Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare Chooses MedeAnalytics to Automate Patient Access Process and Improve Business Office Workflow

EMERYVILLE, Calif., July 30, 2009 — MedeAnalytics, a leading provider of healthcare performance management solutions, announced today a multi-year agreement with Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare (WFH) to provide Real-Time Patient Access, Revenue Cycle, Self Pay, Registration Quality and RAC Analytics to Wheaton’s Wisconsin and Iowa regions, which include 10 acute care sites and nearly a hundred ambulatory locations.

The implementation of MedeAnalytics solutions and services is expected to significantly increase point-of-service cash collections and reduce bad debt through the automation, standardization and enhancement of Wheaton’s patient access process and business office workflow.

“MedeAnalytics’ solutions bring greater efficiencies to our workflow processes,” said Coreen Dicus-Johnson, senior vice president of Payer Contracting and Revenue Operations. “In addition, it will ultimately allow us to provide our patients with more comprehensive estimates on what their services will cost, something patients are yearning for in today’s complex healthcare environment,” Dicus-Johnson added.

“We are honored to now have Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare in the MedeAnalytics community,” said MedeAnalytics Chief Executive Officer Mike Gallagher. “The organization is an important addition to our client base, which is continuously experiencing operational, clinical and financial improvements through our performance management solutions. We look forward to a swift and smooth implementation for Wheaton and immediate, substantive benefits to WFH’s operational processes.”

About Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare is a Catholic, not-for-profit organization with more than 100 sites in Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois, including 16 hospitals, four long-term care facilities, two home health agencies, more than 3,500 physicians, 70 clinic sites with approximately 600 employed physicians, and nearly 23,000 associates. Started more than 125 years ago and formally incorporated in 1983, WFH is sponsored by the Wheaton Franciscan Sisters. Corporate services offices are located in Wheaton, Illinois and Glendale, Wisconsin. The System also operates a housing division known as Franciscan Ministries, Inc. with approximately 2,800 units of assisted living and other housing.

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, www.medeanalytics.com.

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