Affiliate Business Partner
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Affiliate Partners in the Indiana Rural Health Business Partner Network stand ready to leverage their experience and expertise for healthcare operational and administrative challenges faced in a 21st Century regulatory environment. These companies and consultants represent qualified businesses.
Access TeleCare is a nationwide leader in the field of specialty telemedicine. Their clients include 19 of the 25 largest health systems in the nation as well as small rural and community hospitals across the country. Together, Access TeleCare is reducing the barriers to accessing timely specialty care for patients with acute and chronic complex conditions.
Please visit accesstelecare.com for more information.
Blue & Company is highly specialized in healthcare with professionals who devote 100% of their time to the healthcare industry and currently serve many IRHA members. They are organized in teams including audit and accounting, reimbursement, accounts receivable, physician and tax, and medical coding keeping abreast of Indiana and federal healthcare issues well in advance of the ultimate implementation and impact of those issues. Blue & Co. have registered lobbyists who are proactively involved in shaping the healthcare landscape.
Please visit blueandco.com for more information.
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As a trusted partner and compassionate advocate, ClaimAid is a leading provider of comprehensive eligibility and enrollment services and claims resolution for hospitals, patients, individuals and their families. For hospitals and providers, it’s an improved revenue cycle, educational resources and a better bottom line. For uninsured and underinsured patients, it’s caringly navigating them through the complex screening, enrollment and appeals process for federal, state and other health coverage options. As the health marketplace continues to evolve and new coverage options emerge, ClaimAId will continue to guide our clients through the process, helping them understand the options available and what the changes mean for them.
ClaimAid also provides fast, effective customized solutions that simplify and streamline the Medicaid billing process, delivering increased revenue and timely reimbursement for the state-specific IEP special education services in schools across the country. Partnering with them, ClaimAid works together to generate compensation for the cost of providing crucial health-related services to their special education services.
Please visit claimaid.com for more information.
Forvis Mazars, LLP is an independent member of Forvis Mazars Global, a leading global professional services network. Ranked among the largest public accounting firms in the United States, the firm’s 7,000 dedicated team members provide an Unmatched Client Experience® through the delivery of assurance, tax, and consulting services for clients in all 50 states and internationally through the global network.
Visit forvismazars.us to learn more.
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Pain Management Group (PMG) helps to ensure community access to socially and medically responsible pain treatment by partnering with hospitals to develop and manage balanced, hospital-based pain management programs. Since 2009, PMG has successfully established over 50 hospital-based, pain management programs.
Please visit painmgmtgroup.com for more information.
Pinnacle is a nationally recognized healthcare consulting firm which provides an array of customized solutions such as strategic, financial, operational, compliance, and valuation services. As a trusted advisor to hundreds of hospitals, health systems, surgical centers, medical practices, value-based care entities, private equity firms, and life science companies, our proven strategies are all designed to help our clients manage risk, improve performance, and create innovative solutions!
Our Family of Companies work together as one to offer clients the professional diversity, scalable services, and personalized support needed to deliver practical, real-world solutions to your most complex healthcare challenges.
Please visit www.AskPHC.com for more information.
After a focus realignment at Purdue, PHA has been rebranded as HealthTAP under the Technical Assistance Program. Purdue HealthTAP will continue their mission to partner with communities, hospital systems, healthcare organizations, and providers to improve patient care. Through fee-based contracts, grants, and no-cost programs, HealthTAP will consult and train healthcare professionals in lean process improvement, cybersecurity, metrics reporting, and community building.
Please visit health.tap.purdue.edu for further information.
Our mission is to be the best resource available for quality emergency department and clinic physician staffing at competitive rates; to promote customer service ensuring long term client retention; and creating jobs for dedicated and talented physicians.
Founded in 1980, Southwest Medical Associates is an established emergency department management group providing services to healthcare facilities throughout the U.S. We are known in the industry for specializing in physician staffing for rural hospitals from low to high patient volume.
At Southwest Medical, no emergency department task is too large or too small. We customize the coverage of our clients based on their individual needs. This ranges from part-time “as needed” coverage to last-minute emergencies, flexible coverage supplementing staff physician schedules to full-time staffing.
The needs of rural hospitals and healthcare facilities are unique, and Southwest Medical understands this. That is why we have been a resource for rural healthcare for more than 30 years.
Please visit swmed.com for more information.
Hospitals desire to provide specialized care for their communities, but expertise and resources can be an obstacle. Issues like adult and senior depression and anxiety complicate treatment at every level — extending hospital stays and driving up costs. UltraGroup Healthcare offers medical management support to bring communities like yours the resources it deserves. They partner with over 50 hospitals nationwide, providing a comprehensive solution for adult and geriatric psychiatric care, alleviating hospitals’ burdens for resources and expertise. By attending to patient's specialized needs, overall healthcare is greatly improved.
Taking care of the adult and geriatric behavioral health needs of a small community can be challenging for acute care hospitals. Limited resources, staff shortages and growing regulatory requirements are just a few of the hurdles that can be difficult to navigate.
That's where UltraGroup can help. They partner with hospitals, bringing the right resources to the table, to provide cost effective inpatient and outpatient behavioral health support and solutions including:
FINANCIAL & OPERATIONAL SERVICES
- Financial Analysis
- Medicare Cost Report Impact Analysis
- CPT Coding/Billing Assistance
- Budgeting
- Monthly Management Reporting
- Strategic Planning
DEVELOPMENT & IMPLEMENTATION
- Certificate of Need Assistance
- DPU Enrollment
- Staff Recruitment/Orientation
- Medical Director Recruitment
- Space Design
- Policies/Procedures
- Equipment and Supply Information
Please visit ultragrouphealthcare.com for more information.
The Upper Midwest Telehealth Resource Center (UMTRC) is a federally funded program of the Indiana Rural Health Association (IRHA) that provides a comprehensive set of telehealth clinical and technical assistance services leveraged into products of lasting value to rural providers. The UMTRC focuses on telehealth programs and technical assistance needs within Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio.
The UMTRC provides a single point of contact for telehealth resources across Indiana and the Upper Midwest region through educational and outreach presentations, individualized technical assistance, facilitation, connection to local or distant providers and resources via the UMTRC website and project staff.
Please visit umtrc.org for more information.
From many great individuals, USI has become one unique industry leader. USI began in 1994 with a single office of $6.5 million of revenue and 40 associates. Today, USI is approaching $2 billion in revenue with more than 6,000 associates in over 150 offices across the country.
USI has served over 150,000 clients meeting their property & casualty, employee benefit, personal risk, and retirement needs nationwide. They have more than 100 years of consulting and brokerage experience through their acquired agencies, with local offices dating back in their communities as far as the late 1800s. USI combines industry-leading national capabilities delivered through longstanding, passionate, and committed local service teams. USI stands for Understand, Service, and Innovate. At USI they work to Understand the specific needs of their clients, to provide an unparalleled local Service experience, and to Innovate with cutting-edge solutions so their clients can continue to invest and grow.
The power of USI, and their ability to bring best-in-class solutions and services to their clients and their communities, is achieved through the collective knowledge and experience of their professionals coming together as ONE.
Please visit usi.com for more information.
VanAusdall & Farrar, Inc., is state’s largest full-service office technology service provider for healthcare, insurance, engineering & construction, state & local government, manufacturing & logistics, and real estate companies in Indiana and throughout the Midwest. We specialize in cloud and premise based phone systems, IT infrastructure, cybersecurity, IT managed services, virtual infrastructure, WiFi, SD-WAN, FM, print/copy, and much more.
Please visit vanausdall.com for more information.