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Regardless of your current business situation, we are confident that we can be of benefit to you. By cutting down on processing overhead, we are able to help you improve the level of care you provide to your clients while helping your organization achieve the best margins possible.

Our features

Ascend HCS Features

The Ascend healthcare solutions platform by Blue Summit Software is a complete EVV, billing and payroll solution for Home Healthcare providers. The Ascend EVV mobile app is designed to provide a simple, easy to use interface for capturing important data for home visits that are required in today's healthcare industry for proper government accountability and record keeping.

1. General
   1. A website application that allows users to access client and employee records based on permissions.
   2. Management of individual company financial records or batching and reporting of multiple companies to simplify processing of data for Consumer or Self-Directed Services Medicaid programs.
   3. Configuration of employee or attendant records.
   4. Configuration of client or consumer records.
2. Electronic Visit Verification
   1. Employee time and documentation capture using telephony via land line telephones or utilizing validator devices installed in client homes and purchased from Blue Summit Software.
   2. Employee time and documentation capture using a mobile application available on Android and iOS devices utilizing GPS coordinates to verify the location of clock in and clock out.
3. Visit Management
   1. Validation of visits recorded by telephony, mobile application, manual entry, and imported visits to ensure accuracy, compliance with authorizations and care plans, and optimize revenue.
   2. Data entry of paper timesheets and corrections to time imported from telephony, mobile application, or external system.
   3. Printing of timesheet records.
4. Payroll Processing
   1. Generation of payroll batches that calculate gross wages, federal state and local withholding, state and federal unemployment liabilities, garnishments and other payroll adjustments.
   2. Creation of Automated Clearing House (ACH) files for direct deposit pay to employees.
   3. Printing of paper checks for payroll, garnishment, tax liabilities, and other payments.
   4. Printing of tax returns for Federal, State, and Local tax entities.
   5. Generation of Electronic files for filing and electronic payments for some state and local tax entities.
   6. Printing of W2 documents on plain paper or pre-printed forms.
   7. Electronic submission of W3 tax returns to the Internal Revenue Service and state tax entities.
   8. Web site access for employees to view timesheets, view and print pay stubs or statements, view and print W2s.
5. Claims and Remittance
   1. Generation of eligibility verification files for submission to State Medicaid programs.
   2. Importing eligibility response files from State Medicaid programs for analysis and reporting of client benefit eligibility.
   3. Generation of 837 electronic claim files for submission to State Medicaid programs.
   4. Submission of replacement claims for rebilling.
   5. Importing electronic remittance (835) files for payment reconciliation.
   6. Management of denied claims to allow rebilling or write off.
6. Case Management and Reporting
   1. Design of customized electronic forms for entry of client documentation.
   2. Compliance reporting