Health Management Associates (HMA) Further Expands its Use of NextGen(R) TechnologyTuesday May 27, 8:45 am ET
Fortune 1000 Hospital Management Organization Will Offer Advanced Revenue Cycle Management Services to Clients Nationwide Through Nextgen Practice Solutions
NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc and a leading provider of ambulatory healthcare information systems and connectivity solutions, today announced that Health Management Associates, Inc a premier operator of general acute care, non-urban hospitals located throughout the United States, has executed an agreement to utilize revenue cycle management services from NextGen Healthcare’s Practice Solutions Division. HMA selected NextGen EMR (Electronic Medical Records) and NextGen EPM (Enterprise Practice Management) in 2007. Its selection of NextGen Practice Solutions represents the third phase in the organization’s long-term plan to implement the integrated NextGen Healthcare clinical and financial platform.
After working with NextGen Healthcare on our initial technology deployments, we believe the company and its products and services are a great fit for us,” says Stan McLemore, senior vice president – operations finance for HMA. “NextGen Practice Solutions will help us improve bottom line results and revenue cycle management while reducing the costs to operate the physician practices under our ownership. These services can also free up the internal resources needed to refocus on strategy and the future of our practices, as well as quality improvement initiatives.”
Florida-based HMA owns and operates 57 hospitals, with approximately 8,100 licensed beds, in non-urban communities located throughout the United States. Services offered through NextGen Practice Solutions include eligibility checking; charge capture; claims scrubbing; electronic claims submission; payment posting; patient correspondence; image and document management; accounts receivable follow up with payer organizations and patients; call center; and electronic medical records. These services are designed to increase collections, reduce A/R days, and improve efficiency in billing, scheduling, reporting and other critical practice functions.
Patrick Cline, president of NextGen Healthcare said, “This is a great deal for both parties, with the potential to add significant growth to NextGen Healthcare’s Practice Solutions unit. We look forward to helping HMA achieve their business and financial objectives.”