Ohio Gastroenterology Group Goes Live on athenahealth's On-Demand Practice Management Service.Switches from Legacy Software to Results-Driven Revenue Cycle Management Solution WATERTOWN, Mass. and COLUMBUS, Ohio Columbus is the capital and the largest city of the American state of Ohio. Named for explorer Christopher Columbus, the city was founded in 1812 at the confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers, and assumed the functions of state capital in 1816. -- athenahealth, Inc., the premier provider of web-based services, knowledge, and software for medical practices, announced today that Ohio Gastroenterology gastroenterology Medical specialty dealing with digestion and the digestive system. In the 17th century Jan Baptista van Helmont conducted the first scientific studies in the field; William Beaumont published his own observations in 1833. Group Inc., one of the region's largest gastroenterology medical groups, has gone live on athenahealth's award-winning, on-demand practice management service to improve the operational workflow The automatic routing of documents to the users responsible for working on them. Workflow is concerned with providing the information required to support each step of the business cycle. and financial performance of their three locations throughout Columbus, Ohio. Ohio Gastroenterology recently switched from a legacy software-based practice management system and will now use athenahealth's billing and practice management service, athenaCollector(SM), to streamline administrative and financial operations through measurable and consistent results. "As our practice grew, we realized we needed a scalable practice management system that was built on delivering results," said Chris Masciola, practice manager for Ohio Gastroenterology Group. "Unlike traditional practice management systems, athenahealth provides us with a full range of integrated business services on a flexible subscription basis. The service-based approach will empower empower verb To encourage or provide a person with the means or information to become involved in solving his/her own problems Ohio Gastroenterology to streamline our administrative efficiencies along with our billing and collections." athenahealth has the industry's only physician revenue cycle management offering that integrates web-based practice management software, continually updated payer knowledge, and back-office processing specialists into a single service. athenahealth's dynamic "payer rules engine" is the largest real-time database of payer rules and regulations in the industry. With new payer rules being continuously added, the claims engine helps catch and correct billing errors before they are submitted in claims and lead to denials. The results can include increased collections, faster reimbursement Reimbursement Payment made to someone for out-of-pocket expenses has incurred. cycles, and reduced administrative headaches for physician practices. "We are seeing a paradigm shift A dramatic change in methodology or practice. It often refers to a major change in thinking and planning, which ultimately changes the way projects are implemented. For example, accessing applications and data from the Web instead of from local servers is a paradigm shift. See paradigm. occurring in the physician practice market. Software-based practice management systems are no longer an ideal model for the medical groups in the ambulatory Movable; revocable; subject to change; capable of alteration. An ambulatory court was the former name of the Court of King's Bench in England. It would convene wherever the king who presided over it could be found, moving its location as the king moved. space as these practices are left figuring out new payer rules or having to wait for new, expensive upgrades so they can continue to try to function at an optimal level," said Jonathan Bush Jonathan James Bush (born May 6,1931), an American banker, a brother of President George H. W. Bush, and an uncle of President George W. Bush. Education Bush graduated from the Hotchkiss School and Yale University. , chairman and chief executive officer of athenahealth. "The beauty of athenahealth and our on-demand practice management services is that we give our customers the industry's top-ranked, web-based software for free and then athenahealth manages the revenue cycle supply chain for the practice as part of a service that is designed to deliver consistent results for the practice." With athenahealth's unique knowledge-based approach to practice management, medical groups like the Ohio Gastroenterology Group have the ability to capture complex, ever-changing payer data. As athenahealth expands its physician network, it is able to continually improve the performance of physician practices in a given state or region. In addition, with athenahealth's payer data network, physicians experience an immediate reduction 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 and a significant increase in collections. About athenahealth athenahealth provides the only physician revenue and clinical cycle management offering that integrates web-based practice management and EMR (ElectroMagnetic Radiation) The emanation of energy from everything in the universe. Although the EMR from electrical and electronic devices is typically measured for practical, every-day situations, every object, including humans, emanates energy. software, continually updated payer knowledge, and back office processing specialists into a single service. The results are faster payment at lower cost, increased patient care, higher revenue retention and less hassle Hassle () is a location in Närke, Sweden, where a Celtic treasure was found in 1936. It comprises a large bronze cauldron which contained two Bronze Age swords of the Hallstatt type, a pommel of bronze, two bronze buckets with for the thousands of physicians using athenahealth nationwide. The company collects over $2 billion on behalf of its clients annually. athenahealth is dedicated to helping providers make optimum use of their time, ultimately improving the quality of service delivered and the financial reward for it. For more information about athenahealth, visit our Web site at www.athenahealth.com or call 1-888-652-8200. |
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