Existing Hyperbaric Medicine Program Support

Let NBS help you maximize your hyperbaric program’s clinical and financial performance, patient safety and program compliance

For over two decades the NBS team has provided guidance and assistance as hospitals planned and introduced hyperbaric medicine services. This process has allowed new programs to begin patient care activities without the usual and lengthy learning curve to achieve necessary practice standards and with the clinical and business expertise that NBS is internationally renowned for.

NBS is building on this platform of practice excellence at program start-up. A second support model has been introduced for existing and hospital owned and managed hyperbaric medicine programs. The goals of this model are to:

• maximize clinical outcomes
• optimize revenue generation
• enhance patient safety
• and ensure necessary compliance

Listed below are the key aspects of this program.

Documentation updating: forms, polices, procedures and protocols
Provision of evidence-based treatment protocols; hyperbaric medicine policies and procedures; hyperbaric delivery system operations manual; all other related forms and supportive documents; review of hyperbaric ‘Chargemaster’ and physician Superbill, (materials updated annually throughout the course of the NBS support contract).

Annual quality assurance audits

Program infrastructure assessment

Internet based clinical skills updating

Preceptorship for, and proctoring of, CHT and CHRN certification examinations

Transcutaneous oximetry ‘Certification of Added Competency’ preceptorship
On-site training and certification for hyperbaric and wound center team members.

Support for preparation of UHMS Facility Accreditation

Provision of marketing/education printed materials and related support
Provision of comprehensive and on-going marketing and educational materials that promote the scientific basis and clinical practice of hyperbaric medicine.

CME/CEU lecture presentations

Staff continuing education materials
DVD recorded lectures; monthly disseminated ‘Safety Notices’

‘Claim Denial’ appeals process coordination
Key assistance for the appeal process for claim denials and requests for additional supportive information from Medicare and all other insurers.

Accreditation compliant patient education materials

24/7 on-call for medical, technical and safety issues
For clinical case management, patient care and safety issues.

On call ‘normal working hours’
For program administrative, hyperbaric operations and related non-urgent needs.

‘Primary Training in Hyperbaric Medicine’ sponsorships
Physician and staff ‘Primary Training in Hyperbaric Medicine’ training opportunities.

Optional chamber lease packages for program upgrades and expansion
For those hospitals wishing to replace, update or expand their existing monoplace chamber-based hyperbaric delivery system, NBS leases state-of-the-art monoplace hyperbaric chambers.

Access to a comprehensive hyperbaric medicine library