Companion Technologies Adds Web Interface for Medical Patient Statements.

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Companion Technologies has launched Statement Manager, a function of Companion EnterprisEDI and Companion PM software, for accessing medical patient statements securely over the Internet.

This gives doctors' offices and hospitals view and print capabilities to an exact copy of documents mailed to patients. It also gives access to other patient correspondence, such as collection letters and recall notifications, and includes reporting capabilities and monitoring of address corrections and forwarding information.

"The new function means medical billing offices will spend less time researching and tracking down paper billing information and can view statements from any location accessible to a Web browser," said Companion Technologies Vice President Deryl Metze.

Companion EnterprisEDI is an ASP application that allows healthcare organizations to process and transmit claims directly from a desktop computer while providing extensive reporting, file importing, claims editing, and eligibility verification.

Companion PM is used by doctors' offices to manage their practices. Other add-ons besides Statement Manager include modules for orthopedic practices, health centers, anesthesiology, allergy management, advanced collections, patient care tracking, document and image management, and electronic remittance of claims.

Based in Columbia, S.C., Companion Technologies (www.companiontechnologies.com) provides hospitals and physician organizations with financial, clinical, operational and managed care information management services, from practice management systems, electronic medical records and electronic data interchange, to hardware and network services.