Health Catalyst

Technical

The VitalCDM® application handles your entire charge description master (CDM)—and all related data files—and consolidates those files into a single system that your team can view and manage.

Notes:

Vitalware is Acquired Technology and not included in the Technology Access subscription unless otherwise noted in an order form.
HITRUST certification of this environment is planned for 2023.

The Challenge

Health systems that have acquired ambulatory care practices—and independent ambulatory practices alike—face tremendous financial pressures and challenges to financial sustainability. If you’re an ambulatory care leader, you’re looking to improve the efficiency of the services you provide and find cost savings without negatively impacting patient outcomes, the community, or the integrity of the organization. Yet it can be difficult to access data that brings actionable insights to inform decisions to improve patient access, panel management, provider productivity, referral management, or quality scores.

Our Approach

The VitalCDM® application handles your entire charge description master (CDM)—and all related data files—and consolidates those files into a single system that your team can view and manage. The application enables you to operate more transparently, price strategically, and present an accurate bill or claim with a new level of consistency. When your mid-revenue cycle personnel work from a single platform, their productivity increases and errors decrease.

Benefits

Truly complete data consumption. The VitalCDM application enables you to view and manage multiple fee schedules and files (pharmacy, supply, professional CDM analysis, and ancillary) in one system. When your team works from a single system, you have more time to take action on other needs and initiatives that can give your hospital or practice a competitive edge, enabling you to plan, analyze, and strategize with confidence.
Increase productivity, decrease errors, and save time with VitalWorkflow. The change control system within the VitalCDM application enables you to create custom workflow processes that route proposed changes, additions, and deletions through team members before approval. Setting custom reminders and monitoring the progress of requests enable improved efficiency to make chargemaster updates quickly and accurately.
Remain compliant. The VitalCDM application is built on top of our robust referential tool, VitalKnowledge. Within the tool, users can access the most up-to-date regulatory information. The VitalCDM application reporting uses this regulatory information and includes outdated/invalid codes and replacements, description changes, Medicare alternate or preferred codes, suggested device relationships, and comparative pricing. It also includes powerful resources like guidance on medical necessity, CMS requirements for additional codes to be billed, and best practice Revenue Codes from SAF data. In addition to primary codes, you can analyze your alternate codes and even soft codes in your files to ensure that all are kept up to date.

1. The Challenge

2. Our Approach

3. Benefits

The Challenge

Our Approach

Benefits

Proven Outcomes