- Application Researchers® has been in operation since 1994 and has been providing OIG LEIE research for more than fifteen years.
- Application Researchers® is designated as a small, woman-owned business.
- ExclusionALERT™, a service of Application Researchers®, was formed in 2013, to offer the healthcare industry a compliance solution for OIG sanction checks.
- ExclusionALERT™ garners the LEIE lists from the Federal OIG, as well as all states providing their own list, every time a client request is entered. This ensures that the most accurate, up-to-date information is used in the comparison process.
- ExclusionALERT™ is the compliance solution, which thoroughly checks the names of all employees, prospective employees, vendors and physicians through a three-step process:
- Through our automated process, all names (and other pertinent data) are searched for exact matches or any similarities.
- An interim report is created, denoting which names are a definite match or a definite no-match.
- All similar names (or other data) are manually checked by an ExclusionALERT™ Specialist, to determine if the individual or entity can be verified as a match; and the names which are manually reviewed are noted for the client, with the final determination.
- The ExclusionALERT™ family of services also includes:
- LicenseALERT™ – provides professional license verification and monitoring which complies with the requirements of Medicare providers and suppliers.
- VendorALERT™ – provides a comprehensive vendor certification program which verifies that all vendors pass applicable exclusion requirements and are approved for payment.
- Sanction Shield™ – provides 100% liability coverage against OIG exclusion-related fines and penalties…guaranteed!
- Application Researchers® and ExclusionALERT™ use a proprietary, internet-accessible software (Zip24AR®), which allows clients to securely request service, view progress in real-time and view/store reports.
