TechLeaders Consulting LLC Background

Advancing the quality of medical care has always been at the top of the agenda for healthcare providers. To that end, they need to have an established system of Health

Information Technology (HIT) that allows the secure exchange of patient data between consumers and providers in such a way that the safety, quality, and accuracy of the medical records are accounted for. Assisting providers in delivering top-notch services

with Meaningful Use (MU) and Electronic Medical Records (EMR) implementation is TechLeaders Consulting (TLC), a company that provides quality-based management following NCQA requirements. TLC enables practices from individual practitioners

to larger hospitals networks to deliver primary care consistent with national standards.  Many of these programs are supported by federal grants so there is no fee for our services.

Meaningful Use Services

TechLeaders Consulting (TLC) is a leader in enabling health care practices, clinics and agencies to achieve Meaningful Use (MU), MACRA/MIPS and receive the EHR Medicare/Medicaid Incentive. We have a comprehensive understanding of all Federal and State HITECH guidelines that allows your organization to make the correct decisions while implementing Meaningful Use. TLC offers a proven complete solution that assists your organization in every step involved with receiving your EHR Incentive and in meeting the MU objectives. TLC has worked with hundreds of organizations to get this funding. TLC brings a unique balance of technology expertise with a pragmatic business understanding of the providers working environment.

Our process includes:

• Program Eligibility Analysis and Practice Encounter Assessment
• Regulatory Guidance
• Credentialing
• EP Enrollment, Registration and Attestation 
• Meaningful Use (MU)/MIPS Deployment and Gap Analysis 
• MU Monitoring Services –
• Payment and Attestation Monitoring –
• Work flow Systems Design –
• Eligible Provider EMR Enablement and MU Training 
• Evaluation of Specialty appropriate measures
• Registry Services
  
  Patient Center Medical Home Services

TLC provides a full suite of services to support the deployment of a Patient Center Medical Home.   These services enable practices to move through the process quickly and have trained NCQA CCE experts to assist in the practice transformation.   Within New York State, TLC is working with a grant that funds these services and even include a discount for the PCMH applications providing dual saving for the practice.  Here is a suite of our Practice Transformation Services

• Provide guidance to primary care practices to achieve PCMH 2017 recognition
• Provide examples of best of breed practices samples to follow that enables practice into highly integrated team-based care providers
• Practices will work over time to meet 52 Core requirements and 6 Elective criteria
• The program will take 6 – 12 months to complete depending on current PCMH status
• Fee waiver for NYS PCMH participating practices when registering in Q-PASS
• Assist in HIE/RHIO implementation

HIT/IT Support Services and Security Services

For small and medium-sized practices, TLC can take on the role of IT support specialists and deal with problems related to EMRs. For organizations that lack IT staff, the company provides extra assistance by working with the EMR vendors to set up the entire system. A unique attribute about TLC is that we assess risks within an organization by ensuring that they follow HIPAA and MU guidelines. Additionally, they analyze the IT network through all the layers and perform vulnerability tests to present the current security posture to the client so that they have a brief overview of all the risks.  We have conducted more than 100 Security Risk Assessment for practices that meet all audit guidelines. Our services include the following:

• A Comprehensive Security risk assessment
• Vulnerability assessment
• Monitoring and tracking for progress
• Penetration testing your IT environment
• Centralized log management
• User access control
• Content filtering and/or antivirus capabilities
• Process assessment for risk and mitigation
• Policies and Process Guides