDGE OVERVIEW
Key Facts
 Serving US healthcare industry since 2007
 Robust & scalable infrastructure
 State-of-the-art technology and systems
 Highly skilled and trained staff with good
communication skills and in-depth knowledge of process
 Structured training, feedback and coaching
 HIPAA-HITECH compliant
 State-of-the-art office inbuilt with all redundancies –
power, infrastructure and others
Office at
41 Madison Avenue, 25th Floor,
New York, NY 10010

SUNKNOWLEDGE SERVICE PORTFOLIO
 Provider Support
 Member Support
 Member Retention Program
 Clinical Help Desk
Contact Center
 Utilization Management
 Medication Therapy Management
 Hospital Re-admission Management
 Therapeutic Interchange
 Formulary Management
Clinical Services
 Medical Coding & Billing
 Claims Administration
 Enrollment Processing & Member
Fulfillment
 Credentialing
 Premium billing and collections
Administrative Services
Analytics
 Telemedicine Services
 Remote Patient Monitoring
 Application Development & Support
 Technical Support
 Technical Documentation
IT Services
 Claims /Drug Utilization
Analysis
 PDE Analysis
 RAF Analysis
 Payment Reconciliation
We provide services to
Providers – Physicians, Hospitals, DME, P&O, Home Health Care and Pharmacies
Payers – Commercial Plans, MA Plans, Medicaid HMOs, MAPD/PDPs, IPAs, MSOs, TPAs, PBMs and RBMs

SERVICE PORTFOLIO
PRACTICE
MANAGEMENT
Scheduling
Eligibility &
Authorization
Verification
Prior Authorization
Customer Care
BILLING &
COLLECTIONS
Coding
Charge Posting
Claims Submission
Payment Posting
Denial Management
Accounts Receivable
PAYER SERVICES
Claims
Adjudication
Credentialing
Utilization
Management
Customer Care
TELEMEDICINE
Telemedicine
Remote Patient
Monitoring

OUR HIPAA COMPLIANCE SUMMARY
SL. COMPLIANCE ASPECT HIGHLIGHTS
1 Physical Access Authorized access only | Bio-metric access | Proximity card system | Photo ID cards | Access log review
2 General Security 24 hour security personnel | Logging of visitor details | Physical register retained for 10 years
3 Monitoring CCTV monitoring (with recording) of production area | Daily review of recording
4 Vendor Access
Signing confidentiality agreement before accessing sensitive areas | Accompanied by security personnel/employee during
all times
5 Mobile Phones All employees (except managers) are required to deposit mobile phones in the locker box before entering facility
6 Personal Baggage No backpacks or other bags allowed | All baggage to be deposited in locker box before entering facility
7
Network &
Application Usage
Unique user IDs created using Microsoft Active Directory | Access to storage devices, shared drives, USB/mass
storage devices, printers – controlled by Domain Group Policy | No wireless access points
8 Firewall
Unified Threat Management System | Internet traffic regulation using multiple filters | Network Address Translation (NAT) |
Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) | Port-mapping for traffic between Virtual LANs | Default setting to deny all traffic
9
VPN (Virtual
Private Network)
Site-to-site IPSec VPN tunnels | Authorized access via client-to-site VPN connections | Access authorization
controlled by Active Directory's authentication service
10
Redundancy
Management
Fully redundant network stack | Two ISP links configured in active-active mode | Power backup supplied by 130 KVA UPS
and 750 KVA generator | 22 KVA UPS backup for server and network systems
11
Virus & Malware
Protection
Central anti-malware system | Automatic updates | Extra protection by gateway firewall |
Centralized OS patch management system (using Microsoft's WSUS server)
12 Other Measures Fire extinguishers at key areas | Half-yearly fire drills

REVENUE CYCLE
MANAGEMENT

REVENUE CYCLE MANAGEMENT – KEY PROCESSES
360°
Revenue Cycle
Management
Services
Eligibility &
Authorization
Verification
Patient
Information
Entry
Coding
Charge Entry
Claim
Submission
Payment
Posting
Accounts
Receivable
Denial
Management
Reporting

SERVICE HIGHLIGHTS
 Up to 97% collection rate in accounts receivable
 FREE medical billing software, EMR & setup
 Real-time eligibility checks & fast authorization
 100% HIPAA-HITECH compliance
 Rapid claim status analysis in denial management
 Turnaround time less than 48 hours max.
 Low service fees with no hidden cost
 Zero lockup service contract that can be cancelled anytime
 Excellent references from reputed clients across the US
 Real-time audits and custom reporting

REVENUE CYCLE MANAGEMENT
• Physicians / Hospitals
• DMEPOS
• Pharmacy (WC/ PIP)
Work with physicians to enroll them with payers, setup billing
systems with fee schedules, review clinical notes, code CPT/ICD,
submit claims, payment posting and follow-up with payers and
patients
Setup DME companies in DME billing system, receive orders, generate
claims, payment posting and follow-up with payers and patients
Setup billing systems for submission of WC/PIP claims, code and
apply correct modifiers, check eligibility with adjusters, generate
claims, payment posting and follow-up
Sunknowledge provides medical billing & coding services - prompt, perfect and professional.
We are HIPAA compliant.

REVENUE CYCLE MANAGEMENT SERVICES
End-to-End Billing Services:
 Hospitals/ Physicians
 DMEPOS
 Pharmacy (WC/PIP)
Stand Alone Billing Services:
 AR Follow-up & Collection
 Eligibility & Auth Verification
 Pre-Auth Service
 Credentialing
 Patient Collection
 Coding

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT & BILLING SYSTEM
Sunknowledge billing executives have experience in working on several industry
standard practice management and billing software:
Sunknowledge can provide medical billing & coding services
using customer’s billing system or can setup customer’s practice
in a billing system managed by Sunknowledge.
 Kareo  SOS
 Emdeon / Capario One  Meditech
 Brightree  Alpha Collector
 Fastrack  OPIE
 CPR+ HME  Futura
 DME Works  PrimeRx
 Team DME

CHALLENGES & RESPONSES
AND BENEFITS

CHALLENGES & OUR APPROACH
 Assignment of adequate staff
 Completion of secondary verification
 Rigorous audit
 Time consuming with limited staff
 Documentation collection requires
continuous follow-up
 Increased TAT
 Time consuming with limited staff
 Secondary verification not carried out
Checking Authorization
Requirement and
Obtaining Authorization
Eligibility Verification
Patient Demographics /
Insurance / Charge Entry
 Transaction audit to minimize errors;
reduces denial due to missing patient
information
TASK DESCRIPTION CHALLENGES APPROACH
 Missing information / Key-in errors
 Increased denial rate
 Increased TAT
 Assignment of adequate staff
 Systematic and regular follow-up with
physicians’ offices & payors to collect
documentation and obtain authorization
 Proper tracking mechanism

 Defining KPI for rejection management
process and assigning responsibility
 Claims reconciliation and exception
report generation
 Unapplied balance
 Accumulation of backlog
 Manual posting
 Denials not posted
 Delayed correction and resubmission
 Possible loss of payment
Payment Posting
Rejection Management
Paper Claim Submission
 Proper tracking of every submission of
paper claims
 Moving to EDI based submission
whenever possible will reduce cost of
manual work and faster payment cycle
 Additional work for printing and
faxing/mailing
 Delayed filing leading to denials
 Lack of information about the actual
status
 Defining guidelines
 Review of patient payments
 Define KPI – TAT & Accuracy
 Denial posting and review

 Proper documentation – process
manual, guidelines & checklists
 Defining proper tracking mechanism
through various reports -Ageing, Status,
Daily, Exception
 Generate exception reports and regular
audit of every process tasks
 Defining KPIs and assigning
responsibility
 Lack of clarity of claims volume and
current status affects management
decision making process
 Impact on overall billing process
performance and improvement
 Decreased productive efficiency
Process Administration
and Reporting
AR Follow-up &
Denial Management
 Regular analysis, follow-up and review
 Transaction audit
 Accumulation of backlog
 Denials not posted
 Claims reconciliation issue

ADDRESSING PROBLEMS WITH EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS
We address problems like:
Reduced profit margins
Caused by
• Claims denial
• Delayed submission of claims
• Inefficient processes
• Low productivity
Reduced strategic directives
Caused by
• Operation reports lacking focus on
orders received/delivered
• Reports on claims submission
lacking functional clarity
We produce benefits like:
Process optimization
Achieved through
 No backlogs in inventory/open order
 Significant reduction in payment realization cycle
 Reduction in average cost by 40%
 Improved efficiency leading to higher productivity
Improved financials
Achieved through
 Timely claims submission, leading to improved
cash flow and payment realization by 10%
 Significant reduction in denial rate
 Increased revenue by 7%

FACTS FROM A CASE STUDY
Sunknowledge recently helped a leading DME Provider in New York
improve their complex billing process and achieve long-term bottom-line
growth. Here’s how we added value to the client’s existing processes:
OLD BILLING
PROCESS
OPTIMIZED BILLING
PROCESS
PROCESS STABILITY: Achieved
consistent and better productivity; and
higher accuracy through the application
of an improvement methodology
QUALITY AND EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT: Developed clear
understanding of peculiarities of DME billing as compared to physician
billing; Initiated an internal audit mechanism to identify and rectify
errors; Enforced corrective and preventive action scheme
INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY AND REDUCED
OPEN ORDERS: Removed redundant process
steps to focus on the critical ones; Created tools /
cheat sheets and introduced various process
checks to improve productivity
REDUCED DENIAL RATES: Drastically
reduced incorrect coding and combination in
bills and developed a thorough understanding
of qualifying diagnosis and payer guidelines

DME BILLING SERVICES

DME BILLING – KEY FACTS
 Secure Information & Data Flow between Sunknowledge and our partners enabled
with reliable networking software & hardware (includes secured Virtual Private
Networks and FTP sites)
 All low pay and no pays reports are sent to the client
 Work on re-processing of the denied claims starts immediately after receipt of ERA
 ERAs are posted to the respective patients’ accounts
 Quality check is conducted at all stages of process
 Turn Around Time for this process is 24 - 48 hours

ORDER ENTRY – SAMPLE REPORT
INVENTORY RECEIVED
Category
Breast Pump CPAP Nebulizer
Closet
Nebulizer
Integra
Month
Jun-15 330 114 34 45 0
Jul-15 664 265 0 55 447
Aug-15 957 278 0 49 552
Sep-15 867 248 0 35 400
Oct-15 835 303 0 74 722
Nov-15 923 244 0 105 632
Dec-15 947 299 0 133 637
Jan-16 779 230 0 142 655
INVENTORY COMPLETED
Category
Breast Pump CPAP Nebulizer
Closet
Nebulizer
Integra
Month
Jun-15 330 114 33 45 0
Jul-15 664 265 0 55 447
Aug-15 957 278 0 49 552
Sep-15 867 248 0 35 400
Oct-15 835 303 0 72 690
Nov-15 923 241 0 105 592
Dec-15 946 290 0 127 637
Jan-16 752 209 0 134 655
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
Jun-15 Jul-15 Aug-15 Sep-15 Oct-15 Nov-15 Dec-15 Jan-16
INVENTORY RECEIVED
Breast Pump
CPAP
Nebulizer
Closet Nebulizer
Integra
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
Jun-15 Jul-15 Aug-15 Sep-15 Oct-15 Nov-15 Dec-15 Jan-16
INVENTORY COMPLETED
Breast Pump
CPAP
Nebulizer
Closet Nebulizer
Integra

ELIGIBILITY & AUTH. VERIFICATION – SAMPLE REPORT
Sunknowledge ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION & AUTHORIZATION DETAILED FOR ABC - (7/10/2015)
Sl. No. Patient #
Equipment
Category
Eligibility
Checked
Primary
Checked
Secondary
Checked
Auth
Required
Auth
Obtained
Fax sent
Auth
Pending
Comment
1 221359 Beds / Mattress Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes
Pending Auth# Ak-098651
Follow-up : 07/15/2015
2 328547 Beds / Mattress Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Follow-up : 07/14/2015
3 190398 CPAP - Machine Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes
Sleep study report missing. Dr.'s
office contacted
Follow-up : 07/13/2015
4 215604 Diabetic Supplies Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Follow-up : 07/14/2015
5 218219 CPAP - Machine Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No Follow-up : 07/17/2015
EIGIBILITY VERIFICATION & AUTHORIZATION SUMMARY REPORT FOR ABC - 07/10/2015
Equipment
Category
Number of New
Patients
Patients Brought
Forward
Total
Patients
Primary
Checked
Secondary
Checked
Auth Required Auth Obtained Fax sent Auth Pending
Beds / Mattress 25 0 25 25 4 19 2 2 17
CPAP (Supplies) 44 3 47 47 12 9 7 6 2
CPAP (Machine) 15 0 15 15 3 11 3 3 8
Other DME 50 12 62 61 18 23 5 21 18
Diabetic
Supplies
27 0 27 27 6 8 6 8 2
Total 161 15 176 175 43 70 23 40 47

CPAP USER COMPLIANCE & TRACKING – SAMPLE REPORT
CPAP USER COMPLIANCE TRACKING SUMMARY REPORT FOR ABC - 07/10/2015
Day No. of Patients
Compliant Patients
No. of Non-
Compliant
Patients
No. of Patients
with No Data
Available
PendingNo. of Compliant
Patients
No. of Patients
Compliant based on
best 30 days
90th
day Compliance Report 5 3 0 0 0 2
60th
30th
15th
5th
TOTAL 17 11 2 1 3
Sunknowledge CPAP USER COMPLIANCE TRACKING STATUS REPORT - 07/10/2015
S No.
Set Up
Date
5th Day
15th
Day
30th
Day
60th
Day
90th
Day
Patient # Patient Name Doctor System Status
Therapy
Report
Imaged
Report
Faxed to Dr.
Email
/Faxed
Sales
person
Payer Name
Comment /
Notes
1 4/8/2015 N/A N/A N/A N/A 83.45% 213765 DOE, JOHN Paez Encore Complete Yes Yes No OXFORD HEALTH PLANS
2 4/8/2015 N/A N/A N/A N/A 65.60% 218619 DOE, DAVID Smith Resmed Complete Yes Yes No OXFORD HEALTH PLANS
Best of 30 days-
73.3%
3 6/6/2015 N/A N/A 100% N/A N/A 125354 DAY, JULIE Ricardo Encore Complete Yes Yes No MEDICARE
4 6/5/2015 N/A N/A 96.70% N/A N/A 295695 ROE, JANE Paez Encore Complete Yes Yes No HEALTH FIRST NY
5 6/30/2015 80% N/A N/A N/A N/A 233432 DOE, JULIE Paez Encore Complete N/A N/A N/A HEALTH FIRST NY
6 5/27/2015 N/A N/A 100% N/A N/A 196476 SMITH, JOE Jones Resmed Complete Yes Yes No MEDICARE
7 5/23/2015 N/A N/A 73% N/A N/A 215604 BLOGGS, JOE Jones ICODE Complete Yes Yes No AETNA HEALTH PLAN
8 6/3/2015 N/A N/A 57% N/A N/A 217849 SMITH, JULIE Smith Resmed Complete Yes Yes No MEDICARE
9 6/27/2015 100% N/A N/A N/A N/A 168488 ROE, JOHN Jones ICODE Complete N/A N/A N/A MEDICARE
10 5/1/2015 N/A N/A N/A 67.00% N/A 214535 RODRIGUEZ, P Jones Encore Complete Yes Yes No HEALTH FIRST NY

AR & AR CALLING – SAMPLE REPORT
Payer
>120 Days 91 – 120 Days 61 – 90 Days 31 – 60 Days
Claims Completed Remaining Claims Completed Remaining Claims Completed Remaining Claims Completed Remaining
AARP HEALTH CARE OPTIONS 26 23 3 17 16 1 44 41 3 37 32 5
AMERICAN TRANSIT INSURANCE
COMPANY
12 11 1 6 5 1 15 15 0 10 10 0
BCBCS 28 24 4 16 13 3 41 37 4 32 30 2
MAGNACARE 13 12 1 9 9 0 23 22 1 11 10 1
HIP_PALLADIAN HEALTH 6 6 0 12 9 3 12 10 2 15 15 0
MANAGED PHYSICAL NETWORK 12 10 2 8 7 1 10 10 0 10 8 2
MAGNACARE 7 7 0 2 11 -9 5 5 0 8 3 5
OXFORD 12 9 3 17 12 5 23 22 1 22 16 6
STATE FARM INSURANCE 7 6 1 4 4 0 5 5 0 4 4 0
TOUCHSTONE HEALTH 5 5 0 8 6 2 6 4 2 16 12 4
UNITED HEALTHCARE 31 28 3 23 20 3 49 43 6 41 39 2
S
No.
Date Payer
Patient
Name
DOB DOS Claim No.
Charge
Amount
Status Comments Ref #
1 7/21/2015 Healthfirst Doe, John 8/29/1974 6/26/2015 1063051526 $195.00 Paid
Called Healthfirst spoke with Gary - Rep stated that claim received
on 06/30/15 and processed on 07/17/15. Per rep ins paid $173.47
on check# 3023659 having bulk amount $11909.23. Check was
issued on 07/17/15 and is not cashed yet.
1063051526
2 7/21/2015 Healthfirst Roe, Julie 5/3/1983 6/16/2015 1091527510 $195.00 Paid
Called Healthfirst spoke with Gary - Rep stated that claim received
on 06/19/15 and processed on 07/10/15. Per rep ins paid $173.47
on check# 3019387 having bulk amount $25091.99. Check was
issued on 07/10/15 and is not cashed yet.
1061915510
3 7/24/2015 Magna Care (Oscar) Roe, David 8/11/1942 5/26/2015 P0449302 $3,800.00 Paid
Per Ashley- rep stated that claim received on 06/05/15 and ins
applied $292.60 towards pt as coins and paid 2633.40 by ck#
69783. Check issued on 07/10/15 and not yet cashed.
CL725541
4 7/24/2015 Magna Care (Oscar) Bloggs, Joe 8/10/1952 6/17/2015 Q0487598 $252.11 In Process
Per Ashley - Rep stated that claim received on 07/06/15 and still
in process
CL8765541
5 7/29/2015
Health Republic
Insurance of New
York
Bokhari,
Shahid
3/4/1958 6/19/2015 16478355-01 $100.00 Allowed
Per Andriya stated that claim processed on 07/08/15 and ins
applied $82.89 towards in-network deductible, Per rep the annual
in-network deductible is $2000.
18441664
6 7/31/2015 Oxford Health Plan Smith, P 4/25/002 6/8/2015 5184T02894 $59.62 Paid
Per Kelly stated that claim paid $42.58 on ck# 13357299 having
bulk amount $221.32 issued on 07/28/15 and not cashed yet.
15298601

DENIAL MANAGEMENT – SAMPLE REPORT
Auth Related
14%
Coding Error
5%
OON Issue
8%
COB Issues
10%
Patient info
missing
6%
Exceeds
Timely Filing
8%
Duplicate Claim
5%
Service Not
Covered
6%
Primary Paid
Max
7%
Pre-Existing
Condition
5%
Others
26%
Distribution of Denied Claims

BENEFITS PROPOSITION
 Increased revenue – reduced collection Time (up to 97% collection rate)
 Claim submission within 48 hours of receipt of billing input
 Adherence to CMS billing requirements
 Proper records maintenance and visibility through reporting
 Standardization of billing operations

CLIENTSPEAK
“I was always against the idea of outsourcing our back end claims processing
work but I was wrong. Sunknowledge provided extraordinary deliverables on
a timely basis which led to cost cutting considerably for us.”
CEO of a leading MA-PD Plan
READ ALL TESTIMONIALS
For Additional Information, Please Contact…
Michael Smith
Phone: (646) 930-4608
Email: michael.smith@sunknowledge.com
Sunknowledge Services Inc.
41 Madison Ave., Suite 2503, 25th Floor
New York, NY 11001, USA

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