ShareCor Is Now LHA Solutions
LHA Solutions is a Louisiana Limited Liability Company, formed effective January 1, 2001, and is a shared services company of the LHA and LHA Management Corporation. LHA Solutions aggregates the buying power of its member hospitals to obtain preferential pricing from vendor partners for healthcare services. LHA Solutions offers hospitals innovative and cost-effective programs and services that are typically outside the scope of their current group purchasing organization.
LHA Solutions provides several services through joint ventures:
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Louisiana Health Information Network: LHA Solutions provides the ability to share UB-92 patient information, in a HIPAA allowed method for use in quality monitoring and benchmarking, strategic planning and marketing, and physician benchmarking.
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LA Credentials, LLC: LHA Solutions provides a physician credential verification services that obtains source documentation at a low flat rate for appointments and an even lower rate for re-appointments.
LHA Solutions also has partners who provide a wide range of services.
LHA Solutions is owned and controlled by hospitals and its staff is open to considering any program or service of interest to multiple hospitals. Please contact Kevin Bridwell at 225-928-0026 for more information.
History Prior to LHA Solutions: The predecessor to LHA Solutions was ShareCor and before that it was a corporation named Southeast Louisiana Hospital Service Corporation (SLHS), which was established June 29, 1978 by the MHCNO. The organization operated as a group purchasing cooperative for New Orleans hospitals. In July of 1990, LHA purchased a 1/3 share of SupportHealth, the combined group purchasing organizations of the Mississippi Hospital Association and the Alabama Hospital Association. LHA used this asset to partner with the MHCNO and purchase 50% of SLHS. The name of corporation was changed July 30, 1990 to Support Louisiana Hospital Service Corporation (SLHS), and LHA became an owner at this time. In 1994, SupportHealth, now including five state hospital associations (MS, AL, LA, TX, and FL), was sold to Amerinet/Vector. Amerinet, LHA Solutions’ exclusive GPO, pays each hospital association a percentage of the administrative fees for their state’s book of business. SLHS was dissolved and all assets transferred to ShareCor January 1, 2001.