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HCIM Congratulates Winners of 2012 Share the Love Raffle

Angela Reynolds — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 23:14:17 +0000

Congratulations to Brooke Yates and Sherry Thibeault of Desert Oasis HealthCare (DOHC), winners of the 2012 “Share the Love” raffle. During a routine DOHC site visit, they were each awarded a $125 American Express gift card by Tom Streeter, HCIM’s SVP and Director of Product Solutions, and Laurie Kirkland, HCIM’s Director of Sales & Marketing. [...]

HHS to Delay ICD-10 Compliance Deadline to Oct. 2014 upon Approval of Proposed Rule

Angela Reynolds — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:00:24 +0000

In a much anticipated announcement, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced a proposed rule that will postpone the ICD-10 compliance deadline by one year, to Oct. 1, 2014. The new deadline will give payers and providers a little over two years to implement ICD-10. This is great news for the healthcare payers that were running behind [...]

04/03/2012: HCIM Transforms the Face of Consulting

Angela Reynolds — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:43:56 +0000

HCIM is propelling consultant interviews into the 21st century by allowing clients to screen their experienced professional consultants via HCIM’s exclusive virtual interview process. Using video conferencing, clients can interview potential consulting resources just as they would in a traditional face-to-face interview.

HCIM Welcomes its New Director of Sales & Marketing, Laurie Kirkland

Kimberly Magras — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 21:51:30 +0000

HCIM is pleased to welcome Laurie Kirkland as Director of Sales & Marketing. Laurie worked for several years as an advertising coordinator for trade show publications where she helped clients to market their products in industry magazines. Before coming to work for HCIM, Laurie served as Director of Business Development for a large full-service clearinghouse [...]

Don’t take your foot off the gas just yet

Angela Reynolds — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:45:36 +0000

CMS issued a statement yesterday that “HHS will initiate a process to postpone the date by which certain health care entities have to comply with International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition diagnosis and procedure codes (ICD-10)” and also said that “HHS will announce a new compliance date moving forward.” This will certainly be a welcomed reprieve [...]

HCIM Hosts Internal Business Unit Meetings

Angela Reynolds — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:09:12 +0000

In November 2011, HCIM held two internal business unit meetings to involve all HCIM Colleagues in goal setting, brainstorming, troubleshooting, and team building. HCIM’s Product Solutions business unit met at HCIM’s offices in Concord, Calif. to discuss the future of HCIM’s product offerings, create their product development schedule for 2012, and collaborate on the functionality and [...]

ICD-10 Webinar Series for QNXT Users

Angela Reynolds — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:48:34 +0000

88 QNXT users enjoyed HCIM and AXIOM’s Oct./Nov. 2011 webinar series on “ICD-10’s Impact on Your Business,” which was offered exclusively to QNXT users as a result of HCIM’s sponsorship of the Q-Users Group. Throughout the four-part series of one hour webinars, ICD-10 expert Peggy Honts gave a brief overview of the ICD-10 coding system, explained [...]

About the CMS HIPAA 5010 Compliance Grace Period

Angela Reynolds — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:49:39 +0000

CMS announced a 90-day grace period for HIPAA 5010 compliance on Nov. 17, 2011. While CMS did not offer a deadline extension on the HIPAA 5010 compliance date of January 1, 2012, they will not “initiate enforcement action” before March 31, 2012. What does this mean? It’s certainly not a free pass, but it does offer leniency [...]

PSW Seeing 3X ROI with SymKey for EZ-CAP

Angela Reynolds — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:58:11 +0000

Olympia-based Physicians of Southwest Washington (PSW) licensed the SymKey® for EZ-CAP® Professional and Hospital Claims modules for a three-year licensing period in August 2011, after a successful 30-day Risk Free Trial. Here’s what Tamra Ruymann, Claims Manager at PSW has to say about SymKey: Return on Investment “SymKey’s price tag was unbelievable! I didn’t think a small [...]

SymKey for Plexis Claims Manager Development Underway

J. Rickenbach — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:28:34 +0000

HCIM has begun the design and development of SymKey® for Plexis Claims Manager™ (PCM). HCIM has partnered with Plexis Healthcare Systems, a leading provider of core benefit administration and claims processing software, to cooperate on the development of this new product line. Together, the two companies have identified the initial workflows for SymKey to automate and [...]

Boost the Speed of EZ-CAP 6.x for Maximum SymKey 2.0 Efficiency

Thomas J. Streeter — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 18:47:05 +0000

SymKey 2.0 for EZ-CAP 6.x has been available since February 2011 and is now available for all versions of EZ-CAP 6.x through 6.2.1. HCIM is continuing to develop and test solutions to new EZ-CAP 6.x versions as they are released. While working with several EZ-CAP 6.x clients, some who are in production and others in test, [...]

ICD-10 Webinar Series for QNXT Users Begins Oct. 3, 2011

Angela Reynolds — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:00:15 +0000

HCIM and AXIOM Systems have teamed up to provide QNXT users with the knowledge they need to navigate the complexities of the transition to the ICD-10 coding system. This free educational webinar series will include four 1-hour webinars, with your choice of session on either Monday or Wednesday to better fit your schedule. Featured speaker and leading ICD-10 expert Peggy Honts of [...]

HCIM Welcomes QNXT Consultant, Bryan Richardson, to the Professional Solutions Team

Kimberly Magras — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:46:19 +0000

As a former HCIM consultant that was subsequently hired on by a large client, HCIM is pleased to welcome Bryan Richardson back to the Professional Solutions Team. Bryan has almost a decade of experience on QNXT, both as a consultant and as a QCSI/TriZetto client, and his formal education includes a BA from the [...]

HCIM Welcomes Tyra Dennis to the Professional Solutions Team

Kimberly Magras — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:43:37 +0000

HCIM welcomes Tyra Dennis to the Professional Solutions Team. Tyra brings with her nearly 20 years of healthcare administrative and operations experience. During this tenure, she has spent several years working as a Network Representative, Benefit Designer, Compliance Auditor, and as a Team Lead and Trainer for QNXT administration, ECIS, Medical Manager and [...]

Free ICD-10 Educational Webinar Series Hits Home

Angela Reynolds — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 17:43:16 +0000

Over 130 EZ-CAP users registered to attend HCIM and AXIOM Systems’ joint ICD-10 Educational Webinar Series, entitled “ICD-10’s Impact on Your Business.” Word traveled fast after MZI Healthcare encouraged its EZ-CAP client base to attend the free series via their EZ-Communicator email notice. Featured speaker and leading ICD-10 and 5010 subject matter expert Peggy Honts of AXIOM Systems presented on ICD-10’s projected impact on key areas of a healthcare payer organization’s business and concluded the series with some helpful ICD-10 implementation strategies.

Emmanuel Padilla Joins HCIM’s Professional Solutions Team

Kimberly Magras — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:48:18 +0000

HCIM is pleased to welcome Emmanuel “Eman” Padilla to the HCIM Professional Solutions Team. He brings over 22 years of hands-on experience working in various departments within the healthcare payer industry including Customer Service, Claims, Finance, Eligibility, and System Configuration. During that time, he’s worked on various claims system platforms, both commercial and [...]

Mingyong Yang Joins HCIM Development Team as Senior Developer

Kimberly Magras — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 20:18:26 +0000

HCIM is pleased to welcome Mingyong Yang, Senior Developer, to the Technical Development Team. Mingyong started his software development career as a C\C++ programmer over 10 years ago, and has since spent over four years working as a VB6.0/SQL developer. Mingyong started .NET development in 2002 and was certified as an MCAD Charter [...]

Kimberly Magras Promoted to Administrative Services Coordinator

Angela Reynolds — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:39:49 +0000

Kimberly Magras has been promoted to Administrative Services Coordinator at HCIM. In her new role, Kim will oversee HCIM’s administrative operations, manage Colleague payroll/benefits, conduct on-boarding and training for new Colleagues, and coordinate corporate events and meetings. She will also serve on HCIM’s Leadership Team. “I am excited for the opportunity to serve in this new [...]

Thomas Streeter Takes on New Role as SVP, Product Solutions

Angela Reynolds — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:38:47 +0000

HCIM co-founder and Senior Vice President, Thomas Streeter, has shifted roles and is now the Senior Vice President, Product Solutions. His new role will involve all HCIM product-related needs, including technical support, client account management, licensing agreements, installations/implementations, training, QA testing, custom application development, and overall HCIM product direction. “I’m excited to have Tom in this [...]

SymKey Saves the Day at NAMM-IL

Angela Reynolds — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:14:42 +0000

The Problem North American Medical Management of Illinois, Inc. (NAMM-IL) was recently impacted by a retroactive fee schedule change that involved processing over 300,000 claims on top of their current workload! A project of this magnitude threatened to bring their normal day-to-day operations to a standstill as staff would’ve had to pour thousands of hours into [...]