VantagePoint’s Cardiology Consulting team is comprised of consultants who have broad operational experience working in management and clinical positions within cardiology practices. We conduct an in-depth financial and operational assessments developing benchmarks and identifying opportunities for improving efficiency and the bottom line.
Our cardiology services include, but are not limited to:
- Review, analysis, and management of the accounts receivable
- Coding & documentation training and support
- Expense & reimbursement analysis
- Provider productivity analysis
- Development of compensation programs
- Analysis and negotiation of payer rates
- Review and updating of fee schedule
- Assisting in the development of board structure
- Development of physician and management leadership
- Ensuring compliance with payer, state, and federal guidelines
- Review of and recommendations related to use of technology
- Succession planning
- Compliance Plan Development
- Mid-level provider compensation and productivity reviews
- Feasibility studies and business development
- EMR Search, Negotiation and Implementation
- Cardiology equipment acquisition and negotiation
- Software for procedural reporting
Our nuclear cardiology services include assisting with the design and implementation of nuclear cardiology labs, and preparing them for ICANL accreditation. Services include:
- Develop Policy/Procedure & Protocols Manual
- Advise & recommendations related to build-out and construction of nuclear department
- Advise & recommendations related to facility set-up and configuration
- Develop OSHA Program
- Establish Imaging Equipment QA Program
- Provide CPT and ICD-9 coding protocol for ordering physician ordering
- Develop Reporting Protocol (paper and electronic)
- Insure all payer credentialling is completed
- Conduct Acceptance Testing on site with vendor
- On-site presence during start-up
- Assist with applications training with vendor
- Implement Radiation Safety Program
- RSO Program Training
- Document human resources policies and protocols as related to EPA, OSHA and NRC requirements
- Track and review insurance reimbursements
- Refine workflow and scheduling
Additionally, we will develop programs in echocardiography, arrhythmia monitoring, anti-coagulation management, diagnostic and treatment quality assurance, and disease management.
By focusing on a multidisciplinary team approach with non-physician practitioners, these programs have increased revenues for clients, without increasing physician workload. Our consultants’ expertise aligns clinical and financial outcomes with concise metrics of decreased overhead and increased practice efficiency.