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Chicot Memorial Hospital's Overall Efficiency is on the Rise with MediTract's Contract Management System.

Publication: Insurance Weekly News
Publication Date: 03-OCT-08
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Chicot Memorial Hospital, a primary acute care critical access hospital in Lake Village, was confronted with a problem that plagues hospitals both large and small. Even with an exceptional staff, it was hard to track when physician insurance certificates and vendor contracts were coming due. But with the help of MediTract, Chicot was able to greatly enhance its ability to keep those contracts in order.

"Chicot is a small, rural facility and is exceptionally well run, but we were frequently missing the dates when our contracts required attention, especially if there was a change of department manager or executive assistant, which is responsible for controlling the physical location of all contracts and all physician credentials," said Bruce A. Bennett, CEO of Chicot Memorial Hospital. "Prior to MediTract, we had contracts in different locations with nothing alerting us to when a contract had expired, and that caused some internal concerns. We had physicians' certificates of insurance...

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