Expanding health care and process improvement into Latin America http://ping.fm/esgjD
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
No World Borders Expands Health Care, Process Improvement Practice to Latin America
Newport Beach, CA - No World Borders today announced that it has expanded its health care and process improvement practices to Latin America, with projects under way in Mexico, Puerto Rico, with teams available for new market opportunities in Panama, and Uruguay. CONTACT INFORMATION Public Relations
Michael Arrigo, President & CEO of No World Borders said, "The world continues to become more global and borderless in terms of the need to align business and information technology. Latin American companies in the health care insurance business need bilingual English-Spanish speakers who understand process improvement, claims adjudication, electronic health records, claims systems, and the new HIPAA EDI standards X12 5010 and ICD-10. Recently, our partners and customers have turned to us, our team and our relationships to help reduce cost and risk in their business as they seek to become more efficient and paperless."
Renato Escobar, with Latin American services for No World Borders in Miami Florida added, "Our company brings multi-cultural, bilingual skills to emerging markets in health care and other industries. The U.S. has long been a model for health care best practices and process improvement. We are excited about our new offerings in this dynamic, high growth market place, and our innovative approach timed well for new business opportunities there."
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Monday, June 29, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Where is the Integrity in Business Today?
Our advisor David Girling recently published an article in Mortgage Technology and we are providing the text here.
"When I was a teenager and I was driving with my father one afternoon, I got annoyed and finally said, “Dad, can’t you go faster than 55 MPH so that everyone else isn’t passing us?” My father, who was an officer and pilot in the U.S. Air Force and who routinely flew at the speed of sound turned to me and said matter-of-factly, “No son.” I asked why and he said, “Because I’m driving at the speed limit and that’s the law.”
On another occasion, I asked my father about the word integrity. He told me that integrity is something that you start to build early on in life, it takes a lifetime to build and integrity is difficult to re-establish once it is compromised. Throughout my life I’ve respected my father for his adherence to a strict moral and ethical code of conduct, and I have tried to live by his examples. Over time I’ve learned from him that integrity is doing the right thing even if nobody is watching.
So what has happened to integrity in our society today, especially throughout the ranks of our business leaders? I am appalled at the behavior of many senior level executives and disappointed that few have exhibited the moral fiber to do what is right rather than what benefits them financially. I have witnessed numerous instances of low professional integrity over the past few years where countless executives have made decisions that are not only unsound, but that benefit them financially at the cost of countless others. It seems that the Greatest Generation has been replaced by a greedy and unscrupulous one.
As a result, our country is now suffering through difficult economic times. Real estate values have plummeted and the credit markets are crippled. It seems everyone wants to blame it on subprime originators. However there are many participants that need to share in the blame. The ratings agencies contributed to the problem when they did not properly assess the risk of the securities they were rating. Originators relaxed lending standards to a point that as we know today were absurd are also responsible. And finally there were some appraisers and appraisal companies which seemed to “rubber stamp” values for lenders, a practice which also contributed to the housing crisis we have today.
All of those that participated in the excesses of the past few years are currently going through the tedious process of rebuilding their professional integrity. And there is much rebuilding that needs to takes place. With respect to the appraisal industry, I recently co-founded a valuation services company with other appraisal veterans called Quality Valuation Services, in an effort to promote greater integrity within the appraisal community. I have observed that most appraisers are hard-working and morally sound professionals. However, all appraisers have been tainted by those few appraisers that compromised their integrity by not adhering to accepted appraisal standards.
The recently introduced Home Valuation Code of Conduct, while an attempt to address some of the causes of the financial meltdown and to re-introduce integrity into the process, has also made an appraiser’s job even more challenging. The HVCC correctly advocates for greater independence, but it is having effects on the appraisal community that were unanticipated. QVS is well positioned to assist the appraisal community during these difficult times and to assist in the rebuilding process.
So how do we re-establish a higher moral and ethical code of conduct, and a greater level of integrity throughout all business segments? Ethical leaders that are “fed up” with the way business is currently conducted need to step forward. They can help fill the moral void that now exists within not only the appraisal industry but in all industry sectors. And the appraisal community needs to focus on delivering quality appraisals, by adhering to HVCC and by maintaining the highest level of integrity in the way appraisals are conducted. If all of us adhere to strict moral principles we will regain the professional integrity that has been diminished in past years.
At QVS we are trying to make a difference by actively participating in the solution. With integrity comes a responsibility to lead by example in our community. Integrity requires accountability and accountability requires active participation in the solution. As a result, QVS will donate a portion of the fees received from every appraisal that flows through our technology platform to a variety of charities, which include the following: Habitat for Humanity, Fisher House and National Coalition for Homeless Veterans.
I invite all valuation management companies and other industry leaders to join us by either donating to our charities or by giving to others that are in need, especially those that have been impacted by the current economic downturn. In isolation our efforts are small, but together we can take huge strides and make a difference. By helping those in need we can set good examples for others who are navigating their moral compass. Together we can make a difference, not just by automating, but by giving back, too."
David Girling is an advisor to No World Borders, and the CEO for Quality Valuation Services. Founded in 2008, QVS is a provider of nationwide real estate valuation services for the financial services industry. The company provides appraisal management services for the residential mortgage industry. Prior to QVS, he was the President and CEO of LogicEase Solutions (ComplianceEase), a provider of compliance and risk management solutions for the financial services industry.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Monday, June 15, 2009
IBM approach to implementing ICD-10, X12 5010 for health care payers
While at the America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) health care reform conference held in June 2009 in San Diego Ms. Barbara Archbold, Partner, Payer Industry for IBM Global Business Services is interviewed by Mike Arrigo, CEO of No World Borders.
Ms. Archbold recommends that health insurance payers approach the issue from a business point of view, start planning now for the new medical coding standard ICD-10, that they create a strategy and approach to reduce risk and cost for modernizing legacy systems by "touching these systems only once."
insurance co's need to speed adoption of health info exchange http://ping.fm/9jc8K
The Health Care Payer Role in HIEs
Health Data Management had an interesting article in the June 2009 issue on the payer role in HIEs. The core philosophy of health information exchanges (HIEs) is to bring together industry stakeholders to facilitate the appropriate sharing of patient data throughout a community, region or state. Several steps need to be taken to create widespread movement by the health plans to support heath information exchange. These include better "as is, to be" process improvement, an open dialogue between payers and providers by skilled facilitators, and a skilled team of subject matter experts at payers who understand ICD-10, X12 5010, and the impact on and modernization of the claims systems and adjudication process.
From Health Data Management, "...But while HIEs have worked for years to get established, a major stakeholder - health insurers - remains absent or a marginal player in many initiatives. Some health plans still are waiting for a viable business model that will justify a major investment in HIE initiatives. Others, particularly national payers, don't have a large market share of covered members in many of the regions that have an HIE. These payers and even regional insurers also often can't get involved in HIEs if their employer clients aren't sold on the idea of data exchange."
A small number of payers, however, are knee-deep into HIE initiatives. Chattanooga-based Shared Health, serving all of Tennessee, launched its HIE using claims data from two major insurers to provide physicians with a basic summary of care. Moreover, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts spent $50 million to wire up physicians with EHRs in three towns and get HIEs established there. "We have answered questions that these systems can scale and how to implement them," says Steven Fox, vice president of provider network management at the Blues plan. "We view it as a worthy investment and successful."
The HIE is a fundamental component of Obama's plan to make health care more efficient and affordable.
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