Services
Services
In House Test Utilization
Reference Laboratory Utilization
Lab Stewardship Committee Development
Test Formulary Development
Order Set and Order Entry Optimization
RFP Consultation and Support
Utilization Review Committee Support
CMS Quality Metric Analysis
CAP Inspection Readiness
In House Test Utilization
In house testing is responsible for around 90% of a laboratory’s budget. Laboratory Stewardship reduces reagent cost and improves FTE efficiency by reducing inappropriate test orders. Focus areas include redundant daily testing, duplicate orders, etc. With DRG reimbursement, attention to in house testing is critical.
Reference Laboratory Utilization
Reference testing can be costly, confusing and impact length of stay and time to correct diagnosis. Reference laboratory stewardship reduces inappropriate testing while ensuring correct tests are ordered in the appropriate care setting to reduce cost.
Lab Stewardship Committee Development
In order to ensure appropriate utilization, a laboratory stewardship committee is beneficial. Determining committee structure, composition and governance is challenging. eutilogic consulting ensures you have access to tools and expertise to set up or support a laboratory stewardship committee.
Test Formulary Development
Pharmacy utilization is guided by formularies. Laboratory utilization can be too. A commonsense approach to developing and maintaining a laboratory formulary will decrease cost and improve quality of care without compromising physician satisfaction.
Order Set and Order Entry Optimization
Order sets and order entry tools can contribute to poor utilization and negatively impact timely delivery of care. Have your order sets been reviewed from a laboratory perspective to ensure streamlined cost effective care?
RFP Consultation and Support
Selecting a reference laboratory partner is a big decision with tremendous impact on cost savings. Have your test mixes been analyzed for appropriate methodology and ordering patterns prior to bidding? eutilogic consulting assists in RFPs regardless of reference laboratory partner.
Utilization Review Committee Support
While laboratory stewardship committees are still growing in popularity, laboratory stewardship can also contribute to existing utilization review committees mandated by CMS (CMS rules and regulations 482.30). eutilogic consulting assists in providing utilization opportunities to existing UR committees to jump start laboratory stewardship efforts in almost all hospitals.
CMS Quality Metric Analysis
Length of stay, readmissions, hospital acquired conditions, transitions of care and overall cost of care and just a few examples of CMS metrics impacted by laboratory stewardship. eutilogic consulting provides laboratory strategies to ensure any laboratory is positively impacting quality metrics.
CAP Inspection Readiness
Whether it’s preparation for your initial inspection, interim self-inspection, or preparation for an upcoming inspection, our CAP inspectors are the best in the industry. Period. As a prolific CAP team lead inspector Dr Fletcher’s network of laboratory professionals has performed hundreds of inspections. No first-time inspectors – only the most experienced inspectors in the country. And quality shouldn’t cost a fortune – we do this at a reasonable cost because it’s our calling. We’ll put together the best inspection preparation team in the country to help you assess your readiness for CAP accreditation.