Core Measures & Abstraction

Expert Abstraction Services

From the initial implementation Apostle RCM trained abstractors are your resource for abstraction, feedback and education. In essence, we partner with you to become an off-site member of your team, completing your concurrent or retrospective abstraction in a timely and effective manner. Your dedicated account representative is available to you any time to discuss any aspect of your abstraction program and help you achieve your goals.

Our unique workflow is proven to reduce costs, increase quality reporting, educate staff, and provide an efficient operational workflow so you can re-deploy valuable staffing resources to increase reimbursements, and to focus more on improving the quality of care provided at your facility.

Hospital Data Registries

Hospital registries are critical to healthcare reform, as many providers are experiencing, it is the direct path to population health management and lower costs. However abstracting registries are often complex, not supported by current technologies, and are time consuming for your already stretched out resources.

Apostle RCM has the proven processes, the leadership and certified resources to empower your providers to excel in their pay for performance programs. We assist in base-lining and benchmarking your current quality metrics, in addition to assisting you to continuously monitor and improve them. Our quick set-up process means we can be up and running in less than a week.

Key Features of Core Measures & Abstraction

1. Our Process

From the initial implementation Apostle trained abstractors are your resource for abstraction, feedback and education. In essence, we partner with you to become an off-site member of your team, completing your concurrent or retrospective abstraction in a timely and effective manner. Your dedicated account representative is available to you any time to discuss any aspect of your abstraction program and help you achieve your goals.

2. What You’ll Get

Apostle RCM thorough knowledge and in-depth experience in health record documentation puts us in a prime position to provide outsourcing services to support a healthcare organization’s critical need for accurate and cost effective core measure abstraction.

No set up or account maintenance fees
Customized, cost-effective outsourcing services
Consistent, personalized account manager/abstractor to ensure reliable, & accurate data submissions
Credentialed, experienced RN’s with at least two years of experience
In-depth knowledge of CMS/TJC core measures specifications
Proven track record of success in delivering core measure services
Stays abreast of upcoming regulatory changes and communicates changes to clients in an easy-to-understand format

3. Custom Approach; Proven Method

What sets us apart from other vendors is that we approach abstraction not just as an outsourcing vendor, but as a partner and educator. Our staff has worked in hospitals and has the knowledge and expertise to ensure data is abstracted according to CMS/TJC specifications. Our dedication to building lasting relationships is best shown through our abstractors who go the extra mile to ensure that knowledge is being transferred from our team to yours.

The approach that we take to abstraction is to not only develop a customized workflow solution for you, but to help make you and your department more efficient by freeing up valuable resources to work on other projects.

Improving your quality of care
Maintaining the reputation you deserve
Securing the reimbursement your organization earns

4. Certified Abstractors

Working with core measures since its inception, our knowledge and experience helps qualify us as experts in the field. We only hire experienced, credentialed abstractors with a minimum of five years experience. Our abstracting staff is credentialed at various levels with a minimum of one of the following credentials:

AHIMA Credentials (RHIA or RHIT)
Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ)
Master’s Degree in Nursing (MSN)
Certified Coding Associate/Certified Coding Specialist (CCA/CCS)
Bachelor’s Degree in Healthcare-related field and/or Nursing