CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 20, 2009 — Pathology Service Associates, LLC (PSA), a MED3OOO Company, was recently selected by Rex Healthcare Laboratory for revenue cycle management (billing), marketing, and business support services.
Rex Healthcare Laboratory is a full-service, comprehensive clinical laboratory located within Rex Hospital in Raleigh, NC. The Rex Healthcare Laboratory services Rex Healthcare facilities and local physician offices, as well as other clients in Raleigh and the surrounding areas. "We selected PSA for their billing expertise and their marketing services to help enhance our outreach business," commented Stephen Finch, Rex Hospital Lab Director. "We are very excited about developing a relationship with PSA and look forward to the many benefits offered by this partnership."
PSA has provided, for the past 12 years, the revenue cycle management services to Rex Pathology Associates, the local independent pathology group associated with Rex Hospital. The combined reporting and trending that will be provided by PSA's robust reporting utilities will aid both the hospital and the physician group in leveraging the relationship in the community healthcare system for their mutual advantage.
"Clinical laboratory outreach billing has proven challenging for us for many years," according to Timothy Carter, M.D., with Rex Pathology Associates. "Our pathology group's long experience with PSA for anatomic pathology billing has proven PSA to be a high-quality, results-oriented company. PSA delivers great results with integrity, high ethical standards, and many flexible reporting and business analysis resources. As Medical Director of our clinical laboratory, I wanted to bring this same level of performance to the clinical lab arena. When PSA expressed a readiness to take on this challenge, I knew they would be our billing company of choice. Choosing PSA for billing and business development support will be the foundation of our renewed focus on client satisfaction and successful expansion of Rex Healthcare solutions for our community physician practices."
PSA has been providing business services to pathology clients nationwide for fifteen years, and is now expanding services to the clinical laboratory arena. "We are delighted to be selected by Rex Healthcare Laboratory as their billing partner," commented Al Sirmon, President of PSA. "PSA is committed to providing exceptional services that not only improve the bottom-line through premium billing services, but also through support services that allow practices and laboratories to gain or maintain a competitive advantage within their markets."
"We are excited to bring Rex Healthcare Laboratory into the PSA client base. There are real revenue enhancement opportunities for hospital labs in maximizing collections through outsourcing clinical lab billing. Most hospital billing departments are focused on inpatient services and other high dollar procedures, and not as well geared towards high volume, low dollar procedure billing. Many organizations are leaving significant dollars on the table that a company like PSA, who specializes in this type of work, can capture efficiently," notes Laura Chaney, PSA's VP of Operations.
About PSA, LLC – a MED3OOO Company
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PSA, a MED3OOO company, is the leading provider of business services to clinical laboratories and pathology practices. Focusing exclusively on laboratory and pathology, PSA is dedicated to providing comprehensive business solutions to practices seeking to gain a competitive advantage within their markets. Through an integrated approach of billing and collection services, practice marketing support, and business support services, PSA offers clients the opportunity to enhance revenue and market share. For more information, please contact Leigh Polk, Director of Marketing, at 800-832-5270 or Email. http://www.PSAPATH.com
About Rex Healthcare
Rex Healthcare (Rex), a member of UNC Health Care, is a private, not-for-profit health care system, with 4,400 employees. Rex Healthcare has 665 beds (433 general acute beds, six inpatient hospice and 226 skilled nursing) and treats more than 26,000 inpatients each year. Rex offers dedicated centers for women, cancer, post acute rehabilitation and skilled nursing care, heart and vascular, same-day surgery and wellness, plus dedicated clinics for pain management, heartburn, wound care, sleep disorders, diabetes education and state-of-the-art emergency services. Rex provides various healthcare services throughout Wake County with facilities in Cary, Apex, Garner, Knightdale, Wakefield and downtown Raleigh. Rex is also the first hospital in the Triangle, and one of only 10 in North Carolina, to receive Magnet Recognition, which places Rex nurses among the top 2 percent in the country. In 2008, Rex was listed as one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals(R) by Thomson Reuters Healthcare. In addition, Rex was named a Thomson Reuters Performance Improvement Leader — one of only 16 hospitals in the country to make both Thomson Reuters lists. Rex also was named one of the top 100 (#15) Best Places to Work in Healthcare by Modern Healthcare magazine. http://www.rexhealth.com
About MED3OOO
MED3OOO is a national leader in advancing healthcare management and technologies focused on improving performance and adding value to the delivery of healthcare. MED3OOO's vision is to be considered a "premier operations partner" for physicians, hospitals, employers, and municipalities throughout the U.S. Founded in 1995, MED3OOO provides services to over 15,000 physicians and has become one of the largest and most advanced private management, technology, and information management companies in the United States. InteGreat is a part of the technology division of MED3OOO. Designed with state-of-the-art architecture using browser-based technology, the flexible and easy-to-use InteGreat EHR solution is employed by over 13,000 users to improve clinical and operational outcomes. For more information, please contact Karla Sartori, MED3OOO Corporate Marketing, at 412-937-8887 or Email. http://www.MED3000.com
CONTACT:
Leigh Polk
800-832-5270 x 2941
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