Benefits of Membership
Whether becoming a member of UHIN for administrative transactions, credentialing, or for clinical exchange, there are many ways that UHIN will benefit you.
Providers exchanging administrative transactions will enjoy unlimited transactions (claims, remittances, electronic eligibility, benefits, and electronic claim status). You will also have access to Speedi, the credentialing tool that allows you to electronically credential or re-credential Utah payers.
Medical professionals participating with the UHIN Clinical Health Information Exchange (cHIE) will be able to electronically connect to other participating members to exchange data. Members will also receive unlimited transactions. By using the cHIE, physicians will drastically reduce time and expense associated with missing patient information and duplicate tests.
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Consider This...
Reduce your administrative costs
- UHIN is an effective way to lower costs in your office by being able to access all Utah payers, thousands of national payers and any other health care provider in Utah from one source
- UHIN has the ability to transmit all the HIPAA transactions and any clinical message in an encrypted and secure format
- UHIN improves the efficiency of exchanging of clinical information delivery through standardized messages and electronic architecture
- UHIN offers its members, at no additional charge, educational seminars that address such topics as HIPAA Transactions, Privacy UHINt (UHIN’s free e-transmissions exchange product), clinical exchanges, and Remittance processing
- UHIN offers its members bi-annual Provider Educational Fairs, bringing to your region in-person seminars on the hot topics of electronic exchange
Benefits of participating in the cHIE
- You will have access to clinical information from multiple sources that include hospitals, reference labs, the Utah Department of Health, and other clinicians. Data will include but is not limited to:
- Hospital reports (e.g. Discharge Summary or Op Notes)
- Lab Results
- Medication History
- Allergies
- Clinician Documents (e.g. History and Physical or Encounter Records)
- Virtual Health Record (VHR) – Providing a queried snapshot of patient data
- The cHIE offers electronic delivery of ordered reports
- Authorized clinicians may connect to the cHIE with their existing EMR’s which allow records to be received and displayed in existing systems
- The cHIE can accommodate electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) and refills, which are sent and requested electronically through your existing EMR (if it supports e-prescribing) or with the UHIN e-Lite tool
- With cHIE membership, clinicians will have access to an optional baseline EMR (e-Lite) that is CCHIT Certified, and can provide you with the following:
- Ability to query community clinical data and have results displayed in a single report
- Receipt of clinical data directly from hospitals, labs, or other providers
- E-prescribing and medication refill management
- Creation of clinic documents (e.g. Encounters, Memos, Referrals, History, Public Health Reporting, Release Forms, etc)
- And more…
- Technical Support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- Assist in achieving “meaningful use” criteria as described by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), which is necessary to quality for the Medicaid or Medicare incentives.
Excellent Member Support
- UHIN provides support through its Help Desk and Member Relations Coordinators. A Member Relations Coordinator is assigned to your geographical area to provide on-site support as needed
- UHIN provides members with a monthly newsletter – UHINews – on new products, services and initiatives
Bringing Your Voice to the National Stage
- UHIN participates on a national level with organizations such as the American Standards College (ASC-X12) which writes the implementation guides, The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC), and Health Level 7 (HL7) as well as other healthcare organizations to inform our members and provide an avenue for members’ input to these organizations
Participate and Keep Informed on Local Standards
- You can stay abreast of the development of data standards for additional transactions through participation, the website, newsletters and bi-annual provider fairs
- UHIN standards become incorporated into Utah State rule via the Utah Insurance Commissioner’s Office.
UHIN is committed to helping you and your organization succeed!
