Transplant Strategic Partner - Centers of Excellence Transplant Network

Managed Care Concepts is pleased to announce a relationship with INTERLINK Health Services, one of the most recognized and respected Centers of Excellence transplant networks in the nation. This arrangement will enable Managed Care Concepts to offer access to this quality based program on a preferred basis, and in addition INTERLINK will be supporting our internal processes with transplant expertise and deep discount contracts to better serve our clientele.

About INTERLINK Health Services

INTERLINK is a privately held company, founded in 1995 with a mission to apply quality outcome monitoring processes to the transplant industry. Population transplant frequency is well documented, and transplant costs can be controlled by offering members and health plans transplant programs with a higher probability of a good surgical outcome. It is commonly accepted that a good outcome transplant simply uses fewer units of service and thus accrues fewer billed charges.

• INTERLINK offers over 70 COE transplant centers and quality monitors nearly 500 programs nationally. INTERLINK specializes in the full range of solid organ and bone marrow transplants, and currently oversees over 4,500 active cases.

• INTERLINK’s case rate contracts yielded an average discount of 42% from its own providers and 55% off of national averages. The COE network has excellent coverage nationally.

• INTERLINK’s network can be expanded by the use of almost 300 MembersChoice programs at over 65 centers, as well as utilization of out of network negotiations.

• INTERLINK offers a variety of educational programs, patient guides, tools, and access to medical staff, which provide their expertise to help you better manage the transplant process and provide a better experience for the patient.

• INTERLINK offers free services to help implement customizable specific transplant benefit language. Many Reinsurance & Stop Loss carriers will provide incentives for implementing INTERLINK and its transplant benefit language.

• INTERLINK is an independently owned and operated company, which means they’re not in competition with you or your clients.

• INTERLINK’s access fees are generally lower for most case types and not billed until after transplant or as a small percentage of savings for closed cases.

• INTERLINK is a service intensive Transplant Network where phones are answered by real people with the expertise to help you.

For more information about INTERLINK call 800-599-9119 or visit their website at  www.interlinkhealth.com.