Order Entry
Host system integration and the decision-support technology available in Orchard’s systems help to eliminate errors, increase revenue and save time during the check-in/order process. You can use order entry rules to manage or eliminate duplicate orders or tests not appropriate for the patient age or gender, to route tests to outside labs if the insurance company reimburses less than it costs to do the test in-house, to automatically add venipuncture charges, and more.
Host Interfaces Increase Reimbursements
Use an interface from Harvest LIS to your EMR or practice management system to capture real-time updates to patient insurance and billing records, and you’ll never risk losing a reimbursement because a sample was tested at a laboratory not authorized by the patient’s insurance plan.
Simplify Order Routing
Within a health network, ordering laboratory work can be a complicated process. Order entry can involve multiple locations for ordering, drawing, and testing. Successful ordering involves the management of ever-changing insurance plans and contracted laboratory testing, correct diagnosis codes, destination filters, and split order rules to route orders to the correct testing laboratory.
Decision support technology in Harvest LIS can be configured to automatically split orders during order
entry based on the sample type, storage temperature, testing location, order location, billing status, order choice priority (Routine, ASAP, and STAT), or order choice type (microbiology, hematology, etc.). Rules trigger alerts before the order is saved, eliminating the potential for errors.
To streamline the sample distribution process, Harvest LIS supports test orders for both interfaced and non-interfaced reference laboratories. For orders requiring multiple testing locations, Harvest LIS automatically splits the order and prints specific labels, requisitions, and/or manifests, based on the routing specifications. And if an insurance company reimburses less than it costs your laboratory to perform the test in-house, order entry rules allow you to route poorly reimbursed tests to outside labs.