Companion Technologies to Offer Billing Outsourcing to Medical Practices through Medico.

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Companion Technologies has contracted with Medico to offer medical practices billing outsourcing services using Companion products. E[acute accent]The two companies, both headquartered in Columbia, S.C., signed an agreement in which Medico will use Companion PM practice management software and Companion Technologies will offer Medico outsourcing services to its clients seeking more than just software. Under the agreement Medico will also use Companion Technologies' other products, including Companion EMR, a scalable electronic medical record that can be integrated with the Companion PM practice management software. E[acute accent]"This is geared to practices looking to outsource all or a portion of their billing," said Cathy Huddle, Companion Technologies' vice president of sales and practice solutions. "This often costs a small to medium practice less than running their own billing and it frees them up to concentrate on the practice of medicine." E[acute accent]"Companion PM is the best medical management software available," said Robert Bedenbaugh, Medico president. "Their state-of-the-art Internet-based technology gives practices the most cost effective, efficient system on the market." E[acute accent]Medico, founded in 1993, performs billing management for 45 medical practices in South Carolina. E[acute accent]Companion Technologies (www.companiontechnologies.com) provides 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. Its products are sold nationwide.