A Leading Provider of Comprehensive Orthopedic Care on the Virginia Peninsula Chooses Leading EMR Consulting Firm and Billing Specialist to Implement Award Winning Electronic Medical Records Software
JEFFERSON CITY, MO--(Marketwired - Apr 11, 2013) - GroupOne Health Source, Inc., an electronic health record consulting and billing firm, was selected by Tidewater Orthopaedic Associates to implement the eClinicalWorks (eCW) electronic health records system for its approximately 25 affiliated healthcare providers.
GroupOne Health Source is a "Gold Certified" distribution, installation, and implementation partner of the EHR incentive certified eClinicalWorks system. eClinicalWorks has been certified by an ONC-Authorized Testing and Certification Body (ONC-ATCB). GroupOne has been a partner with eClinicalWorks and a top reseller since 2004.
Tidewater Orthopaedic Associates, a leading provider of orthopedic care on the Virginia Peninsula, offers advanced sub-specialty care in joint, spine, hand, sports, and trauma combined with physical therapy, occupational therapy, and diagnostic imaging services.
As part of eClinicalWorks' comprehensive EHR solution, Tidewater will receive the following product features:
- eClinicalWorks EMR/PM enables clinicians to manage patient flow, immediately access patient records in-house or remotely, electronically communicate with the referring physicians and securely send consult notes and clinical data
- eClinicalWorks Patient Portal allows patients and doctors to communicate securely via the Internet
- eClinicalWorks eBO® performs clinical and financial analytics
- eClinicalMobile® permits Tidewater's physicians to access the system at any time through their smart phone
- eClinicalMessenger® acts as a messaging service that utilizes Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) to enable physician practices to send messages, in batches or singularly, to patients for aspects of care. This includes appointment reminders, lab results, diagnostic imaging and statements
- P2POpen™ provides practice-to-practice, provider-to-provider communications in a peer-to-peer environment
"After a detailed search among all EHR platforms and vendors, we selected the unified eClinicalWorks system from GroupOne for its superior adaptability and overall excellent performance in orthopedic practice settings," said Eva-Maria Klenner, CEO at Tidewater. "Tidewater Orthopaedic strives to be an orthopedic industry leader when it comes to adopting modern technological innovations. This commitment allows us to provide unmatched patient care and results. We chose GroupOne as our implementation partner because of their unique experience as not only an eClinicalWorks certified vendor, but a resource for existing eClinicalWorks users for advanced training in the best practices of modern, paperless medical offices."
"We are pleased to be working with the Tidewater Orthopaedic Associates," said Dianne Swanson, president and co-founder of GroupOne. "The eClinicalWorks EHR system will be an important resource that will allow the Tidewater physicians to effectively and efficiently meet high quality of care goals set by the practice, through Meaningful Use and other initiatives designed to improve patient care."
About eClinicalWorks
eClinicalWorks® is a privately held leader in the ambulatory clinical systems market. The company's comprehensive electronic health records and practice management solution is proven for every market segment: large practice groups, including Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative (MAeHC) and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, as well as medium, small and solo practices regardless of specialty. The company enjoys high profitability with a five-year compounded growth rate of more than 100 percent year-to-year. With an established customer base of more than 220,000 providers and 410,000 healthcare professionals across all 50 states, eClinicalWorks has been awarded multiple top industry honors including being named to the Inc. 5000 for the past five consecutive years. Based in Westborough, Mass., eClinicalWorks has additional offices in New York City, Chicago, California and Georgia.
About GroupOne Health Source, Inc.
Founded in 1991, GroupOne Health Source is a full-service medical billing, transcription, technology and consulting firm. GroupOne's "Best in Class" services have been recognized by the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) in the association's list of top medical business service organizations. GroupOne has extensive experience in all aspects of healthcare practice management, and maintains a diverse client base located throughout the U.S.
GroupOne's Medical Billing Center also utilizes eClinicalWorks to provide billing services for hundreds of physician practices. As an everyday user of the eClinicalWorks system, GroupOne has a unique advantage when implementing the award winning system in a variety of practice settings. It's an important advantage to have eClinicalWorks and Electronic Medical Records (EMR) billing experts assisting with a transition to an EMR.
For more information about GroupOne or to register for various online demonstrations, visit www.grouponehealthsource.com or call 800-769-5288.
About Tidewater Orthopaedic Associates
The mission of Tidewater is to provide the best patient experience through the highest quality of specialty orthopedic care blending sound medical ethics, technical excellence, integration of team members, and a commitment to leadership. Tidewater Ortho values the trust patients place in them to help return to a more active lifestyle. Their goal is to provide the highest level of expert, ethical, orthopedic care to patients. Specialties include: Total Joint Replacements, Arthroscopic Surgery, Shoulder Hand & Spine Surgery, Sports Medicine, Rehabilitation, Knee Surgery and others.
eClinicalWorks is a registered trademark of eClinicalWorks, LLC. All other trademarks or service marks contained herein are the property of their respective owners.
One of northern Texas’s healthcare leaders chooses leading medical RCM firm and EHR billing specialist for medical practice billing services.
Jefferson City, MO – November 28, 2012 – GroupOne Health Source, a medical revenue cycle management firm specializing in billing services on electronic health record (EHR) systems, was selected by St. Joseph Health System as the medical billing services provider for its approximately 80 healthcare providers. Located in the Brazos Valley of Texas, St. Joseph has over 600 licensed beds among its seven regional locations.
GroupOne is an expert at providing medical billing services to users of the eClinicalWorks® electronic health records system and a variety of other EHR systems. St. Joseph has been an eClinicalWorks user since 2008 as well as a user of another EHR platform. St. Joseph recognized the benefit of aligning their providers’ billing procedures with a revenue cycle management firm skilled with the eClinicalWorks EHR platform and modern EHR systems in general.
“As a leader in the medical billing industry, we felt that GroupOne could help us streamline our billing procedures and improve our bottom line,” said Sam Fulton, Director of Revenue Management with St. Joseph. “Not only does GroupOne have experience in eClinicalWorks and EHR implementations, but we also researched their credentials as a multi-specialty medical billing partner in a variety of practice settings. Their EHR revenue cycle management experience proved to be an attractive solution for our needs.”
As a top EHR implementation firm and an everyday eCW user, GroupOne has a unique advantage when overseeing the billing operations of a complex, multi-specialty health network that utilizes a modern EHR system. It’s a significant advantage to have eClinicalWorks and EHR revenue cycle management experts assisting with maximizing medical billing collections. Beyond the premium medical billing services, GroupOne can provide valuable knowledge to clients regarding EHR workflow best practices and detailed, customized analytics reporting in real-time.
“Our unique expertise as an affordable but high quality EHR revenue cycle management firm is unmatched in the medical billing industry,” said Dianne Swanson, president and co-founder of GroupOne. “The exclusive combination of cutting edge tools included with our service sets us apart from the competition and typically provides our partner clients with a market edge. Given the multitude of recent changes and the rapidly increasing complexities of the industry, the difficulty of balancing high quality patient care with the business side of medicine is not an easy task for contemporary medical practices. We are excited to enter this partnership with St. Joe’s as they continue their leadership in the provision of quality health care services.”
“With margins decreasing in medical practices and hospital networks across the nation, we at St. Joseph saw a great opportunity to partner with a proven leader in the medical billing industry,” said Mr. Fulton. “We believe this partnership with GroupOne will assist us with our mission as a leading health care provider in the state and position our health network for continued expansion over the next decade.”
About GroupOne Health Source, Inc.
Founded in 1991, GroupOne Health Source is a full-service medical billing, transcription, technology and consulting firm. GroupOne’s “Best in Class” services have been recognized by the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) in the association’s list of top medical business service organizations. GroupOne has extensive experience in all aspects of healthcare practice management and maintains a diverse client base across the U.S.
GroupOne Health Source is a "Gold Certified" distribution, installation, training, and implementation partner of the Meaningful Use certified eClinicalWorks® system. In 2011 GroupOne was named a top eClinicalWorks value added reseller in the nation by implementing the largest number of providers.
For more information about GroupOne or to register for various online demonstrations, visit http://www.grouponehealthsource.com
About St. Joseph Health System
St. Joseph Health System is an integrated local healthcare system, with facilities in the seven county primary service area of the Brazos Valley. The majority of health services are delivered at the main campus, St. Joseph Regional Health Center, in Bryan, Texas. This facility provides inpatient and outpatient care and major clinical specialties such as oncology, cardiovascular, and neurosciences for comprehensive inpatient and outpatient specialized care to cancer, heart, neurosurgery and neurology patients. St. Joseph Regional Health Center is the only Joint Commission certified Primary Stroke Center and the first accredited Chest Pain Center in the Brazos Valley.
eClinicalWorks is a registered trademark of eClinicalWorks, LLC
As part of physician integration strategy, one of the largest hospitals in Hawaii extends partnership with medical billing and EMR specialist to implement electronic health records software and billing services combination package.
Jefferson City, MO - August 10, 2011 – GroupOne Health Source, a medical consulting and billing firm, and Maui Memorial Medical Center (MMMC) agreed to renew and extend GroupOne’s OneRate platform of medical services for its growing group of affiliated health providers. Located in Wailuku, the hospital originally opened in 1884 and is currently the largest facility run by the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation and the only acute care hospital on Maui.
The OneRate package includes revenue cycle management services designed for physician offices and the use of the eClinicalWorks® (eCW) electronic health records system for one price based on a percentage of collections. This one-stop solution of high quality medical products and services has been utilized by practices of all sizes and specialties throughout the nation. MMMC has been a OneRate user since 2009 and uses the platform of services to assist the integration of physician practices into their controlled hospital network of over 200 providers.
“Physician integration continues to be important to Maui Memorial’s goal of providing top-rated, patient-centered care,” said Ms. Nola Allen, practice management director at MMMC. “GroupOne’s combination of skills provides an effective solution for managing the practice’s revenue cycle, with the added benefit of transition services to a quality EMR. The partnership with GroupOne addresses some of the traditional challenges of integrating physician practices with a health system in a cost effective manner.”
“We at GroupOne are thrilled that Maui Memorial has decided to extend the partnership with GroupOne,” said Dianne Swanson, President of GroupOne Health Source. “Our OneRate platform of services is the perfect solution for hospital networks seeking to improve the profitability of medical practices. Plus, the eClinicalWorks EHR system will allow MMMC practices to effectively and efficiently meet high quality of care goals set by the system.”
GroupOne Health Source is a "Gold Certified" distribution, installation, training and implementation partner of the stimulus certified eClinicalWorks system. As an everyday user of the eClinicalWorks system, GroupOne has a unique advantage when implementing the award winning system in a variety of practice settings. It’s an important advantage to have eCW and electronic health records (EHR) billing experts assisting with a transition to an EHR. As such, it’s not unusual for new GroupOne clients to recognize an increase in collections.
About GroupOne Health Source, Inc.
Founded in 1991, GroupOne Health Source is a full-service medical billing, medical transcription, technology and consulting firm. GroupOne’s “Best in Class” services have been recognized by the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) in the association’s list of top medical business service organizations. GroupOne has extensive experience in all aspects of healthcare practice management, and maintains a diverse client base located throughout the U.S.
For more information about GroupOne or to register for various online demonstrations, email services@g1hs.com, call (800) 769-5288, or visit http://www.grouponehealthsource.com.
About Maui Memorial Medical Center
With 231 beds, Maui Memorial Medical Center (MMMC) is one of the largest acute care facilities in Hawaii. Since 1884, Maui Memorial Medical Center has a long and proud history of serving the Maui Community. MMMC employs nearly 1200 employees and boasts over 200 attending physicians. MMMC received the Get With The GuidelinesSM – Heart Failure Silver Performance Achievement Award from the American Heart Association in 2009.
About eClinicalWorks
eClinicalWorks® is a privately held leader in the ambulatory clinical systems market. The company’s unified electronic medical record (EMR) and practice management (PM) solutions are proven for every market segment: large practice groups, including Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative (MAeHC) and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, as well as medium, small and solo practices regardless of specialty. The company enjoys high profitability with a five-year compounded growth rate of more than 100 percent year-to-year. With an established customer base of more than 150,000 providers and 250,000 healthcare professionals across all 50 states, eClinicalWorks has been awarded multiple top industry honors including being named to the Inc. 5000 in 2010, 2009, 2008 and 2007. Based in Westborough, Mass., eClinicalWorks has additional offices in New York City, Pleasanton, Calif. and Alpharetta, Ga.
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Within three months, GroupOne’s eClinicalWorks Billing Center more than doubles community health practice’s collections.
Jefferson City, MO - June 29, 2011 – GroupOne Health Source, a leading medical consulting and billing firm, announces that its customer, Mt. Enterprise Community Health Clinic, has realized more than a 200% increase in billing revenue since partnering with GroupOne three months ago. This large increase in revenue cannot be guaranteed in every situation. However, this case study shows the positive effects of outsourcing a medical practice’s billing functions to a proven EMR partner.
Mt. Enterprise Community Health Clinic implemented the eClinicalWorks system in May of 2010. After previously working with other billing firms, Mt. Enterprise recognized the benefit of aligning their billing procedures with GroupOne, a company that not only specializes in the optimization of the eClinicalWorks (eCW) electronic health records (EHR) systems, but also specializes in billing services designed for eCW users.
“We felt that GroupOne could help us streamline our billing procedures and improve our bottom line, while allowing us to focus on the health of our patients,” said MT Enterprise CEO Jill Cooley. “We found GroupOne’s combination of experience with EMR implementations and medical billing expertise as a perfect solution for our needs. After working with GroupOne for just three months, our monthly revenue more than doubled,” added Ms. Cooley.
“We are pleased to be working with a terrific practice like MT Enterprises,” said Carey Brooks, Director of Operations of GroupOne. “Their mission includes providing affordable, top-notch health services to their communities. Our services allow the practice to place their focus on the continued delivery of quality healthcare, while GroupOne concentrates on the practice’s revenue cycle and EMR system setup. The positive impact on the practice’s revenue is an added bonus.”
GroupOne Health Source is a "Gold Certified" distribution, installation, training and implementation partner of the stimulus certified eClinicalWorks system. GroupOne also provides, specifically designed, expert medical billing assistance to users of the eClinicalWorks electronic health records system. As an everyday user of the eClinicalWorks system, GroupOne has a unique advantage when implementing the award winning system in a variety of practice settings. It’s an important advantage to have eCW and electronic medical records (EMR) billing experts assisting with a transition to an EMR. As such, it’s not unusual for new GroupOne clients to recognize an increase in collections.
About GroupOne Health Source, Inc.
Founded in 1991, GroupOne Health Source is a full-service medical billing, medical transcription, technology and consulting firm. GroupOne’s “Best in Class” services have been recognized by the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) in the association’s list of top medical business service organizations. GroupOne has extensive experience in all aspects of healthcare practice management, and maintains a diverse client base located throughout the U.S.
For more information about GroupOne or to register for various online demonstrations, visit http://www.grouponehealthsource.com
About Mt Enterprise Community Health Clinic.
Mt Enterprise Community Health Clinic is located in Mt Enterprise, Texas with a satellite location in Henderson, Texas. The clinic is a federally qualified health center which enables the facility to provide affordable health-related services to its communities regardless of age or ability to pay.
About eClinicalWorks
eClinicalWorks® is a privately held leader in the ambulatory clinical systems market. The company’s unified electronic medical record (EMR) and practice management (PM) solutions are proven for every market segment: large practice groups, as well as medium, small and solo practices regardless of specialty. eClinicalWorks serves an established customer base of more than 55,000 providers and 250,000 healthcare professionals across all 50 states.