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May 17, 2012

NextGen Healthcare Selected by Norton Sound Health Corporation to Enhance Rural Patient Care

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Horsham, Pa. – May 15, 2012 – NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: QSII) and a leading provider of healthcare information systems and connectivity solutions, today announced a new agreement with Norton Sound Health Corporation (NSHC) to deploy NextGen® Ambulatory EHR, NextGen® Practice Management, NextGen® Inpatient Solutions, and other NextGen® solutions throughout the organization. This agreement further strengthens NextGen Healthcare’s position as one of the leading providers of information technology (IT) solutions for tribal health services nationwide.

Headquartered in Nome, Alaska, NSHC serves the Bering Strait region in the northwestern part of the state. The network has a health center in each of the 15 remote villages throughout the region, and implementation of NextGen Healthcare technologies will further ensure consistent care across the region.

Currently, providers at the village health centers rely on the Alaska Community Health Aid Practitioner Manual (CHAM) to aid in diagnoses, which is not integrated with any electronic health records (EHR) system. The implementation of NextGen Ambulatory EHR allows NSHC to use customized templates for the top 20 diagnoses and procedures outlined in the CHAM.

Additionally, NSHC is slated to expand its patient services by opening an 18-bed hospital in November that will provide the region with increased out-patient services in dental, audiology, behavioral health and ophthalmology care. When the facility opens, it will use NextGen Healthcare’s inpatient product line, including NextGen® Inpatient Clinicals and NextGen® Inpatient Financials, to create a seamless care continuum across the enterprise. This solution, combined with the technology NSHC is currently implementing, lays the groundwork for physicians to easily communicate and work with the new facility to improve patient care.

“Our organization sought a high level of customization and flexibility in an EHR and practice management system, and we had a short timeframe to find and implement a system – especially as we prepare to open the new hospital later this year, “said Dave Hodges, chief information officer at NSHC. “NextGen Healthcare understood and met our challenge by working closely with us to address our specific needs and deadlines. We are confident that implementing NextGen’s leading solutions will not only help us attest for Meaningful Use, but also improve the connectivity and communications between physicians, patients and our entire health system.”

NextGen Practice Management will further aid in increasing productivity by eliminating the current paper-based record keeping systems. Providers will use mobile devices to remotely access patient records, which will improve connectivity and real-time response rates, especially in emergency situations.

“Our health system covers a very large area with many remote villages that are hard to reach, so having accessible technology that makes it easier for doctors to respond quickly to patients is imperative,” said Deven Parlikar, president and CEO of NSHC. “Our patients have always been our top priority, so being able to provide the latest technology will help us to provide the highest level of care.”

“NSHC has had the distinct, ongoing challenge of serving patients throughout northern Alaska, which requires solutions that will help optimize the delivery of patient care and better communicate across the organization,” said Scott Decker, president of NextGen Healthcare. “We remain committed to serving tribal and urban groups throughout the nation, and providing tools to customize our broad technology platform to fit each organization’s specific needs so they can successfully serve their respective communities. This flexibility within our solutions portfolio is among the key advantages of the diverse NextGen platform.”

About Norton Sound Health Corporation

Norton Sound Health Corporation (NSHC) was founded in 1970 and is a Tribally owned and operated, independent, not-for-profit health care organization that represents all communities and areas of the Bering Strait region, a 44,000 square-mile section of northwestern Alaska. NSHC is quickening the pace of positive change by refocusing its system to put patients, clients, and communities first. NSHC’s mission is to “Provide quality health services and promoting wellness within our people and environment.” For more information, visit http://www.nortonsoundhealth.org.

About NextGen Healthcare

NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc., provides integrated clinical, financial and connectivity solutions for ambulatory, inpatient and dental provider organizations. For more information, please visit www.nextgen.com and www.qsii.com. Follow NextGen Healthcare on Twitter at www.twitter.com/nextgen or Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/NextGenHealthcare.

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May 14, 2012

NextGen Healthcare Enters into Agreement with Barrington Orthopedic for Deployment of Innovative Solutions

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NextGen Healthcare to Showcase its Orthopedic Solutions at upcoming American Association of Orthopaedic Executives, May 20-22 in New Orleans

HORSHAM, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: QSII) and a leading provider of healthcare information systems and connectivity solutions, announced today it has entered into an agreement with Barrington Orthopedic Specialists to deploy NextGen® Ambulatory EHR, NextGen® Practice Management, NextGen® Patient Portal, NextPen® and other NextGen® product offerings across its four locations throughout the Northwest suburbs of Chicago. Barrington Orthopedic Specialists is a multi-specialty orthopedic group with 15 physicians and 35 ancillary provider staff members, offering hand and upper extremity, spine, foot and ankle, major joints trauma and general adult and pediatric orthopedic services.

Under the agreement, Barrington will utilize NextGen Ambulatory EHR and NextGen Practice Management to assist in streamlining processes, increasing practice efficiency and, with the seamless integration of NextGen Patient Portal, expediting administrative tasks to ultimately deliver better patient care. Additionally, this agreement will provide Barrington Orthopedic Specialists the tools necessary to meet its specialty-specific needs while delivering enhanced access to patient data, streamlining workflow and improving flexibility to handle high patient volumes. The advanced reporting capabilities of NextGen® solutions will also be leveraged to accurately track quality improvement measures – a key requirement toward achieving Meaningful Use.

Leveraging “Smart Pen” technology within NextPen to collect patient history, demographics and signatures directly from the waiting room without interviewing, scanning or transcription, will reduce utilization of high cost staff, thereby improving outcomes through proactive patient engagement.

“In NextGen’s broad portfolio of solutions and services, we found several that our physicians would easily adopt, utilize and champion. The NextGen platform offers enough templates catering to our specialty and an opportunity for customization that we can modify specifically for our orthopedic practices,” said Thomas Flood, executive director of operations for Barrington Orthopedic Specialists. “We believe NextGen Healthcare affords us the opportunity to enhance productivity, help lead us to meaningful use and allow us to capture the discrete quality measures for outcomes reporting in the future.”

“This collaboration with Barrington Orthopedic Specialists reflects NextGen Healthcare’s breadth of solutions exclusively targeted toward orthopedic specialty providers that enables these types of practices to leverage technology to enhance the efficiency of their practice while improving patient care,” said Scott Decker, president of NextGen Healthcare. “Currently, our emphasis on and expertise within the orthopedic marketplace is growing, based on our ability to optimize the patient experience and more effectively coordinate care, which results in improved outcomes.”

NextGen Healthcare will be showcasing its solutions for orthopedics at the upcoming American Association of Orthopaedic Executives, May 20-22 in New Orleans, booth #207.

For more information and case studies on NextGen® solutions for orthopedics, please visit www.nextgen.com/specialties/orthopedics/orthopedics.aspx

About Barrington Orthopedic Specialists

Barrington Orthopedic Specialists has been providing orthopedic care since 1970 throughout Chicago’s northwest suburbs. With locations in Bartlett, Schaumburg, Buffalo Grove and Elk Grove Village, the 15 physicians and clinical staff specialize in surgical and non-surgical orthopedic treatment, physical rehabilitation, radiology and MRI services and wellness services. To learn more, please visit www.BarringtonOrtho.com.

About NextGen Healthcare

NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc., provides integrated clinical, financial and connectivity solutions for ambulatory, inpatient and dental provider organizations. For more information, please visit www.nextgen.com and www.qsii.com. Follow NextGen Healthcare on Twitter at www.twitter.com/nextgen or Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/NextGenHealthcare.

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May 10, 2012

Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce Names CareCloud CEO Technology Entrepreneur of Year

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MIAMI–(BUSINESS WIRE)– CareCloud, a leading provider of web-based practice management, electronic health records (EHR) and medical billing software and services, today announced that the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce has named CareCloud CEO Albert Santalo the winner of its 2012 Technology Entrepreneur of the Year award.

The accolade was awarded at the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce’s Technology Leaders of the Year Awards luncheon Friday at Jungle Island. The awards program honors “individuals that guide the effective use of information technology to improve their companies’ business performance and have had a positive impact in the community.”

“Founding CareCloud and taking the company from a startup to a major player in the healthcare technology industry has been an incredible, rewarding challenge for me and my leadership team,” said CEO Albert Santalo. “As CareCloud continues to expand its client base and disrupt healthcare using cloud computing technology, I could not be more proud that the company is being recognized for its impact. I value the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce’s exceptional commitment to fostering the growth of the technology industry in South Florida and am very honored to receive this award.”

Mr. Santalo was named the “Best Up and Coming Technology Innovator” by the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce in 2010, so this award marks continued recognition of his achievements in the South Florida business community. Mr. Santalo founded CareCloud in 2009 to be a leading force of change in the healthcare industry, focused on eliminating administrative waste and inefficiency through the delivery of a complete digital healthcare ecosystem for provider organizations. He has led CareCloud to rapid growth and the company has created over 100 jobs in South Florida. In January 2012, CNNMoney.com also named Mr. Santalo one of the nation’s top 12 entrepreneurs reinventing health care.

About CareCloud

CareCloud is a leading provider of cloud-based practice management, electronic health records (EHR) and medical billing software and services for medical groups. The company’s products are connecting providers to one another – and to their patients – through a fully integrated digital healthcare ecosystem that can be accessed on any browser or device.

CareCloud is helping more than 1,200 physicians to increase collections, streamline operations and improve patient care in over 30 states. The company was named a winner of IBM’s SmartCamp Silicon Valley 2010 for its innovative technology and received over $20 million in Series A funding from Intel Capital and Norwest Venture Partners. To learn more about CareCloud, please visit www.carecloud.com.

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April 24, 2012

OrthoNow Selects CareCloud to Launch National Urgent Care Franchise

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Innovative Specialty Urgent Care Centers Will Leverage CareCloud’s Web-Based Practice Management Technology to Connect and Streamline Business Operations

MIAMI–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CareCloud, a leading provider of web-based practice management, electronic healthcare record (EHR) and medical billing software and services, today announced that OrthoNow, a new orthopedic urgent care franchise based in Miami, Florida, has selected CareCloud’s cloud-based practice management technology solution, CareCloud Central. OrthoNow urgent care centers are focused on providing patients with immediate assessment and management of any orthopedic or sports medicine problem, including offering the ability to perform on-site surgery.

OrthoNow is working to expand into a nationwide network of urgent care centers and CareCloud Central will serve as the organization’s operational backbone. By powering each franchise location on the centrally-hosted CareCloud platform, OrthoNow will have unparalleled transparency into operations across its entire network of practices through a flexible, low-cost, web-based patient and appointment management system.

“As OrthoNow looked to select a practice management system that would grant our new franchise the flexibility and scalability to grow quickly, it became very clear that CareCloud’s technology and cloud-based platform was ideal,” said Dr. Alejandro Badia, MD, FACS, an award-winning orthopedic surgeon and the CEO of OrthoNow. “As our business grows we feel CareCloud is aligned with our success and grants us a system that allows us to navigate new billing regulations and advancements in patient care.”

“We are thrilled to be working with an exciting, innovative company and new care delivery model in OrthoNow,” said Albert Santalo, President and CEO of CareCloud. “Our cloud-based technology will allow Dr. Badia to scale his businesses without sacrificing operational workflow or having to leverage costly client-server software and hardware. As more innovative and disruptive business models, like OrthoNow’s, emerge in healthcare, cloud technologies like CareCloud’s will continue to become the clear choice to help them execute their growth.”

CareCloud Central is a medical practice management system delivered in the cloud to make it more efficient, cost-effective and accessible. CareCloud’s web-based software represents a new standard in medical practice management that focuses on enhancing the user experience – a drastic improvement over the inefficient, overpriced, outdated and complicated technology traditionally sold by legacy software vendors.

About CareCloud

CareCloud is a leading provider of cloud-based practice management, electronic health record (EHR) and medical billing software and services for medical groups. The company’s products are connecting providers to one another – and to their patients – through a fully integrated digital healthcare ecosystem that can be accessed on any browser or device.

CareCloud is helping more than 1,200 physicians to increase collections, streamline operations and improve patient care in over 30 states. The company was named a winner of IBM’s SmartCamp Silicon Valley 2010 for its innovative technology and received over $20 million in Series A funding from Intel Capital and Norwest Venture Partners. To learn more about CareCloud, please visit www.carecloud.com.

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March 31, 2012

Medical Mastermind Practice Management Software Certified for Meaningful Use

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BALTIMORE, MD – Tuesday, March 27th, 2012 – Software Unlimited, Inc.’s premier offering, Medical Mastermind Practice Management, has received the federal government’s “meaningful use” stamp of approval by earning EHR Module Certification.

The designation officially deems the software capable of enabling providers to qualify for funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

Tested and certified under the Drummond Group’s Electronic Health Records Office of the National Coordinator Authorized Testing and Certification Body (ONC-ATCB) program, the software is 2011/2012 compliant in accordance with the criteria adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

“This certification is critical for our physicians to achieve meaningful use by helping meet key ONC criteria” says James R. Milligan, CEO of Software Unlimited, Inc. “This means our Healthcare providers can be secure in using Medical Mastermind as part of the solution to meeting full EMR attestation.  In combination with our certified EMR offering, our customers can be assured of receiving ARRA reimbursements after attesting to meaningful use.”

Medical Mastermind is certified for privacy and security criteria, which supports HIPAA, as well as a number of other ambulatory criteria such as smoking status and demographic information.

The Medical Mastermind Practice Management software qualifies as an “EHR Module” for compliance certification. This EHR Module is 2011/2012 compliant and has been certified by an ONC-ATCB in accordance with the applicable certification criteria adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. This certification does not represent an endorsement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services or guarantee the receipt of incentive payments.

Software Unlimited, Inc., Certified on March 8, 2012, Medical Mastermind version 15.12, ID: 03082012-1490-5, CQMs: 170.302 G, O-U, 170.304 C; Additional software used: TrueCrypt.

About Software Unlimited, Inc. 

Software Unlimited’s Medical Mastermind Practice Management software has been the software of choice for thousands of mid-Atlantic physicians, since 1984. Also offering EMR and Billing Solutions, SUI sells, implements, trains, customizes and supports all their solutions from their Baltimore, MD offices. For more information, visit www.suimd.com.

About Drummond Group  

Drummond Group Inc., the trusted software test lab, provides effective and efficient electronic health record (EHR) testing to healthcare information technology vendors and hospitals. As an Office of the National Coordinator Authorized Testing and Certification Body (ONC-ATCB), Drummond Group works closely with healthcare software vendors and hospitals to certify EHRs that are looking to qualify for incentive funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).  Drummond Group is approved to certify both complete and modular EHR for both ambulatory and inpatient.  Leveraging more than a decade’s worth of interoperability, conformance testing and certification experience in multiple industries, Drummond Group delivers what’s needed in healthcare: highly reliable and readily affordable software testing services. For more information, go to www.drummondgroup.com.

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February 17, 2012

Ingenious Med Introduces New Business and Data Analytics Solution – #HIMSS12

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Ingenious Med, leaders in inpatient charge capture and physician management, is excited to announce a new business intelligence and data analysis solution.

Ingenious Med’s latest evolutionary product offering, Imagine¸ is a comprehensive business analytics platform providing real-time, actionable decision making data to healthcare organizations. The analytics system measures individual physician activities, providing dashboards to monitor overall department and organizational performance to improve patient care and drive physician productivity.

Beyond the reports accessed today in Impower, Ingenious Med’s flagship charge capture and practice management solution, Imagine allows analysis across more than 300 attributes, enabling organizational insight at micro and macro levels. Imagine enables healthcare management professionals to create and access custom reports, with data pertinent and meaningful to their organization.

“Availability of actionable intelligent analysis of data to help hospitals manage their organizations has been missing,” said Hart Williford, CEO of Ingenious Med. “Static and outdated reports fail to deliver the value healthcare professionals need to truly run their organizations efficiently.  Imagine will enable users to obtain and analyze data in real-time and on easily accessible platforms.”

Imagine‘s insightful and robust dashboards provide deep visibility into activity and performance, including provider scorecards, trending industry performance indicators and enhanced visibility into the enterprise through powerful data-mining capabilities. With Imagine’s ad-hoc and multi-dimensional analysis, users are given the freedom to create new ways of looking at their data across multiple attributes, providing the actionable data needed to drive operational and strategic change.

Demo Imagine and other Ingenious Med solutions at the HiMSS Conference, Las Vegas, February 21-23 at booth 4663.

About Ingenious Med

Founded in 1999 by a group of practicing physicians, Ingenious Med is an award-winning mobile platform that automates the activities of inpatient physicians. Ingenious Med automates the revenue and charge capture processes for more than 14,000 users in the nation’s leading healthcare facilities.

Ingenious Med’s Inpatient Physician Management Platform is the leading charge capture and physician performance solution in the health care industry today. Our cloud-based, charge capture and analytics platform provides real-time data that helps hospital systems and physician groups improve physician productivity and efficiency, enhance quality of care, maximize revenue, increase billing accuracy and ensure compliance. For more information, visit www.ingeniousmed.com or call 404.815.0826.

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December 22, 2011

athenahealth Cloud-Based EHR Service Earns Top National Ranking in 2011 KLAS Report

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Award is a testament to athenahealth’s ability to provide a full-service EHR solution that removes the pain-points of traditional software and helps physicians more easily qualify for pay-for-performance incentives

WATERTOWN, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN), a leading provider of cloud-based practice management, electronic health record (EHR), and care coordination services to medical groups, today announced that it has received the top ranking for its cloud-based EHR, athenaClinicals®, in the annual 2011 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Services report for ambulatory EMR (11-75 Physicians).

To reach its awards conclusions, KLAS surveys hospital and clinic executives, administrators, physicians, nurses, and other directors and managers with business responsibilities regarding their experience with health information technology. KLAS surveys approximately 4,500 hospitals and nearly 2,500 ambulatory organizations annually.

Jonathan Bush, Chairman and CEO of athenahealth, said, “Physicians have to bear a number of pressures, so they certainly can’t afford dealing with the barriers that often come with traditional software-based EHRs. By harnessing the power of the cloud, athenahealth has a unique window into our physicians’ clinical workflow, allowing us to help address issues in real time and inject greater value faster. We’ve heard time and time again that, because of this capability, our providers feel more confident about achieving things like Meaningful Use, qualifying as a patient centered medical home, and, ultimately, their ability to provide the best patient care possible.”

For more information about athenaClinicals, our best in KLAS EHR, please visit: http://www.athenahealth.com/our-services/athenaClinicals/EMR.php

About KLAS

KLAS is a research firm specializing in monitoring and reporting the performance of healthcare vendors. KLAS’s mission is to improve delivery, by independently measuring vendor performance for the benefit of our healthcare provider partners, consultants, investors, and vendors. Working together with executives from over 4,500 hospitals and over 2,500 clinics, KLAS delivers timely reports, trends, and statistics, which provide a solid overview of vendor performance in the industry. KLAS measures performance of software, professional services, and medical equipment vendors. For more information, go to www.KLASresearch.com, email marketing@KLASresearch.com, or call 1-800-920-4109 to speak with a KLAS representative.

About athenahealth

athenahealth, Inc. is a leading provider of cloud-based business services for physician practices. athenahealth’s service offerings are based on proprietary web-native practice management and electronic health record (EHR) software, a continuously updated payer knowledge-base, integrated back-office service operations, and care coordination services. For more information, please visit http://www.athenahealth.com/ or call (888) 652-8200.

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October 26, 2011

Alexian Brothers Health System Selects athenahealth as Part of New Cloud-Based Clinical Platform to Further Improve Care Coordination

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Medical Group leveraging athenaClinicals® and athenaCommunicator® to help improve delivery of patient care and enable easier participation in government incentive programs

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. & WATERTOWN, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN), a leading provider of cloud-based practice management, electronic health record (EHR), patient communication, and care coordination services to medical groups, today announced that Alexian Brothers Health System, a diversified Catholic healthcare organization providing care in the Chicago area through the Alexian Brothers Medical Group (ABMG), their employed provider network of 190 medical providers, has expanded its relationship with athenahealth by selecting the Company’s cloud-based EHR service, athenaClinicals®, and patient cycle management service, athenaCommunicator®, to help improve physician and patient care coordination.

The addition of athenaClinicals means ABMG now has a flexible EHR service that will work seamlessly with athenaCollector®, athenahealth’s cloud-based medical billing and practice management service, which the medical group has been utilizing to remove administrative headaches and streamline the billing process since 2003.

“As we replace our current clinical system, we believe leveraging a fully integrated system like athenahealth’s will put us in the best possible position to not only deliver superior patient care and more easily demonstrate Meaningful Use, but also to participate in other emerging pay-for-performance programs,” said Kimberly Zimmermann, Chief Operating Officer of Alexian Brothers Medical Group. “athenahealth’s understanding of how EHRs operate using the Internet allows us to be far more dynamic. Their commitment to being with us every step of the way, not just at implementation but each and every day beyond that, provides us the comfort of knowing we are set to achieve better care coordination and delivery to our patients.”

ABMG will also utilize athenaCommunicator to help better manage patient interactions initiated by practice staff or triggered by automated routines within athenaNet®, athenahealth’s cloud-based platform. The athenaCommunicator service will enable expanded accessibility for patients after hours and on weekends, streamlined patient payments, re-captured staff and physician time, reduced no-shows, and elimination of expensive paper-based mailing campaigns.

Jonathan Bush, Chairman and CEO of athenahealth said, “Working alongside Alexian for quite some time now, we’ve been able to showcase on the billing side how operating in the cloud vs. siloed software can dramatically improve a health system’s efficiency by allowing doctors to focus on patients, not the frustrations and challenges that come with the back office. We are thrilled to expand our relationship with Alexian Brothers and to allow them to tap into the power of the Cloud for patient records and communication.”

In September 2011, athenahealth launched a new online dashboard to provide clear visibility into the performance of physicians on the athenahealth network against Meaningful Use criteria. Visitors to this regularly updated dashboard will gain valuable insight into how the thousands of providers currently participating in athenahealth’s Meaningful Use reimbursement program are progressing toward meeting all Medicare Meaningful Use measures. The dashboard sheds light on the measures presenting the greatest challenges to providers and their practices as they aim to successfully complete the attestation process and collect their incentive payments.

About Alexian Brothers Health System

The Alexian Brothers Health System (ABHS) is a diversified Catholic healthcare organization founded in 1866 and headquartered in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Governed by the 800-year-old Congregation of Alexian Brothers, ABHS oversees operations of acute and specialty care hospitals, physician services, and ambulatory care clinics in Illinois, as well as senior living facilities, rehabilitation services, and community-based programming for the elderly in Missouri, Tennessee and Wisconsin.

About athenahealth

athenahealth, Inc. is a leading provider of Internet-based business services for physician practices. athenahealth’s service offerings are based on proprietary web-native practice management and electronic health record (EHR) software, a continuously updated payer knowledge-base, integrated back-office service operations, automated and live patient communication services, and the coordination of care among participants in the health care system. For more information, please visit www.athenahealth.com or call (888) 652-8200.

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October 25, 2011

Bizmatics Announces Medical Billing Services to Complement PrognoCIS EMR and PM Solutions

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Bizmatics’ new electronic medical billing service works with their certified PrognoCIS EMR system to maximize a practice’s collections.

San Jose, CA (PRWEB) October 19, 2011  Leading EMR software provider Bizmatics Inc. has officially introduced their full-service, in-house electronic medical billing service to complement PrognoCIS EMR – their flagship electronic medical record system. This new service, which focuses on improved Revenue Cycle Management (RCM), offers practices an integrated EMR, practice management and billing service to streamline office efficiency and simplify collection processes.

Medical practice collections have been cut significantly in the recent years, thereby increasing the importance of maximizing a practice’s collections. The new medical billing service from Bizmatics will ensure quick submission of claims (within 24-48 hours of the visit) as well as seamless transitions from patient visits to billing to actual revenue generation.

“With our leading Five Star ONC-ATCB-rated PrognoCIS EMR, we at Bizmatics have earned our stripes in the medical industry,” says Bizmatics CEO Vinay Deshpande. “Our team knows what today’s medical practices are faced with: strict regulations from CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) and the private insurance carriers. Our program has been built to bill and track collections for optimal payments.”

The new service combines the benefits of electronic medical billing with the benefits of hiring a trusted medical billing service. Physicians will have a team of medical billing experts working on their accounts, and the integrated clinical and billing data from its own software system gives Bizmatics’ billing service staff a tremendous advantage. Known for their superior medical coding and collections skills as well as their PrognoCIS electronic medical record system, Bizmatics originally conceived a billing service to satisfy a few niche customers, but demand for it has been so great that it has grown into a full product services offering. Many PrognoCIS customers have already adopted medical billing from Bizmatics and are extremely satisfied with the service.

With medical billing services from Bizmatics, PrognoCIS users will see the collections process executed with professionalism and respect for each patient. Medical billing agents are trained to investigate denied claims and underpayments and also have access to information showing medical practice visit types with full reporting tools. Billing agents are extremely knowledgeable about the medical industry, and Bizmatics offers highly competitive rates for their medical billing services.

About Bizmatics

Bizmatics, Inc. offers healthcare software and services for practices and hospitals of all sizes. Their PrognoCIS EMR system, rated as one of the best EHR software systems, integrates seamlessly with their new medical billing services to improve collections and reduce unpaid debts. For more information, visit http://www.bizmaticsinc.com.

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October 3, 2011

iChartsMD Announces 30 Day Free Trial of the iChartsMD EHR & Practice Management System

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(Malibu, CA – September 30, 2011) – iChartsMD announced today that it will be launching its 30 Day Free Trial offer of their web based EHR and Practice Management system on October 1, 2011.  With the 30-day free trial, practices will be able to experience the digitization of paper charts that are currently used in their workflow, the ease of scheduling and color-coding their appointments and the convenience of submitting their prescriptions via the e-Prescribing module that the iChartsMD EHR and Practice Management system offers.

“We understand that selecting an EHR solution can be very stressful for a lot of practices.  We also realize that many providers do not want to invest money into an EHR system without knowing 100% that it will work for them.  We want to encourage providers to start utilizing electronic systems for their patient records so offering a free 30-day trial of our innovative and easy to use EHR system just seems right.  Not only do they get our EHR free for 30 days, additionally, they get to see their physical exam forms within their system.  Practices shouldn’t have to adapt to our system, even if it is for free.”

– Morgan Prakash, President & CEO

The iChartsMD EHR and Practice Management will include:

  • Calendar | Scheduling
  • Patient demographics
  • Patient History Form
  • Custom Patient Physical Exam
  • e-Prescribing
  • Mobile App
  • Reporting
  • Microsoft Hosting & Security
  • VeriSign Security
  • Billing
  • Free web training with a live trainer and unlimited customer support
  • Ability to go live in less than a week

** After your 30-day trial version, remain on the system for only $245 per month for the first physician and $35 a month for each additional physician.

Practices that are interested in taking advantage of the offer should contact iChartsMD’s dedicated representative:

Luis Chozas | 310.927.5274 | lchozas@ichartsmd.com

About iChartsMD

iChartsMD is a privately held EHR software solution provider based out of Malibu, California. Both doctors and I.T. Professionals carefully developed the iChartsMD technology with over 30 years of expertise. The EHR system integrates patient scheduling, reports and analysis, prescription writing, patient history and billing management made to be accessible from any network, including mobile devices.

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