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PolicyCore
PolicyCore

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Product Description:

Optimize your policy management.

The Most Comprehensive Database

Access the most complete database of live and historical medical and pharmaceutical policies and related documents on the market.

Real-Time Notifications

Stay ahead with email alerts on any changes to medical and pharmaceutical policies by payer and therapy, allowing you to respond swiftly to developments that may impact your stakeholders.

Central Access

Effortlessly search and review Medical & Pharmacy policies, draft policies, prior authorization documents, coding guidelines, reimbursement updates, and more—all in one centralized location.

Comparison View

Easily identify differences between current and historical versions using our intuitive viewer that highlights changes for quick reference.

Research Control

Focus your research by filtering specific payers, plan types, states, therapies, devices, or document types, ensuring you find exactly what you need.

Visit https://www.policyreporter.com/industry/providers/ for more information and a free trial.

About Policy Reporter:

Empower your teams with Policy Reporter's payer documents library, change alerts, and reserach tools. 

Healthcare providers face numerous challenges in navigating the complex U.S. healthcare system:​

  • Keeping up with evolving medical necessity criteria, coverage policies, and billing rules​
  • Understanding and complying with diverse payer policies and prior authorization across commercial and government plans​
  • Efficiently managing revenue cycle processes in a constantly changing reimbursement landscape​
  • Ensuring patient access to necessary care while meeting payer requirements​
  • Minimizing claim denials and optimizing reimbursement​

This causes challenges such as: ​

  • Interpreting and applying complex payer policies consistently across the organization​
  • Reducing administrative burden associated with prior authorizations and claim appeals​
  • Staying current with frequent policy changes that impact reimbursement and patient care​
  • Balancing compliance requirements with operational efficiency​
  • Maximizing revenue while ensuring appropriate utilization of healthcare services​

Policy Reporter empowers healthcare providers to address these challenges by:​

  • Delivering analyst-verified alerts for tracking policy changes customize to your specialties and payer mix​
  • Simplifying access to up-to-date coverage criteria, prior authorization and reimbursement rules​
  • Offering comprehensive research capabilities to comply with key contract and claims rules​
  • Supporting efficient revenue cycle management with targeted insights and tools​

Our solutions reduce administrative burden, streamline reimbursement-related research, and empower your entire team to make informed decisions that improve patient care and financial performance.​​

Product Description:

Ask Avo acts as a “digital front door” for clinicians, helping them navigate their complex EHR with ease. Ask Avo is actionable, allowing providers to ask for a patient chart summary pre-visit, a care gaps analysis, an ambient note, an order placement, and more. This unique combination of clinical decision support paired with real-time actions not only enhances provider decision-making but also saves them valuable time and improves patient outcomes.

About Avo:

Avo’s clinician support platform empowers healthcare organizations to standardize care and reduce burnout by effortlessly incorporating guidelines and protocols into the clinical workflow. By centralizing the latest information and transforming it into actionable tools in the EHR (or outside of it), Avo simplifies everyday tasks like pre-charting, care planning, documentation, ordering, and more. 

Avo’s foundational product, Avo Pathway, is a medical reference tool that comes with a free library of digitized society guidelines and top calculators. In addition to customizing pre-built templates from leading medical societies and academic medical centers, health systems can leverage their own content to turn pages of guidelines and protocols into useful clinical tools.  

Avo’s time-saving AI product, Avo Assistant, is an end-to-end clinical workflow tool that helps healthcare organizations reduce burnout by automating every day tasks like pre-charting, care planning, documentation (with ambient listening) and ordering. 

The platform is EHR integrated and powered by its "no-code" Avo Builder, which allows systems to use drag-and-drop functionality to customize Avo products. After a quick one-time install, updates can be published immediately without needing IT support. 

Avo was built for clinicians, by clinicians. Randomized control trials have shown that Avo saves clinicians 50% of their time on average and has improved admission delays to the ED by 30%. Importantly, nearly 100% of Avo users advocate for more Avo use cases after implementation. At Avo, we believe there is a better way to standardize care - with love, not alerts. 

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Product Capabilities

Ask Avo is designed to integrate seamlessly into EHR systems, leveraging nationwide patient data from HIEs to provide relevant and trustworthy responses based on the latest system and society guidelines. Unlike conventional AI consult tools, Ask Avo's EHR integration allows it to consider important patient context without manual data input, ensuring efficiency and accuracy. Ask Avo is currently integrated with Epic via the App Showroom and Athena, with a Cerner and Meditech integration available by the end of 2024.

Ask Avo is designed to integrate seamlessly into EHR systems, leveraging nationwide patient data from HIEs to provide relevant and trustworthy responses based on the latest system and society guidelines. Unlike conventional AI consult tools, Ask Avo's EHR integration allows it to consider important patient context without manual data input, ensuring efficiency and accuracy. Ask Avo is currently integrated with Epic via the App Showroom and Athena, with a Cerner and Meditech integration available by the end of 2024.

Ask Avo is HIPAA secure and SOC 2 Type II certified.

Ask Avo is much more than a clinical summary aggregating information from often out-of-date and irrelevant sources. It is designed to generate responses from recent content relevant to the institution whose clinicians are using it. The tool's unique design includes a proprietary questioning system triple verification against trusted guidelines, and offers clinician visibility and control, further enhancing its reliability. For example, when a clinician “Asks Avo” a question, the AI rephrases the question on the backend based on what it believes the clinician intended to ask. At the same time, its’ large-language-model questions and verifies the response for accuracy, relevancy, and comprehensiveness. The clinician then has full visibility into where the response was sourced from and has the power to change the source if they wish. Avo believes that AI must understand its limits, and thus the product allows clinicians to click the “AI Critic” button to see where there may be clinical gaps in the response. The product was purpose-built to assist, not dictate.

Ask Avo pulls from 2K+ society guidelines and approved research content including pathways and order sets to produce relevant results.

Ask Avo evidence is constantly reviewed and updated by the team of clinical informaticians and AI software.

Ask Avo is never one-size-fits-all. Using Avo's customizable, back-end Builder, healthcare systems can swiftly customize and upload their own guidelines to Avo’s Knowledge Base and work with Avo’s team of informatics and technical experts to determine various guidelines’ relevance in clinical settings. In other words, health systems are empowered to implement AI within their own determined limits, prioritizing responses based on their guidelines and unique patient populations. They don’t need IT resources to do it, which is generally the key blocker to implementing AI solutions in the EHR. Systems have access to drag-and-drop functionality via Avo’s Builder platform to customize Ask Avo, and updates can be published immediately without needing IT support. Because Avo offers an end-to-end workflow solution, clinicians can also seamlessly integrate Ask Avo into many aspects of their work. For example, once a clinician asks the tool a question and receives a response, they can easily pull that response in their everyday tasks like pre-charting, documentation, and ordering, among much else.

Ask Avo is never one-size-fits-all. Using Avo's customizable, back-end Builder, healthcare systems can swiftly customize and upload their own guidelines to Avo’s Knowledge Base and work with Avo’s team of informatics and technical experts to determine various guidelines’ relevance in clinical settings. In other words, health systems are empowered to implement AI within their own determined limits, prioritizing responses based on their guidelines and unique patient populations.

Ask Avo can produce a Chart Synopsis & Care Guide, which enables clinicians to quickly pull a snapshot on the patient in an easy-to-view format, including highlighting any care gaps that may have been missed.

Ask Avo is designed to integrate seamlessly into EHR systems, leveraging nationwide patient data from HIEs to provide relevant and trustworthy responses based on the latest system and society guidelines. Unlike conventional AI consult tools, Ask Avo's EHR integration allows it to consider important patient context without manual data input, ensuring efficiency and accuracy. Ask Avo is currently integrated with Epic via the App Showroom and Athena, with a Cerner and Meditech integration available by the end of 2024.

Use Cases

Description:

Denials Management Team:

Challenge: A sudden increase in denied claims needs to be investigated to determine the root cause.

Use Case: Your denials management team can access the specific payer policy that was in place when the claim was originally filed. This helps verify if a policy change caused the denial and provides the documentation needed for appealing the claim based on historical policy criteria.

 

Prior Authorization Team:

Challenge: Inefficient prior authorization processes lead to delays in patient care and increased administrative burden.

Use Case: Your prior authorization team can use a centralized database with the latest policy requirements for specific treatments. Automated alerts notify your team when payers update their prior authorization criteria, ensuring they have up-to-date information for quicker approvals and fewer delays.

 

Physician Advisors & Utilization Review Team:

Challenge: Aligning clinical recommendations with payer guidelines to avoid conflicts and optimize care delivery.

Use Case: Your physician advisors can review the latest payer policies to ensure that clinical decisions align with coverage criteria. This helps avoid peer-to-peer conflicts with payers and reduces the risk of denied authorizations for medically necessary services.

 

Physicians and Prescribers:

Challenge: Staying informed about changes to medication coverage criteria that could impact prescribing habits.

Use Case: Your physicians can subscribe to alerts for specific medications they frequently prescribe. When a payer updates coverage criteria, your physicians receive notifications, allowing them to adjust prescribing patterns or provide alternative treatment options in real-time.

 

Billing & Coding Teams:

Challenge: Coding errors and outdated billing practices lead to increased claim rejections and delays in reimbursement.

Use Case: Your billing and coding teams can verify the latest policy requirements for specific codes before submitting claims. This ensures compliance with payer rules and reduces the likelihood of claim rejections due to incorrect coding.

 

Contract Management Team:

Challenge: Understanding complex payment rules and negotiating favorable terms with payers.

Use Case: Your contract management team can access historical and current payer policies to gain insights into payment rules and criteria. This information can be used to negotiate more favorable contract terms, ensuring parity and compliance with payer requirements.

 

Case Management & Patient Advocacy:

Challenge: Ensuring patients receive timely and appropriate care while navigating complex payer requirements.

Use Case: Your case managers can quickly look up coverage policies for specific treatments or services needed by patients. This allows them to coordinate care more effectively and advocate for patient access to necessary treatments, even when coverage is uncertain.

 

Compliance Officers:

Challenge: Staying compliant with the constantly changing landscape of payer requirements and avoiding costly penalties.

Use Case: Your compliance officers can rely on automated alerts to track policy updates and changes across multiple payers. This allows them to update internal policies and workflows proactively, reducing the risk of non-compliance.

 

Revenue Integrity Team:

Challenge: Identifying and addressing revenue leakage due to underpayments or incorrect payer policies.

Use Case: Your revenue integrity team can use historical policy data to review denied claims and identify discrepancies in payer reimbursements. This information can be leveraged to pursue underpayment recoveries and prevent future revenue loss.

 

Pharmacy Team:

Challenge: Navigating complex formulary changes that affect patient access to medications.

Use Case: Your pharmacy team can monitor payer formulary updates through alerts, allowing them to adjust their inventory and provide patients with the most up-to-date information on medication coverage and alternatives.

Pediatric use cases:

The same use cases can be applied to your pediatric teams. 

Users:
  • Denials Management Team
  • Prior Authorization Team
  • Physician Advisors & Utilization Review Team
  • Physicians and Prescribers
  • Billing & Coding Teams
  • Contract Management Team
  • Case Management & Patient Advocacy
  • Compliance Officers
  • Revenue Integrity Team
  • Pharmacy Team

Description:
  • Clinical Reference tool (AI-UptoDate in the EHR with patient context)
  • Documentation Assistance 
  • Ordering Assistance
  • Pre-Charting Assistance 
Pediatric use cases:

Driscoll Children's is one of the early adopters of Ask Avo

Users:

All clinicians 

EHR Integrations

Integrations:

Not applicable

EMR Integration & Relevant Hardware:

Not applicable

EMRs Supported:

Not applicable

Hardware Compatibility:

Desktop, Mobile / Tablet (web optimized)

Integrations:

Acute care EMR, Ambulatory EMR, Ancillary EMR, Website / public online sources

EMR Integration & Relevant Hardware:

Recommended, but not required

EMRs Supported:

Epic, Cerner, Meditech, athena, eClinicalWorks

Hardware Compatibility:

None provided

Client Types

Differentiators

Differentiators vs EHR Functionality:

Quick Access!

There is no need to have your IT team plan out a complex EHR integration. Access policies via the easy-to-use portal and recieve alerts directly to your email inbox. 

Our team will quickly set up individual user access with customized alerts. 

Differentiators vs Competitors:

The Most Comprehensive Database

Access the most complete database of live and historical medical and pharmaceutical policies and related documents on the market.

Amazing Customer Support 

Our team will work to ensure you get the most out of your Policy Reporter subscription. We strive to be more than a vendor - we want to be your partner in improving patient access. 

Differentiators vs EHR Functionality:

Does not exist within most/all EHRs today 

Differentiators vs Competitors:
  • EHR Integration ond Actionability: Tools not integrated into the EHR are never top-of-mind for clinicians and therefore require a huge investment from health systems to drive up adoption. Additionally, point solutions slow clinicians down instead of streamlining everything they need in one place. Ask Avo is designed to integrate seamlessly into EHR systems, leveraging nationwide patient data from HIEs to provide relevant and trustworthy responses based on the latest system and society guidelines. 
  • Customizable, Actionable & Easy to Deploy: AI consult tools currently in the market simply produce a basic clinical summary, aren’t customizable, and lack critical, hospital-specific guidelines that meet the needs of local populations. Additionally, many tools require a tremendous amount of time and effort for IT teams to create, implement, and maintain. Ask Avo is never one-size-fits-all. Using Avo's customizable, back-end Builder, healthcare systems can swiftly customize and upload their own guidelines to Avo’s Knowledge Base and work with Avo’s team of informatics and technical experts to determine various guidelines’ relevance in clinical settings. In other words, health systems are empowered to implement AI within their own determined limits, prioritizing responses based on their guidelines and unique patient populations. 
  • Trustworthy, Relevant & Transparent: Studies have shown that, especially in healthcare, ChatGPT is prone to hallucinations and incorrect or irrelevant source citations, in some cases referencing research that does not even exist. Health system decision-makers often lack insight and control into how AI tools on the market will guide their clinicians.Ask Avo is much more than a clinical summary aggregating information from often out-of-date and irrelevant sources. It is designed to generate responses from recent content relevant to the institution whose clinicians are using it. The tool's unique design includes a proprietary questioning system triple verification against trusted guidelines, and offers clinician visibility and control, further enhancing its reliability. 
  • In a recent study of Ask Avo, 61 clinicians were asked to question both Ask Avo and ChatGPT 4o with the same 10 clinical prompts that involved questions about complex patient scenarios. After receiving a response, the physicians rated the answers based on trustworthiness, actionability, relevancy, comprehensiveness, and format-friendliness. Ask Avo outperformed ChatGPT 4o on all fronts with an average of 33% better ratings across all criteria and was statistically significantly better. Clinicians' feedback included, “Ask Avo is MUCH better than ChatGPT. I love the citations built directly into the source and the ability to easily pull those citations up on the same tab. I love the "AI Fact-Check" option that makes the limitations clear as well. This is excellent” and “This program cited its sources, which increases my comfort and trust in it tremendously.”

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