WEYMOUTH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Healthcare management consulting firm, Beacon Partners, today announced they are expanding their ICD-10 Assessment Services to include an ICD-10 Translator and business intelligence application from McGladrey, the fifth largest U.S. provider of assurance, tax and consulting services. The addition of McGladrey’s Translator will allow Beacon Partners to enhance their overall ICD-10 Assessment service offering and provide a more in depth solution to healthcare organizations making the transition to ICD-10.
The new Translator offers Beacon Partners’ clients a strategic advantage throughout the conversion process and long after. It opens the door to more thoughtful planning, implementation and development of a complete assessment around the operational and financial impacts of the ICD-10 conversion while providing the intelligence and reporting necessary to maintain revenue optimization after the conversion. Providers, administrators and coders can now explore and analyze the impact of ICD-10 on their current base of business with confidence.
“There’s a great deal of uncertainty and trepidation surrounding the transition to ICD-10. Even with the new concerns around the expected delay, the clock is still ticking. Healthcare organizations still need to move quickly with planning and implementation to be ready in time to meet the newly proposed deadline,” says M. Christine Kalish, MBA, CMPE and Executive Consultant for Beacon Partners. “Our partnership with McGladrey through the inclusion of The Translator coupled with our ICD-10 assessment services gives our clients a strategic advantage by providing valuable business intelligence that is used to create a customized roadmap with critical analysis for the ICD-10 transition and beyond.”
Features of the ICD 10 Assessment utilizing the Translator includes:
- Discovery: Through the assessment process; hospitals, providers and other healthcare organizations will gain a better understanding of what the transition to ICD-10 means to them.
- Benchmarking: Delivers baseline and customizable analytics to help evaluate the impact of ICD-10 on hospitals, clinics, service lines, departments and physicians.
- Business Intelligence: QlikView Business Intelligence provides comprehensive “slice and dice” and drill-down vision into your data for optimal operational and financial gap and metric analysis.
For more information about Beacon Partners’ ICD-10 assessment services, please visit http://beaconpartners.com/icd-10.
About Beacon Partners
As one of the largest healthcare management consulting firms, Beacon Partners is chosen by organizations in the healthcare community to provide advisory services to improve overall operational, clinical and financial performance with the adoption of information technology. With their strategic approach and depth of experience, Beacon Partners is uniquely qualified to help organizations navigate the challenges in healthcare and optimize their potential to deliver the highest possible level of patient care. For more information, please visit http://www.beaconpartners.com
About McGladrey
McGladrey & Pullen, LLP operates under the McGladrey brand as the fifth largest U.S. provider of assurance, tax and consulting services, with nearly 6,500 professionals and associates in more than 70 offices nationwide. McGladrey & Pullen is a licensed CPA firm and is a member of RSM International, the sixth largest global network of independent accounting, tax and consulting firms. For more information, join our Facebook fan page at McGladrey News, follow us on Twitter @McGladrey and/or connect with us on LinkedIn.