Kentucky Medical Services Foundation Completes Successful Charge Capture Technology ...( MedAptus' Practice Plus Edition Exper...),Health

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BOSTON, Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- MedAptus(R), market leader for charge capture technologies, today announced that Kentucky Medical Services Foundation, Inc. (KMSF) has successfully implemented Professional Intelligent Charge Capture for more than 250 physician-users. The completion of this first phase of KMSF's staggered deployment means that a successful replacement of the organization's existing charge capture system has been accomplished.

KMSF, based in Lexington, is the faculty practice plan for the highly regarded University of Kentucky Hospital System, UK HealthCare and the College of Medicine. The group provides billing and other administrative services to more than 600 providers affiliated with UK HealthCare. KMSF initially adopted mobile charge capture technology several years ago, but contracted with MedAptus in late 2007 after determining that the incumbent solution no longer met UK HealthCare's strategic IT needs.

MedAptus' Practice Plus Edition is a powerful yet easy-to-use electronic charge capture solution proven to mitigate potential professional revenue loss, compliance overhead and lack of billing process transparency. The solution is seamlessly integrated with several scheduling, billing, registration and electronic medical records systems. At KMSF, MedAptus is integrated with applications from vendors that include Siemens Medical Solutions, McKesson Corporation and HMS.

The first KMSF physician users of Practice Plus were live on the mobile system in early 2008. The "Phase I" of the group's implementation approach -- converting all users of the previous charge capture system to MedAptus -- was achieved in a matter of months. The technology, accessed from both cellular and non-cellular devices, currently processes more than 20,000 monthly charges
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