HealthTrust Purchasing Group Selects PreCheck, Inc. as a Preferred Vendor for Credentialing and Background Screening Services
Houston, TX - PreCheck, Inc.,TM the leading provider of background screening and credentialing exclusively for the healthcare industry, has been chosen by HealthTrust Purchasing Group as a preferred vendor for background screening services.
By aligning with HealthTrust's purchasing agreement, PreCheck has the opportunity to continue to provide background screening and credentialing services to their existing clients who are apart of the HealthTrust agreement and hopes to expand its cost-saving, outsourcing solutions to every HealthTrust Purchasing Group member.
The agreement calls for PreCheck to support HealthTrust's members with a number of services crucial to patient safety, including:
- PreCheckTM Background Screening provides pre-employment background checks, required by the Joint Commission for all staff positions, including new hires, volunteers and contract workers
- PreCheck Connect, at no cost to the hospital, offers several advanced and customizable integration solutions that simplify background check ordering and retrieval processes no matter what Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) or Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) a facility may use
- PractitionerCheckTM offers criminal background checks for medical staffing and allied health professionals
- CredentCheck manages and tracks all professional licenses and certificates and provides primary source credentialing and documentation to meet Joint Commission standards
- EmployCheckTM, at no cost to the hospital, manages employment verification requests required by healthcare organizations' current and previous employees
- SanctionCheckTM, through our exclusive partnership with the National Healthcare Data BankTM (NHDB), conducts Medicare/Medicaid integrity screening that exceeds federal requirements set forth by DHHS-OIG's Compliance Program Guideline.
- StudentCheckTM, at no cost to the hospital, is a web-based solution for healthcare institutions' educational program administrators to be assured that all students entering facilities for educational rotations meet the Joint Commission requirements for conducting and reviewing criminal background checks and drug testing.
Bob Parliament, PreCheck's Vice President, Client Development commented, "Because of our shared focus on healthcare and compliance issues, we are ecstatic about the opportunity to service all of HealthTrust's members dedicated to patient and facility safety."
PreCheck has offices located in both Houston, Texas and Alamogordo, New Mexico and services healthcare organizations nationwide.
About PreCheck, Inc.
PreCheck Inc. is the nation's leading provider of background verification and credentialing services for the healthcare industry. PreCheck provides healthcare organizations dedicated to patient safety with the information they need to verify and preserve the integrity of their people and programs. PreCheck's services for healthcare organizations expand beyond background verifications and credentialing to include innovative outsourcing solutions to handle employee sanction screening, professional license management, employment verification, vendor credentialing and student background screening. For more information about PreCheck's products and services, call 888-PreCheck (773-2432) or visit www.PreCheck.com.
About HealthTrust Purchasing Group
HealthTrust Purchasing Group, headquartered in Brentwood, Tenn., is a group purchasing organization that supports nearly 1,400 not-for-profit and for-profit acute care facilities, as well as ambulatory surgery centers, physician practices and alternate care sites. With an annual purchasing volume by its members of more than $15 billion, HealthTrust is committed to obtaining the best price for clinically-recommended products, ensuring their timely delivery and continuously evaluating and improving its services to the patients, physicians and clinicians it serves. HealthTrust is located at 155 Franklin Road, Suite 400, Brentwood, TN 37027. The Web site is www.healthtrustpg.com.
Media Contact:
Lindsey Reczek - PreCheck, Inc. - 713.590.1139