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American Physicians Group Commits To Ingenious Med For Software To Power The Largest Hospitalist Group In Arizona.


ATLANTA -- IMBILLS(TM), Charge Capture & Coding Software, Supports Rigorous Practice Management

Ingenious Med, leaders in software for improving inpatient care inpatient care Managed care Services delivered to a Pt who needs physician care for > 24 hrs in a hospital  quality and charge capture collection, announces that American Physicians Inc., Arizona's largest hospitalist hos·pi·tal·ist
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A physician, usually an internist, who specializes in the care of hospitalized patients.


hospitalist 
 group, selects Ingenious Med IMBILLS -- Web Edition(TM) online service and client software for mobile and wireless charge capture, along with cost-effective, Web-based training. The two-year agreement reflects the benefits realized by API (Application Programming Interface) A language and message format used by an application program to communicate with the operating system or some other control program such as a database management system (DBMS) or communications protocol.  during the last year in which financial and administrative savings far exceeded costs. When Ingenious Med first launched IMBILLS -- Web Edition(TM), in 2003, API committed to implementation based upon the focus on hospitalist needs, expanding functionality, rich features, and ease-of-use. IMBILLS is critically acclaimed, focused on inpatient practice management, and receives high praise from physicians.

"Ingenious Med software continues to prove its value to both our practice management group and hospitalist physicians," said Steve Scott, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  at American Physicians. "API selected Ingenious Med because the benefits from the IMBILLS software was clear. It streamlined our operations and provided a direct positive impact on our days in Accounts Receivable accounts receivable n. the amounts of money due or owed to a business or professional by customers or clients. Generally, accounts receivable refers to the total amount due and is considered in calculating the value of a business or the business' problems in paying  (AR) and cash flow. It has also enhanced our ability to monitor physician coding and compliance."

"American Physicians was visionary in backing our Ingenious Med solution early," said Steven T. Liu, MD, founder and CEO of Ingenious Med. "Ingenious Med is dedicated to being the top provider of software functionality that serves the focus, expansion, and growth of inpatient practice management."

The Ingenious Med solution optimizes charge capture and coding, improves clinical rounding for better patient care, and aggregates practice data as a guide to better outcomes. IMBILLS facilitates on-the-spot, bedside data capture and code validation of inpatient physician visits for faster, more accurate billing and quicker collections. In addition to data collection, the Ingenious Med software features rounding sheets, real-time chat and e-mail, immediate charge submission, prescription printing, and discharge forms.

About American Physicians Inc.

American Physicians Inc. (API) is the largest private hospitalist group of physicians in Arizona with a well-deserved reputation of professionalism and expertise. API's teams are gaining great recognition as the health care industry readily adopts hospitalist practices. API establishes, staffs, and manages programs at more than 75 hospitals and sub-acute facilities. Hospitalist teams function independently, like private practices, with an administrative link to American Physicians. These programs win wide acceptance by hospitals and Primary Care Physicians, which get quick payback Payback

The length of time it takes to recover the initial cost of a project, without regard to the time value of money.
 and focused patient care. Hospitalist physicians have excellent earnings and an enviable work-life balance The expression work-life balance was first used in 1986 in the US (although had been used in the UK from the late 1970s by organisations such as New Ways to Work and the Working Mother's Association) to help explain the unhealthy life choices that many people were making; they were . Please contact American Physicians, Inc. at 2020 N. Central Avenue, Suite #1010, Phoenix, AZ 85004; or by telephone at (602) 553-8400.

About Ingenious Med, Inc.

Ingenious Med offers next-generation, healthcare industry software, "designed by physicians for physicians." For years, the Years, The

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 firm's large, national customer base has relied upon this leading solution. At Ingenious Med, clinicians and healthcare IT experts deliver software that works well in the crucible crucible, vessel in which a substance is heated to a high temperature, as for fusing or calcining. The necessary properties of a crucible are that it maintain its mechanical strength and rigidity at high temperatures and that it not react in an undesirable way with  of a busy clinical practice. Practicing physicians establish the interface and process foundations for clinical software development. The result is creation - and exacting refinement - of ergonomic ergonomic - Concerning ergonomics or exhibitting good ergonimics. , intuitive, and practical applications for the busy physician.

Current solutions for medical practices include wireless PC, handheld, and server-based software that serve physicians as they make hospital rounds, allowing them to easily gather information and capture charges at the patient's bedside. Captured data synchronizes with Ingenious Med's, Web-based ASP solution, providing easily accessible and secure information to the entire practice. Internet connectivity and Ingenious Med's charge capture applications simplify the practice of medicine for both clinicians and administrators.

Ingenious Med's mobile software solutions improve the healthcare billing process by providing physicians with an easy to use charge capture tool, which features an intuitive interface. Ready-to-go software includes comprehensive ICD-9, CPT CPT

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, and RVU RVU Relative value unit, see there  databases that are customized, for each specialty, to capture required data. Please find us on the Web at http://www.IngeniousMed.com or call (404) 815-0862.
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