Companion Technologies' Claims Management Software Available Nationwide.

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- EnterprisEDI, the powerful health insurance claims and revenue cycle management software from Companion Technologies, is now available to hospitals and medical practices nationwide, Companion Technologies announced today.

Previously, EnterprisEDI was marketed only to hospitals in South Carolina, North Carolina and Texas. More than 90 percent of South Carolina hospitals use the system.

"We are excited about offering EnterprisEDI to our national base of electronic medical record and practice management system clients, as well as to new clients who are looking for tools to reduce claim denials, speed payments and recover lost reimbursements," said Cathy Huddle, Companion Technologies' vice president of sales and marketing. "The pilot projects with physician practices in South Carolina were extremely successful, demonstrating that EnterprisEDI is an effective solution for high-volume physician practices."

EnterprisEDI is a HIPAA-compliant, ASP application that allows healthcare providers to process and transmit all payer claims directly from a desktop computer. The system performs automatic compliance and eligibility checks to reduce denials and speed revenue collection; tracks claims status; highlights errors; allows for claims correction with minimal data entry; and automatically generates patient correspondence.

EnterprisEDI also has robust reporting capabilities to help healthcare organizations analyze the efficiency of their revenue cycles, identify trends and monitor payer performance.

"With EnterprisEDI, I can do more with fewer people, and do it more accurately," said Katie Noyes, vice president of business operations for Pee Dee Health Care, P.A., which operates three clinics in South Carolina and has used EnterprisEDI for almost a year. "The product is so intuitive C* very easy to use.

"With our old system, we had no way of knowing whether a payer received a claim; we knew only that we had sent it. Now, our payer responses post right back to the claim immediately, and it all happens electronically. I don't have to rely on an employee to manually review a report of claims and tell me there were no errors."

Based in Columbia, S.C., Companion Technologies (www.companiontechnologies.com) develops medical practice management, electronic medical records, claims management and revenue cycle management software for healthcare providers nationwide. Companion Technologies also provides computer hardware and network services.