Informants Setup

Define who receives Informants, as well as which ones they receive. Informants are delivered as e-mail notifications regarding OPPS changes.

Use this procedure to setup who receives e-mail notification(s) regarding OPPS changes, and which ones they receive. See the OPPS Informant Departments Crosswalk for additional information regarding OPPS Informants.

Procedure

Click Setup > Informants Setup.
Select the user you would like to modify or setup notifications for.
Click Edit Dept. to change the departments for the user to receive notifications for.

Click the check box next to any department you want to assign to the user.

Note: Selecting All Departments or No Departments overrides any other check box selected.

Click Submit to save your changes.

Click Edit User to edit the name and e-mail information for a particular user.
Click Submit to save your changes to the user profile.

OPPS Informant Departments Crosswalk

The OPPS Informant Departments Crosswalk lists hospital outpatient departments providing services that are reported under OPPS.

Not every outpatient department provides services that are reported/paid under OPPS, thus all hospital staff may not need to sign up for OPPS Informants.

Here are some examples of some non-OPPS departments that are not listed:

Home Health (HH)
Ambulance/EMT services
Hospice
Free-standing ASC (Ambulatory Surgery Center)

If staff members in non-OPPS departments want to receive OPPS Informants, they may sign up for all departments or for any department(s) of interest.

OPPS Informant e-mails also provide a bulleted list of departments that receive that Informant e-mail. This list is found under the heading Information of Interest to:.

All Departments

When All Departments is listed under the Information of Interest To section of the e-mail, this means that every user setup to receive OPPS Informants for any department and those set up for All Departments are sent the Informant.

Users setup for All Departments are sent every OPPS Informant, including those sent to a specific department - for example, Cath Lab.

When a specific department(s) is listed on the Informant e-mail, users set up for All Departments are sent the Informant along with those setup for the specific department(s).

Example: An Informant directed to Oncology will be sent to users set up for Oncology and to those users who are set up for All Departments.

OPPS Informant Department Name	Department Abbreviation	Related Departments/Comments
All Departments	ALL	* All OPPS Informants. All LCD Informants
No Departments		No OPPS Informants. No LCD Informants
Business Office	BUS	Most OPPS Informants, Finance, Accounting, Patient Accounts
Chargemaster	CDM	Most OPPS Informants
Compliance	CPL	Most OPPS Informants
Health Info Mgt	HIM	Most OPPS Informants, Medical Records, Utilization Management, Quality Assurance, Transcription
Miscellaneous	MISC	DO NOT ASSIGN. Choose a more specific department when possible
Audiology	AUD	See PT/OT/ST for Speech Therapy
Blood Bank	BB	Transfusion Services (see also OL for laboratory testing)
Cardiology	CAR	Cardiopulmonary Rehab, Cardiac Rehab, EKG, Peripheral Vascular (See also RAD)
Cardiovascular	CV
Cath Lab	CL	Cardiac Catheterization Lab, Heart Cath Lab
Critical Access	CAH	Critical Access Hospital, Rural, Sole Community
Diabetes	DB	Endocrinology, Dietary, Nutritional Services, DSMT, MNT (see also IM)
Electrophysiology	EP	EP Studies, Cardiac Ablation Therapy
Emergency Department	ED	Ambulance, Critical Care, Preventative Care, ED Type A or Type B, Fast Track (see also URG, IM)
Endoscopy	END	GI, Gastroenterology, Endo, Proctology, Bariatric Services (see also SDS)
Hyperbaric Oxygen	HO	HBP (see also Wound Clinic)
IM/Family Practice	IM	Allergy, ENT, Endocrinology, Infectious Disease, Internal Medicine, Otolaryngology, Pediatrics, Preventive Care/Services (see also ED, URG), Dietary, Nutritional Services, MNT, DSMT, Genetic Counseling (see also Diabetes)
Infusion Therapy	INF	IV Therapy, Mass Immunization/Vaccination Program, Transfusion Services (see also Blood Bank)
Interventional Radiology	IR	Special Procedure Room/Suite, Shunt/Fistula Room/Suite
Materials Management	MM	DME/ Durable Medical Equipment, Supply, Device
Neurology	NEU	EEG, Sleep Studies, Sleep Clinic/Center, EMG
Neurosurgery	NS	Neurostimulator
Nuclear Medicine	NM	Nuc Med (see also RAD)
Observation Services	OBS	See Same Day Surgery for Treatment Room
Oncology	ONC	Chemotherapy
Ophthalmology	OP	Eye Clinic/Center, Laser Vision Clinic/Center
Osteopathic Services	OST	Chiropractic
Outpatient Lab	OL	Laboratory, Pathology, Clinical Lab, Cytology, Cytopathology, Molecular Pathology, Genetic Testing, Microbiology, Hematology, Chemistry (see also BB for Transfusion Services)
Pain Mgt/Anesth	PAIN	Anesthesia ( see also SDS/Same Day Surgery)
Partial Hospitalization	PART	Activity Therapy, Behavioral Medicine, Chemical Dependency, Drug/ Alcohol Rehab, PHP, Psychiatric, Recreational Therapy, Social Work
Pharmacy	PHA	DME/ Durable Medical Equipment, IV Therapy
PT/OT/ST	PT	Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy (see also Wound Clinic), Rehab
Pulmonary	PUL	Respiratory, Pulmonary Rehab
Radiation Oncology	RAD ONC	IMRT (Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy), Brachytherapy, Stereotactic Services, Beam Therapy
Radiology	RAD	CT/CTA Scan, Magnetic Resonance (MRI, MRA), Mammography, Peripheral Vascular (see also Cardiology), PET Scan, Ultrasound, Imaging, X-Ray (see also Nuc Med)
Renal	RNL	Dialysis, Dietary, Nutritional Services, ESRD, Kidney Disease Education, Erectile Dysfunction/ED Services (see also SDS)
Same Day Surgery	SDS	Anesthesia (see also Pain Mgt/Anesth), Cast Room, Dermatology, Ear/ Nose/ Throat (ENT), Lithotripsy, Birth Center, Labor & Delivery (L&D), OB/GYN, Operating Room (OR), Orthopedics, Otolaryngology, Plastic Surgery, Recovery Room (packaged services for OPPS), Post Anesthesia Care Unit/PACU, Treatment Room, Cysto/Urology Suite, Bariatric Surgery (see also Endo), Arthroscopy, Erectile Dysfunction/ED Procedures (see also Renal)
Urgent Care	URG	Preventive Care/Services, ED Type B, Fast Track, UrgiCenter (see also ED, IM)
Wound Clinic	WC	Wound Center, Wound Care (see also HO for Hyperbaric Oxygen), Burn Care (see also PT/OT/ST)