Ingenix to Acquire Executive Health Resources (EHR)

Eden Prairie, MN and Newtown Square, PA, August 4, 2010 – Ingenix, a leading health information technology and services company, today announced it is acquiring Executive Health Resources, a leading provider of medical necessity compliance and physician medical management solutions for hospitals.  The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions and is expected to close before the end of 2010.

Thanks for joining us for "Let's Talk NonClinicalJobs"

I'd like to thank all those who joined us for "Let's Talk NonClinicalJobs" last night (May 12, 2010). We had 15 people on the line and we had a nice discussion.

"Let's Talk NonClinicalJobs" is a free monthly conference call where we will discuss various topics and have a time for Q&A. Last night, the call started with questions revolving around the company EHR or Executive Health Resources.  You can learn more about EHR by visiting these two websites:
http://www.ehrdocs.com/
http://www.theraccure.com/

Please contact me if you'd like further information about job opportunities related to EHR so that I can direct you to an EHR recruiter.

Other questions revolved around government jobs and we spent a few minutes talking about job opportunities at the FDA, the CDC, the NIH, and state health departments. Given that Medicare and Medicaid fraud are big problems, perhaps we'll see additional job openings in the future to combat fraud.

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Featured Physician Entrepreneur: Dr. Robert Corrato

I'm starting a new series here on NonClinicalJobs.com called the "Featured Physician" series. This will be a weekly blog post (published on Fridays) where I will feature a physician entrepreneur or a physician executive. In many cases, the featured physician will an entrepreneur and an executive (it's difficult to be an entrepreneur without being an executive). By featuring a specific physician each week, I'll give you the opportunity to learn how each of these successful individuals created an alternative career path outside of traditional medicine. I hope you'll enjoy reading these stories. For me, they're insightful and inspiring.

Today's featured physician is Robert R. Corrato, MD, MBA and he's the President & CEO of Executive Health Resources (EHR). I had the chance to meet him earlier this week when I attended a reception organized by EHR.  Here's a snippet from the EHR website:

Dr. Robert Corrato founded EHR in 1997 and has since served as EHR’s President and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to founding EHR, Dr. Corrato held the post of Deputy Director of the Office of Health Policy and Clinical Outcomes at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pa. An internist with extensive outpatient, inpatient, academic and community-based clinical practice experience, he is one of only six physicians in the U.S. to have completed medical fellowship training in managed care/administrative medicine. Dr. Corrato often serves as a featured speaker at healthcare industry events, has been published in leading healthcare journals, including the Journal of the American Medical Association, sits on the editorial boards of numerous healthcare publications, and has served as a peer reviewer for the Annals of Internal Medicine. Dr. Corrato earned his master of business administration degree from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and received his medical degree from the Medical College of Pennsylvania.

You can learn more about Dr. Corrato on the EHR website.

Attending the Executive Health Resources (EHR) reception tonight

Tonight, Executive Health Resources or EHR is having a Cocktails & Conversation event. If you're considering a  career change, perhaps you may enjoy working for a company like EHR. What would you do as a physician advisor? Get familiar with the phrase RAC (Recovery Audit Contractor).  Not familiar with the concept?  Click here to read about RACs on the Medicare website.

Click here to view physician advisor job openings at EHR.

Here's a snippet from their website that describes the "The Physician Advisor Approach"

EHR's Physician Advisor review provides an admission status certification, which is supported by clinical evidence, compliant with CMS rules and regulations, and robust enough to withstand external scrutiny.

EHR is at the forefront of regulatory changes and monitors CMS closely in order to anticipate high-risk areas before they become a liability for the hospital. EHR has built a team of leading industry experts to conduct ongoing research and development of evidence-based, risk-stratified protocols and algorithms surrounding high-risk DRGs to assist its Physicians Advisors in defending RAC denials.

One of the most important tools in EHR's arsenal is in the area of content development. EHR has a team of physicians and nurses who are responsible for supporting our Physician Advisor teams with the latest in risk assessment and risk stratification tools. Medicare's directions in the Medicare Benefits Policy Manual require that we examine the probability that a patient will have an adverse outcome. CMS ruling 95-1 directs EHR Physician Advisors to utilize an evidence-based, literature-based standard in determining such outcomes.

EHR develops and maintains this type of information and puts it in the hands of our Physician Advisors who work directly with your hospitals. These tools involve standard high-risk diagnoses such as chest pain, congestive heart failure, and gastroenteritis. Sometimes, these tools represent wholly unique offerings, such as our Interventional Cardiac Procedure Review, which focuses on ICD's, Pacemakers, and PCI – procedures in which little or no guidance exists anywhere else. These products are developed internally and offered to our clients as the market need evolves.

EHR's Cocktails & Conversation

Executive Health Resources (EHR) invites physicians to join us for an evening of Cocktails & Conversation to explore a career in the medical management field. At this event, you will have the opportunity to explore a new direction for your medical career in a causal environment, meet Robert Corrato, MD, MBA our president and CEO, members of our physician teams, and network with other local physicians. Refreshments and hors d’oeuvres will be served.

We have full-time and part-time positions available in our Columbia, MD office, or remote work from home opportunities. We offer no call hours, a great work/life balance, extensive training (no prior medical management experience required), competitive compensation and benefits and professional growth opportunities.

EHR's Cocktails & Conversation

April 21, 2010
6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
InterContinental Harbor Court Baltimore
550 Light Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
May 5, 2010
6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Dolce Hotel
301 West Dekalb Pike
King of Prussia, PA 19406

To RSVP, log onto www.ehrdocs.com/offcall or contact our recruiting team at (484) 362-1996 or medicaldirector@ehrdocs.com

Mark your calendar to join us for our hiring/interview conference in Newtown Square, PA, on April 26 and 27!

Executive Health Resources (administrative medicine)

If you're trying tired of practicing clinical medicine, how about a career switch to administrative medicine? Consider this as a blend between medical management and business management. After all, I think we all recognize that health care is a business. You won't find any residencies or fellowships that focus on the specialty of "Administrative Medicine."

Executive Health Resources (EHR) is a company that provides different types of services, including:

• Medicare and Medicaid Clinical Compliance Management
- Concurrent Admission Review and Certification (Inpatient vs. Observation Status)
- Surgical/Procedural Setting Review and Certification
• Medicare and Medicaid Denials Review & Appeal Management
- QIO, MAC/FI and RAC Denials Management
• Concurrent Commercial Payor Denials Management
• Retrospective Commercial Payor Denials Management
• Length of Stay Management
• ER Admissions & Transfer Center Mgmt.

The acronym "EHR" is widely used to refer to electronic health records, so don't get that confused with this company. Here's a bit of history regarding this EHR (from their website):

Founded in 1997, EHR, The Physician Advisor Company™, is nationally recognized as the leading provider of real-time, point of care, expert Physician Medical Management Solutions that improve hospital revenue integrity and maintain the highest level of quality of care and regulatory compliance. EHR's expert physicians, the EHR Physician Advisors, provide hospitals and health systems with an outsourced operational, technological, and clinical resource to achieve the hospital’s goal of effectively managing clinical care while maintaining sound financial performance.

They appear to be hiring for a Physician Advisor. What are the qualifications? M.D. or D.O. with 3+ years of post-residency inpatient clinical practice preferred. Medical licensure mandatory; Board Certification preferred. To learn more, visit: http://www.ehrdocs.com