Hospital care represents the most expensive single component of health care costs, consuming nearly one-third of the health care dollars spent in America. One of the keys to reducing the cost of hospital care is to improve the quality of care and assessing hospital quality is important. This Data Brief is the first in a series of publications planned by the Wichita Business Coalition on Health Care to provide information about our region's health, health care and quality performance. This issue will provide an overview of publicly available information about hospital performance.

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Wesley Medical Center and ProviDRs Care Network have reached a new agreement effective October 15, 2009.  This agreement provides even deeper discounts and exceptional value in a changing provider environment.  With health care trends nationally approaching 10% and changes in the Wichita provider and insurer landscape, ProviDRs Care Network is committed to keeping health care costs competitive.

Wesley Medical Center has been ProviDRs Care Network's preferred hospital in Wichita since January 1988.  The 21 year partnership between Wesley Medical Center and ProviDRs Care Network has been one with a common goal.  The goal is to deliver the most cost-effective health care to our employer groups.  As our continue partner, Wesley Medical Center has supported our efforts to improve savings to all of our customers.

Our valued partnership with Wesley is evident with our new agreement.  The employer groups and their employees that access Wesley through our network will see a significant savings as well as enhanced services and technology.  The latest enhancements are the new Cath and EP labs and DaVinci robotic surgery technology.

Wesley Medical Center has a long list of services and accreditations.  These services include:  Level 1 Trauma Center; Level 3 Neonatal Nursery; Wichita's only Pediatric ER; Certified Stroke Center and Accredited Chest Pain Center; a new surgical weight loss program; the area's only Gamma Knife and advanced radiation oncology treatment with the new Trilogy system.

For questions or information, contact Karen Cox or Cheryl Tibbetts or call (800) 801-9772.

Assurant Health Web Site Offers Instant Access to Patient Benefit and Claim Information. Please click here for more information.

ProviDRs Care Network is pleased to include Salina Regional Health Center in our network of hospitals. Due to the nature of this unique agreement, Contracting Groups (your employer or insurance carrier) will need to sign individually. To find out if your Group has signed the agreement, or to see more information, please click here.

Electronic Claims (EDI) is here! ProviDRs Care Network has teamed up with Legacy Consulting's AdminisTEP to receive claims electronically.  AdminisTEP supports all standard HIPAA transactions, print images, non-standard formats and direct data entry (DDE).  AdminisTEP is offered FREE to providers with no monthly connection fees, no claim transaction fees, no setup fees and no software to install.  To find out how to start submitting your claims electronically to ProviDRs Care Network, please contact Robert Arrona at (888) 751-3271 ext 3141 or go to www.adminisTEP.com. You can also reference the list of EDI vendors below to inquire on the status of connectivity with ProviDRs Care Network.

ASK: Contact Robert at (888) 751-3271 x3141.
ClaimLogic: Contact Robert at (888) 751-3271 x3141.
CPSI: Submit claims to Payor ID 48100.
ENS: Contact Robert at (888) 751-3271 x3141.
Gateway EDI: Submit claims to Payor ID WP481.
GE Healthcare/IDX: Contact GE Healthcare to get set up.
InfinEDI: ACC members call (316) 733-2420.
All other InfinEDI submitters, contact InfinEDI to get set up.
Midwest Health: Contact Midwest Health to get set up.
Navicure: Submit claims to Payor ID 48100.
SSI: Contact SSI to request connectivity.
XActiMed: Submit claims to Payor ID 48100.

If you currently use an EDI vendor that is not listed above, please feel free to contact Robert Arrona at (888) 751-3271 x3141. Please check our website periodically for updates of EDI vendor connections.

ProviDRs Care Network is proud to announce the addition of Mt. Carmel Regional Medical Center located in Pittsburg, KS to our network of providers effective July 1st, 2008.  In addition to the hospital, we have also contracted with over 65 more providers in and around the Pittsburg area under an agreement with Pinnacle Care PHO.  If you have any questions regarding our newest providers, please contact Provider Relations at (800) 801-9772 or check our Online Provider Directory.

WPPA, Inc., the only physician-owned preferred provider organization (PPO) is a network of doctors, hospitals and other health care providers contracted through an insurance plan to extend services to covered employees at a negotiated rate.

We've been answering the question 'what is WPPA?' for so long that we decided it was time to find an answer for our organization that didn't raise so many questions," said Terry Poling, MD, Chairman of the WPPA, Inc. Board of Directors.     "We think ProviDRs Care Network is simple and direct.  It says who we are and what we do."

When it was originally founded in 1985 by the Medical Society of Sedgwick County (MSSC), WPPA, Inc. was known as Wichita Preferred Providers Association. As the company's network of providers expanded statewide, the emphasis on Wichita was dropped from its name and it became known by its initials.  WPPA, Inc. will continue as the legal entity for ProviDRs Care Network under the auspices of MSSC's Medical Review Foundation.