DST Health Solutions Signs Emergency Department Administration Outsourcing Contract With Southledge Services Corp.

Filed in archive Outsourcing News on January 7, 2006

DST health Solutions has signed a BPO services contract with billing and management firm Southledge Services Corp.

Under the agreement, DST will manage medical coding, billing and collections related to emergency physician and inpatient services. DST will use their BPO software application MDr PracticeManager(TM) and Automated Work Distributor(TM) to accomplish physician practice administration. Southledge Services will transmit all billing records, generated from approximately 84,000 annual patient encounters.

Skip Rollins, president, Southledge Services said, "Our business objectives include leveraging technology to improve operations and reduce the need for paper within the administrative process. DST Health Solutions is already making this happen for its current healthcare clients. Its integration of AWD with MDr PracticeManager gives us strong capabilities for electronically capturing, distributing and accessing documents, managing workflow and monitoring business efficiency and results."

Steve Sabino, president, DST Health Solutions said, "We look forward to using our BPO services and automated workflow capabilities for Southledge Services and 4MD2 to achieve their goal of improved revenue cycles. Their objectives for eliminating paper within the administrative process dovetail nicely with DST Health Solutions' initiatives for improving business processing efficiency within health payer and provider organizations."

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