UTHealth
Company Name: UTHealth
Address:
6431 Fannin MSB 7.117
Houston, Texas 77030
United States
713-500-7124
Contact Information:
Christy Ankrom
MHA
Senior Program Manager
713-500-7124
christy.ankrom@uth.tmc.edu
Year Incorporated or Founded:
2004
State Incorporated or Founded:
Texas
Healthcare Model:
Medical specialty service provider to healthcare providers, Medical specialty service provider to non-healthcare systems
Corporate Structure - Other:
State educational institution
Description of Services:
Our service provides acute and routine neurological consultative services anywhere, anytime in most cases. We are not limited to the emergency department as a telestroke service; a neurological emergency can happen anywhere in the hospital. Telemedicine is mobile, and so are we. Our team of physicians work directly with your onsite doctors to assess and consult, making sure your local team are 100% informed and satisfied with the plan of care. Our team works with your current transfer pathways to ensure that patients are properly admitted or transferred to the appropriate facility of yours or your patient's choice.
Teleservices:
Neurology, Stroke
Ancillary Services:
Distance education
Currently providing services in:
Texas
Healthcare professionals have licenses in:
Texas
Teleproviders are physically located in:
Texas
Entities company currently partners or is willing to partner with:
Assisted living facilities; Correctional facilities; Rural hospitals; Urban/suburban Hospitals; Nursing homes; Skilled nursing facilities; Urgent care centers
How many patients / direct consumers is your company serving:
6-19
Number full-time MD/DO telehealth professionals:
1-5
Number part-time MD/DO telehealth professionals:
6-10
After licensing and credentialing, average time to initiate services to new partner/customer:
1-3 months
Telemedicine systems used to connect to customers:
InTouch Health devices
Electronic health records (EHR) incorporated in services:
No
Wait time for consultation for emergency services:
5-10 minutes
Wait time for consultation for nonemergent services:
Within 24 hours
Number teleconsults performed 2018:
9876
Provides Billing Services:
We plan to offer this service at a later date
Payers billed:
Medicare, Medicaid, Private payers (e.g., Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare, Aetna), Tricare
Describe how your teleproviders are recruited and selected:
Our teleproviders are recruited and hired by the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, McGovern Medical School Department of Neurology. Our primary team members are vascular neurology trained, and all providers are neurology board certified, and vascular neurology board eligible.
Company Payment Model:
Subscription
Complies with HIPAA and HITECH:
Yes
Minimum monthly consultation requirement:
no minimum
Minimum number of hospital beds:
no minimum
Minimum number of ICU or NICU beds:
no minimum
Additional company information:
As an academic teleneurology service, we put the mission of our school first. Our program will deliver education to your staff in topics related to acute neurology, as well as provide opportunities to participate in webinars and symposium hosted by our institution. We also have opportunities for our partners to participate in research, either registry-based or through clinical trials delivered straight to your patients. Since 2002, UTHealth Department of Neurology has provided telestroke/acute teleneurology services throughout Southeast Texas. We are staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days per year.
Joined the Directory: 10/16/2019
Information Last Updated: 10/18/2019