In a recent press release, Collective Medical announced an expanded product offering to ensure hospitals fully meet requirements under the new CMS Conditions of Participation as part of the Interoperability and Patient Access final rule.
The new rule updates existing conditions of participation (CoP) to require hospitals—including psychiatric and critical access hospitals—to send electronic patient event notifications of a patient’s admission, discharge and/or transfer (ADT) to post-acute providers and primary care providers. In response to the new ADT CoP, Collective has expanded its existing offerings to include a lightweight, cost-effective solution that ensures its hospital client partners are fully compliant with this new requirement—without the need for any additional intermediary service providers. Currently, hospitals must have a system implemented after the rule publishes on the federal register.
Uniquely, Collective’s solution does not require built-out network connectivity to every non-system entity and platform. Collective will deliver patient encounter notifications on behalf of the hospital to both directly- and indirectly-connected providers. Hospitals need only provide Collective with an ADT feed with required fields, including the name of the patient’s preferred provider, as recorded by the hospital registrar. Collective will then ensure timely notifications to appropriate providers through its proprietary nationwide Provider Directory Service.
To read the full press release, click here.