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New medical apps in Washington

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WORCESTER, US: The Center for Health Care Financing at the University of Massachusetts Medical School has entered into a five-year $3.75 million contract with the state of Washington to provide consulting services for random moment time study implementation and administrative claiming.

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The Center for Health Care Financing has developed an advanced web-enabled application to help states complete random moment time studies. A random moment time study documents how personnel spend their time performing certain health-related services and administrative activities, so states can use that information to submit accurate claims for those activities for federal reimbursement, adds a press release.

Currently, Washington uses a variety of tools to complete time studies. Under the terms of this contract, the Center for Health Care Financing will employ their web-enabled random moment time study system to centralize and simplify the current administrative process for the state. A key advancement: the system documents workers’ functions and time spent performing the delivery of health care         services to particular groups of Medicaid members, as well as Medicaid administrative activities. The Center for Health Care Financing will also provide other administrative claiming support, including training and reporting.

The time study services will be provided to the state Medicaid agency and department of health, 33 local health jurisdictions, and 126 school districts in Washington.

“The goal is to make a major impact through simplification,” said Teresa Pastore, the Center for Health Care Financing’s senior associate for school-based programs and local initiatives. “Ultimately, the claiming and time study process overall is streamlined and the state is able to realize substantial cost reductions while delivering appropriate health care coverage.”