Hospitals, Physician Groups, Software Vendors, Medical Necessity Software

3M Health Information Systems




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For Hospitals

For Physician Groups

For Software Vendors

Products

Products & Services
The 3M Health Information Systems medical necessity products and services are integrated to help healthcare providers reduce claim denials, ensure regulatory compliance and achieve dramatic bottom-line improvement.

For Hospitals

	3M Medical Necessity Dictionaries: A content solution that can help hospitals, physician groups, and payers solve their medical necessity challenges. 3M’s skilled team of subject matter experts produces and routinely updates one of the healthcare industry’s most comprehensive and accurate medical necessity content sets in the market today.
	3M Medical Necessity Online: A web-based solution for pre-service medical necessity validation, allowing hospitals and physician groups to validate Medicare coverage according to LCDs and NCDs before services are rendered.
	3M Chargemaster Online: Secure, web-based software designed to maintain an accurate, up-to-date CDM throughout a healthcare organization. The software easily integrates with your existing charge capture workflow, providing every authorized user with secure “anytime, anywhere” access to CDM data.
	3M Claim Scrubber: A powerful claim scrubber, browser-based "safety net" application that verifies medical necessity after patient care services have been rendered and the claim has been coded, but prior to billing Medicare.

For Physician Groups

	3M Claim Scrubber: Robust and powerful claim scrubber which quickly detects claim coding errors and compliance issues before submission, dramatically accelerates reimbursement cycles, and improves workflow efficiency
	Code Viewer: One-stop coding compliance and reference tool for verifying medical necessity and validating codes prior to rendering services; integrates seamlessly into front-desk workflow at clinics, individual offices, laboratories and ancillary services

Healthcare software vendors and service organizations also rely on our software tools and embedded content to greatly enhance product performance and editing capabilities.

For Software Vendors

	3M Medical Necessity Dictionaries: Integration of 3M Medical Necessity Dictionaries into the enterprise workflow allows hospitals to leverage existing investments, which helps to minimize both risk and implementation time.
	3M™ Edit Engine: A powerful, modular software platform that enables vendors, payors, and healthcare providers to easily integrate 3M’s industry-leading medical necessity data, coding compliance edits, and user-defined custom edits with existing health information technology systems.

NOVEMBER 1, 2007
Integrated Software Solutions from 3M Support Medical Necessity Compliance

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2007
Missed Opportunities: Your Strategy for Correct—and Complete—Charge Capture

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2007
3M Medical Necessity Online Software Enhanced with Commercial Payer Pre-Certification Content

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AUGUST 29, 2007
New Release of 3M™ Chargemaster Online Improves Charge Capture

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