Membership Benefits

As a member of Northern Physicians Organization, you will experience a variety of benefits, from individual support and educational opportunities to resources for your practice.

 

IT Resources:

 

• NPO is a Qualified Organization HIE

   

  • • It enables state-wide integration of both inpatient and outpatient data

   

  • ADT messaging and Med Reconciliation
    • • NPO sends ADT to 75 practices and 4 Skilled Nursing Facilities

     

    • • NPO is receiving data from 121 hospitals and 204 Skilled Nursing Facilities

     

 

Centralized Resources:

 

• • Coding Education along with Chart Review for documentation and coding

 

• • Case Management/Care Coordination

 

• • Pharmacists available to meet with patients who need assistance on medication review

 

• • PAAC – Practice Administrator/Management meetings in the Petoskey and Manistee areas

 

• • PAHCOM for practices in the Grand Traverse areas

 

• • Support Practices in PCMH-N designation and maintaining the designation

 

• • LEAN – Reviewing and redesigning work-flows for value add at each practice

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• Physician-led committees provide practices/providers the tools to support:
  • • Choosing Wisely

   

  • • Advance Care Planning

   

  • • Protocol Development

   

Management Services Organization:

 

• • Compliance

 

• • IT Services
    • • eCW MIPS 

     

    • • eCW Assistance

     

  • Credentialing (still in process)

 

• Billing (still in process)

 

 

 

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