Chief Medical Officers to Discuss How Doctors Successfully Utilize Performance Analytics to
Improve Business Performance

How St. Joseph Medical Center, Towson, MD Changed Physician Behavior To Improve Bottom Line Using MedeAnalytics To Be Shared At
HFMA’s 2009 ANI in Seattle, June 16

EMERYVILLE, Calif., June 15, 2009 — By showing physicians how they use resources compared to their peers, St. Joseph Medical Center, Towson, MD has increased revenue, reduced the number of claims denied by insurers, improved documentation and coding, and reduced the number of specialists brought into patient cases. On June 16, St. Joseph Medical Center Chief Medical Officer Richard Boehler, M.D. and MedeAnalytics Chief Medical Officer Terry Fouts, M.D will discuss how the hospital accomplished this remarkable achievement using MedeAnalytics performance analytics solutions at HFMA’s 2009 ANI in Seattle.

According to Dr. Boehler performance analytics have become a catalyst for talks between doctors and hospital business managers. St. Joseph Medical Center initially implemented MedeAnalytics for revenue cycle management and has expanded the successful use of actionable metrics to monitor physician use of resources. “Doctors are realizing they have a role in the hospitals they refer patients to,” notes Dr. Fouts.

 “Our analytics solutions have become even more relevant in today’s economy – to the point of being mission-critical,” says MedeAnalytics CEO Mike Gallagher. “The industry is now looking to us as thought leaders to educate the market on the importance of understanding their data to improve clinical, operational and financial performance.”

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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