AT&T BusinessDirect Solution Helps Streamline Billing for Arcadia HealthCare.National Health Care Service Provider Enhances Operational Efficiency Through Integrated AT&T Business Network Solution INDIANAPOLIS -- AT&T Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :T) has announced a new two-year contract with Arcadia HealthCare, a national provider of alternate site health care services and products throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Canada. Arcadia offers durable medical equipment Durable medical equipment is a term of art used to describe certain Medicare benefits, that is, whether Medicare may pay for the item. The item is defined by Title XVIII the Social Security Act: With more than 100 sites across the country, Arcadia HealthCare's former accounting and billing processes included reviewing invoices manually and posting all items to a main office for processing. Under terms of the new contract, AT&T will provide the company with the AT&T BusinessDirect([R])portal, streamlining these financial operations onto a reliable network solution that enhances financial operating efficiency and enables real-time snapshots of expenses and other critical business data. Performing at 99.8 percent reliability, the AT&T BusinessDirect portal offers near real-time performance reporting and allows Arcadia HealthCare to manage its systems, track network application and quickly identify and address late charges and wait times. With an easy-to-read user-friendly interface, AT&T BusinessDirect portal improves the speed, accuracy and productivity of Arcadia HealthCare's operations while controlling overall costs. "This expanded relationship with AT&T will provide critical cost-efficiencies to Arcadia HealthCare and enable a better service level for our customers across the country," said Cathy Sparling spar·ling n. 1. The common European smelt (Osperus eperlanus). 2. A young or immature herring. [Middle English sperlinge, from Old French esperlinge, , senior vice president of Administration, Arcadia HealthCare. "AT&T provides the most complete suite of quality communications in the most places to help us as we prepare for continued competition in the medical-staffing and pharmacy services industry." In addition to its AT&T BusinessDirect services, AT&T expanded its contract with Arcadia HealthCare to include local and long distance voice, wireless, Web and teleconferencing solutions. These services are fully consolidated under AT&T Business Network (ABN ABN Advance beneficiary notice, see there ), which offers AT&T services on a single bill and contract. ABN's integrated bundle of service offers even greater management agility for Arcadia HealthCare. Note: This AT&T release and other news announcements are available as part of an RSS feed Summaries of Web site content that are published in the RSS format for download. See RSS. at www.att.com/rss. About Arcadia HealthCare(SM) Arcadia HealthCare(SM) is a service mark and trade name of Arcadia Resources, Inc. (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange : KAD KAD Kentucky Association of the Deaf KAD Kids Against Drugs KAD Kansas Association of the Deaf KAD Kansas Army Depot KAD Keighley and District ). Arcadia HealthCare is a national provider of alternate site healthcare services and products, including respiratory and durable medical equipment; non-medical and medical staffing, including travel nursing; comprehensive central fill and licensed pharmacy services including its proprietary DailyMed[TM] Pharmacy program and a catalog of healthcare-oriented products, available for purchase on http://www.arcadiahealthcare.com and other leading retailer websites. Through industry partnerships, the Company is also establishing a licensed model for walk-in routine (non-emergency) medical clinics inside of retail stores. Arcadia HealthCare's comprehensive solutions help organizations operate more effectively and with greater flexibility, while enabling individuals to manage illness and injury in the comfort of their own homes or through the convenience of local healthcare sites. The Company's annual report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the year ended March 31, 2007 is available on the Company's website (http://www.arcadiahealthcare.com) and on the SEC website (http://www.sec.gov). About AT&T AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is a premier communications holding company. Its subsidiaries and affiliates, AT&T operating companies operating company A business that engages in transactions with outsiders. , are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. Among their offerings are the world's most advanced IP-based business communications services and the nation's leading wireless, high speed Internet access See how to access the Internet. and voice services. In domestic markets, AT&T is known for the directory publishing and advertising sales leadership of its Yellow Pages and YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations, and the AT&T brand is licensed to innovators in such fields as communications equipment. As part of its three-screen integration strategy, AT&T is expanding its TV entertainment offerings. Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com. (c) 2007 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T, the AT&T logo and all other marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies Affiliated Companies A situation that occurs when one company owns a minority interest (less than 50%) in another company. Also refers to companies that are related to each other in some way. Notes: An affiliated company is sometimes referred to as a subsidiary. . For more information, please review this announcement in the AT&T newsroom at http://www.att.com/newsroom. |
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