Ancillary Services

The physician self-referral law is set forth in section 1877 of the Social Security Act.  The law prohibits physicians from referring Medicare patients for certain designated health services (DHS) to an entity with which the physician or a member of the physician's immediate family has a financial relationship--unless an exception applies. Does your organization fall under the Stark Safe Harbors to provide ancillary services? If so, are the services you are providing a profit or loss for your practice?

Although HealthCore MSO can provide business consultation regarding most "Designated Health Services", HealthCore MSO has exceptional knowledge as it pertains to Physician Office Laboratories (POL) and In-Office Dispensing.

Physician Office Laboratory
It can be difficult to start-up or run a POL on a day-to-day basis and keep up with all of the governmental regulations while ensuring profitability.

HealthCore MSO Laboratory Consulting services are tailored to the needs of the lab and the practice. The following are some of the questions you should be asking yourself.

- Is your lab as profitable as it could be?
- Are your instruments adequate for your testing needs?
- Are you efficiently managing reagent and supply needs?
- Does your coding and billing adequately reflect your testing?

The following are some of the laboratory consulting services HealthCore MSO offers to provide a quality management program:

- Procedure Manual Preparation
- Organization and Supervision of the Quality Control program
- Mock inspection
- Proficiency Testing
- Selection of Methods, Kits, and Equipment based on your practice's needs, not the flavor of the month being promoted by a sales representative.
- Lab Information System (LIS) review and recommendation
- Analyze Reporting capabilities
- Selection, evaluation, and training of staff

Let HealthCore MSO's Licensed Medical Technologist with more than 30 years experience
in hospital, reference, and physician office laboratories provide the needed knowledge and resources to run a safe and profitable POL.

HealthCore MSO laboratory consulting services are available hourly or on a project basis.

In-Office Dispensing

Is 2 minutes worth a 200% Return on Investment?
HealthCore MSO can provide your practice with a successful and profitable physician point of care medication dispensing program.
POINT-OF-CARE DISPENSING is not only convenient for you and your patients it also:

- Is simple, fast and easy to implement with little up-front costs
- Is more convenient for your patients than a trip to the pharmacy
- Improves patient compliance - patients begin therapy immediately
- More productive - less calls to and from the pharmacy enabling your staff to focus on patient care
- Is safer than writing a prescription since FDA repackaged drugs require much higher production standards than Pharmacies, so fewer errors
- Is legal and complies completely with Stark Legislation, State Boards of Pharmacy, FDA and DEA Laws.
- Provides an additional revenue source - from $12,000 to over $100,000 annually, per physician (based on volume)
- Accommodates web based facilitated dispensing, inventory management and drug utilization reporting (supports states with mandated reporting requirements)

Make life a little easier for your patients.

Getting started is easy. All it takes is a few minutes to select the items you most commonly prescribe from our prepackaged formulary. HealthCore MSO's licensed Pharmacist will work with you to complete the paperwork and submit it with copies of all appropriate licenses. In just a few days, your office will have everything you need to dispense patient-ready prescriptions.

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