Skip to main content

3 benefits of automated SPARCS data submission 

Woman working on computer.

Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System (SPARCS) data resubmissions impact a hospital or ambulatory surgery center’s ability to meet New York state requirements for clean patient discharge and visit records. But if you can resolve friction points created by SPARCS errors, you’ll have more resources available to focus on delivering affordable, quality care.  

In this blog, we’ll go over how inefficient SPARCS data processing can impact your facility. Then, we’ll cover how you can optimize the process to achieve the three main benefits of automated SPARCS data submission.  

How inefficient SPARCS data processing impacts facilities 

SPARCS data provides DOH with details on each hospital’s inpatient stays and outpatient and ASC visits. If a facility submits data with errors, it must dedicate additional time to rework and resubmit claims data. This could lead to increased compliance risks, DOH formal Statement of Deficiency and delay your Certificate of Need process. It could also lower per claim ROI, as more time is being spent by the coders re-working the case. 

Inefficient SPARCS data collection and submission impacts your facility through: 

  • Significant waste: Reworking paid claims eats up time and money. Hospitals and ASCs should focus on preventing medical errors, not administrative ones. 

  • Strained finances: Rework impacts tight margins and overall return on investment. Experienced data managers are paid to address high-level problems, not correct county codes. 

  • Internal pressure: Preventable errors create tension between frontline staff and financial leaders at a time when workforce shortages and burnout continue. 

You have more control than you think. A streamlined process helps you save time and money, and an automated solution can reduce SPARCS data collection and submission time from two weeks to 15 minutes. While you can’t control state requirements, you can meet them 100% error-free.  

3 reasons to automate SPARCS data collection and submission    

By automating the submission, correction and monitoring process, you can gain the efficiencies necessary to overcome the challenges mentioned above. Every friction point has a solution that modern technology can handle with ease. Three benefits that an automated solution can help you achieve are: 

  1. Gain workforce efficiency: Automated SPARCS submission helps you minimize staff time, reduce high-volume errors and corrections and address problematic data in one place. 

  1. Minimize technical expertise burdens: If additional hours are being spent maintaining the system, problems were only shifted not resolved. 

  1. Eliminate error patterns: Identifying repetitive errors and their sources for faster resolution will enable a seamless, more consistent submission workflow.   

How many paid claims do you want to re-touch: a few hundred or a few thousand? Automating the process will streamline navigation of the state’s multi-layered SPARCS data submission process. DataGen experts are available to guide your submission process automation.  

Our UDS solution delivers complete SPARCS automation with 100% accuracy. Contact us today for a free UDS demo and explore the benefits you could enjoy from automating your submission process.   

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Five key components of a strong patient safety culture

In today’s healthcare environment, ensuring patient safety is more than just a priority — it’s a fundamental component of quality care. Establishing a strong patient safety culture within hospitals and health organizations can dramatically reduce errors, increase patient satisfaction and improve overall healthcare outcomes. But what exactly is a patient safety culture, and how can institutions cultivate it effectively?  This blog post explores the five key components that make up a robust patient safety culture, along with insights from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and The Joint Commission.  What is patient safety culture?  AHRQ defines patient safety culture as how an organization's culture supports and promotes patient safety. This can extend to multiple levels, from individual units to departments to system levels. The AHRQ patient safety culture survey encompasses the shared values, beliefs and norms of healthcare practitioners and staff that...
Post a Comment
Read more

Community Health Assessment: How to Increase Collaboration

Community Health Assessments (CHAs) are vital for pinpointing community health needs. Enhancing CHAs with greater collaboration, stakeholder engagement and innovation significantly boosts their effectiveness and impact. The biennial CHA process utilizes primary and secondary data to identify priority issues, which assists in developing the Community Health Implementation Plan (CHIP).   1. Engage diverse stakeholders  Inclusive partnerships are essential for addressing health needs effectively by engaging a broad spectrum of stakeholders, including community-based organizations, healthcare providers and policymakers. By involving diverse groups, you can gain a comprehensive understanding of health needs and ensure strong support for health initiatives.   The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) emphasizes that engaging a variety of stakeholders is crucial for gathering diverse insights and securing backing for these initiatives.   B...
Post a Comment
Read more