DASpecialists, LLC

DASpecialists, LLC (DAS) is a provider of remote-access data abstraction and support services for the National Hospital Quality Measures, Get with the Guidelines (GWTG), National Cardiovascular Data Registry (ACC-NCDR), STS, Cancer and other federal, state or payor mandated and voluntary outcomes registries.

What We Do

DASpecialists assists hospitals to meet CMS, JCAHO, HQF, IHI and other measurement specifications for performance monitoring and payor requirements through the use of professional abstraction personnel for data collection, data abstraction and data entry into each hospital's existing measure software system.  We provide cost-effective retrospective abstraction solutions for numerous voluntary and mandated outcome measures via remote access to your hospital's EMR and other applicable applications.

A Quick Overview of CAAR

 In an effort to increase data reliability, The Joint Commission has implemented a voluntary program of validation for core measures titled Category Assignment Agreement Rate (CAAR).  This program is a one-to-one comparison of the original abstraction (and abstractor) and a re-abstraction.  Read more...

OCR begins HIPAA Audits

 The HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR), which enforces the HIPAA Privacy Rule, has announced the beginning of HIPPA audits to determine if covered entities, such as hospitals, payers and claims clearinghouses, are in compliance with the privacy, security and breach notification guidelines and rules.  Read more...

Summer Webinar Series

 The 2011 summer webinar series was a smashing succes, Please go to the "Education and Webinars" tab to see questions and answers from the 2011 Summer Webinar Series.  Stay tuned for the 2012 Summer Webinar Series schedule!

"Quality is not an act, it is a habit "

Aristotle

The Top 5 Reasons  to consider DAS....

• Improving validity and reliability of data through the use of redundant quality assurance procedures 

• Reallocating resources including existing personnel back to PI processes to affect meaningful change

• Reducing data collection and abstraction overhead - improving your hospital's bottom line. Hospitals find they save thousands of dollars utilizing DAS' services!

•  Providing audit and feedback reports for performance outcomes including trending

•  Developing pre-emptive strategies for measure changes and new initiatives

"It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure" 

Bill Gates