West Tennessee Healthcare Adopts Quality and Compliance Solution from MedeAnalytics

EMERYVILLE, Calif., May 4, 2009 —MedeAnalytics, a leading healthcare performance analytics company, announced the successful adoption of its Quality and Compliance Analytics solution at West Tennessee Healthcare. The solution allows providers to proactively avert potential risks by auditing and evaluating 100 percent of claims, using a rules engine with over 120 rules which incorporate industry best practices as well as OIG and CMS reports and guidance. Built-in alert functions quickly notify users of risks and offer preemptive actions for flagged cases.

“The MedeAnalytics compliance solution provides desktop analysis of inpatient and outpatient data utilizing actual claims data submitted to payers,” said Patricia Puckett from the Compliance Office of West Tennessee Healthcare. “Other analytics solutions included information removed prior to billing, thereby skewing final reports. The potential for useful compliance queries is unlimited and will continue to serve as a valuable tool to help with our RAC and other compliance risk assessments in the future.”

About West Tennessee Healthcare
West Tennessee Healthcare is a public, not-for-profit healthcare system. Modern Healthcare Magazine listed West Tennessee Healthcare as one of the top ten largest public, not-for-profit healthcare systems in the U.S. With locations throughout 18 counties in West Tennessee, West Tennessee Healthcare is a family of healthcare services that provides a full compendium of care including six hospitals, a home healthcare agency, medical laboratory services, medical products, infusion services, outpatient rehab facilities, early child development intervention services, and community education. West Tennessee Healthcare employs over 5,000 people and is one of the region’s top employers.

About MedeAnalytics
Founded in 1994, MedeAnalytics enables healthcare organizations to improve clinical, financial and operational performance through on-demand analytics and client services. For hospitals and health systems, MedeAnalytics provides solutions to address revenue cycle, patient access, clinical operations, staff productivity, regulatory compliance, finance and accounting, and enterprise performance management. For healthcare payers, the company’s solutions address network management, medical management, pharmacy management, employer reporting and operations management. MedeAnalytics delivers business intelligence to over 700 healthcare organizations using a hosted, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model, which reduces up-front costs and enables rapid implementation and exceptional time-to-value. For more information, visit www.medeanalytics.com.

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