Validare Facilitates Additional Health Plan Contracts

Dec. 1, 2009 - PRLog -- San Ramon, CA  – Validare is expanding its relationship with additional top tier insurance companies across the country. The newest state for contracting with a major national insurance payer is Virginia. The Virginia-based health plan has issued a provider agreement for our first accredited OBS there and is proposing to pay surgical suite fees in addition to usual professional fees.  Major payors are seeing the value of using surgical suite fees as an incentive to encourage more outpatient surgical and endoscopic procedures to be performed in accredited Office-Based Surgery suites. The value for payors and patients is that the procedures can be safely performed in accredited office settings and are performed at a much lower cost compared to outpatient hospital settings.

Contracts with major payors are established on a state-by-state basis.  Validare is actively working with representatives in other states to bring the value of accredited office-based surgery to them as well.  Currently, Validare has facilitated contracts with over 30 insurance plans, including major national payors, Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans, regional payors and national PPO networks. Multiple payor agreements have been contracted in New York, New Jersey, Georgia, South Carolina, and Virginia.

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Validare is the industry leader in accreditation consulting for office-based surgery (OBS) providers. With offices in New York, Chicago and San Francisco, Validare provides patient safety advocacy and assistance to physicians and their offices in preparations for and maintaining OBS accreditation. Recognized as a valuable partner to both OBS offices and health plans, Validare’s clients provides health plans with access to qualified OBS providers who provide an alternative to costly outpatient procedures performed in the hospital setting. For more information about Validare, call 888-934-4321 or visit www.Validare.com.