Ensuring Business Continuity Through COVID-19 & BeyondMay 20, 2020Throughout the COVID-19 crisis, DataCare has ensured continuous business operations support to clients (Fortune 500 corporations, national insurance carriers, TPAs, and more). By using DataCare's Ahshay Software-as-a-Service platform to its fullest potential, the majority of our clients have been able to maintain their volume, turnaround times, and [...]
This letter is to address the impact of Senate Bill 1160 (or SB1160) pertaining to self-insureds, TPA’s or third-party-administrators, employers, and utilization review organizations across California. On September 30, 2016, SB1160 was signed by Governor Jerry Brown, which is set for implementation beginning the first of January in 2018. The result of this bill will [...]
Express authorizations can be performed faster and more easily with the use of drug formularies. The recent release of the California Drug Formulary uses a very objective language suitable for fully- or partially-automated approval of requests. For example, after entering a medication request in DataCare’s UR++ system, the system can easily determine if the request should [...]
DataCare UR++SM reduces utilization review program costs by enabling claims adjusters and trained administrators to routinely approve 80% or more of all treatment requests and by significantly reducing the number of referrals to more expensive nurse or physician reviews. Quick approvals also shorten the time it takes for employees to return to work. With the UR++: [...]
Utilization review (UR) organizations need to coordinate the efforts of highly skilled professionals on a tight timetable. This makes modern technology a requirement for a top-performing team. According to Dr. Doug Benner, who led Kaiserʼs occupational health services for 30 years and now serves as medical business product development officer at EK Health, the California-based, [...]
DataCare is proud to present its latest release for Adjusters and Claims Professionals: UR++ 1.4 WHAT'S NEW Adjusters/ Claims Professionals come across several Request for Authorizations (RFAs) each day, and some cases may require additional attention. For this reason, the latest version of UR++ enables clients to incorporate a best practices ruleset to make approvals [...]
Companies involved in Workers’ Compensation will typically use Utilization Review, Case Management and Claims Management software independent of one another. The Ahshay core software platform achieves higher efficiency, savings, and detailed reporting by combining these modules under one platform. Within DataCare‘s core platform Ahshay, Utilization Review, Case Management, and the claim enhancing Medical Process Manager [...]
Time after time, adjusting offices find themselves asking the same question: “Should we approve this request for physical therapy, or is it worth sending to UR? We usually just go ahead and approve these, but we have been seeing PT requests for this patient pop up an awful lot this past month… Let’s just approve [...]
Integration with DataCare’s UR/Case Management system creates a fully integrated system for applying evidence-based medicine to workers’ comp claims. SAN JOSE, Calif., September 29, 2012 American All-Risk Loss Administrators (AARLA), a leading third party administrator and provider of claims services, has selected DataCare's UR++ software, part of DataCare’s Ahshay® platform, to facilitate workers’ compensation treatment authorizations [...]
DataCare UR++ reduces utilization review program costs by enabling claims adjusters and trained administrators to routinely approve 80% or more of all treatment requests and by significantly reducing the number of referrals to more expensive nurse or physician reviews. Quick approvals also shorten the time it takes for employees to return to work. With Express Approval: [...]