Clinical Pathology Program
RCM Enterprise Services® (RCM) works with clinical pathology groups to build and scale their presence in the physician and nursing home marketplace while creating efficiencies that will improve their current workflow in the hospital inpatient and outpatient setting. Regardless of whether your group is independent or consists of hospital employees, our program focuses on creating additional revenue that will contribute to your group’s bottom line—with minimal upfront cost.
Once operational, your program becomes self-sufficient. Regardless of size or capabilities, clinical pathology groups can leverage RCM’s technology and expertise to create, maintain, and grow their clinical pathology business.
The core program consists of an integrated clinical and anatomic pathology system. The single system approach increases productivity, lowers operational costs, and keeps all of your business on one system. The program includes front-end and back-end technology designed to expand your client base and maximize your reimbursement.
Clinical Pathology Information System Features
RCM works with any LIS, HIS, and EMR/EHR vendor. Our clinical pathology information system offers the following features:
- Provides reliable data capture as well as a highly customizable and client-configurable reporting and workflow structure for anatomic pathology and cytology
- Enables users to share specimens between other labs such as molecular, cytogenetics, flow cytometry, and biochemistry.
- Auto reflex testing across technologies based on client-defined rules
- Direct interfacing to staining machines
- Detailed specimen tracking, including remaining material information and detailed specimen tracking for shared specimens between labs
- Test-specific reporting capability that allows multiple reports and results per patient and pathologist
- Flexible reporting with templates that include text, complex data, and images
- Customizable sample processing and workflows with specimen test-specific action-driven protocols
- Imaging capabilities to attach stored documents or images to specific orders—including consult samples (blocks or slides)—to document materials received
Program Highlights
Step One
We work with your clinical pathology group to help realize the potential of utilizing the clinical pathology program to update the current pathology system for hospital inpatient and outpatient management.
Step Two
To position your clinical pathology group to be competitive, we provide our front-end technology—including a clinical pathology information system—to maximize your potential.
Components: Clinical pathology information system, Web portal for orders/results, EMR connectivity, document and imaging capabilities, and advanced laboratory business intelligence reporting to monitor client profitability.
Step Three
To maximize your clinical pathology revenue cycle, we provide our back-end complex data and images technology to address third-party insurance, client bill, and self-pay billing, regardless of whether the billing and collections are performed by your team or ours.
Components: Clinical and anatomic pathology + A/R system, insurance claim scrubbing/submission, denial/appeal application, client payment portal, and financial business intelligence reporting for operational transparency.
