Bergen Regional Medical Center Chooses DoubleCheck™ Software for Risk-Based Internal Auditing and RAC Audits

DoubleCheck LLC was recently chosen by the Bergen Regional Medical Center (BRMC) in New Jersey to provide their governance, risk, compliance and testing (GRC&T) software platform.  The selection of the DoubleCheck™ GRC&T platform was the culmination of a rigorous evaluation by the Interim Chief Internal Auditor, Mr. George Matyjewicz.  Mr. Matyjewicz was engaged by BRMC in September, 2008 to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of their Internal Audit Department.

As Mr. Matyjewicz implemented a Risk-Based auditing process, he realized that the ongoing maintenance would be too cumbersome using merely desktop applications such as Excel and Word.  After careful research, BRMC chose DoubleCheck LLC to provide the software platform. 

“DoubleCheck’s compatibility to interface with our healthcare content solution software was a key consideration for their selection” said Mr. Matyjewicz.  In addition, Mr. Matyjewicz said that “some of their key clients in the healthcare industry, including a large Blue Cross/Blue Shield organization on the East Coast and the CMS itself, gave us a comfort level with their knowledge of the unique requirements of a major healthcare provider such as BRMC.”

After only 3 days of training, Bergen Regional Medical Center began using DoubleCheck™ for:

•    Risk-Based Internal Audit  

•    Contract management (Legal)

•    CMS and other surveys

•    Plans of Correction (POC)

With RAC (Recovery Audit Contractor) Audits possible in the State of New Jersey after August 1st, 2009, preparation for this eventuality was critical.  “We tailored DoubleCheck to handle these RAC audits, including automatic input into the application, updating of all steps in the process and tracking dates,” said Mr. Matyjewicz.  “We have critical dates built in with automatic escalation to higher levels of management when dates are compromised.”

About DoubleCheck™ LLC:

DoubleCheck™ LLC is a leading enterprise-level GRC&T solutions software company.  The DoubleCheck product portfolio includes solutions for SOX Compliance, Corporate Governance, Risk Management and Audit Management.  A leading research firm, Gartner, has recently identified DoubleCheck as a vendor that can provide all four elements of a complete Enterprise GRC solution: Audit Management, Compliance Management, Risk Management and Policy Management.  DoubleCheck™ is ideally suited to provide the solutions, tools, information and reporting systems essential to ensure a productive, efficient and well-organized workflow for any type of organization in any industry; public, private or non-profit.

For more information about DoubleCheck LLC, please contact:

Mr. Paul Fine
Director of Marketing & Business Development
DoubleCheck LLC
770-565-8616
pfine@doublechecksoftware.com
www.doublechecksoftware.com

About Bergen Regional Medical Center:
Located at 230 East Ridgewood Avenue in Paramus, NJ, Bergen Regional Medical Center provides a comprehensive set of quality services including Long Term Care, Behavioral Health Care and Acute Care to the Bergen County community and is a safety net provider for the mentally impaired, elderly, uninsured or underinsured for the State of New Jersey.  Bergen Regional is both the largest hospital with 1,070 beds and the largest licensed nursing home in New Jersey.  Additionally, with 323 beds, Bergen Regional is one of the largest medical resources providing a continuum of care for the behavioral health community.  Bergen Regional has a full service emergency department, state of the art operating suites and 21 ambulatory specialty services available through the BRMC clinic. For general hospital information, call 201.967.4000 or visit www.bergenregional.com.

For more information about BRMC, please contact:
Donnalee Corrieri
Vice President, Marketing and Public Relations
Bergen Regional Medical Center
(201) 225-7141
dcorrieri@bergenregional.com