NEW YORK, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Accordis , a leading business office outsourcing company serving hospitals and ambulance transport providers, today announced that The Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority d/b/a Grady Health System in Atlanta, Georgia has awarded a Medicare billing contract to Accordis following a competitive procurement process.
According to Cheryl Hayes, Executive Director of Patient Financial Services at Grady Health System, “With three decades of experience in government billing and collections, and expertise in our system, Accordis offers Grady the specialized resources required to liquidate these accounts. In particular, Grady will benefit from Accordis’s unique technology for analyzing account data, validating third party coverage, and reprocessing claims that are stalled or denied.”
In 2003 Accordis was also selected by Grady Health System to provide Medicare Bad Debt Claiming and Disproportionate Share Claiming services. As part of the new Medicare contract, Accordis will provide Grady with Medicare Bad Debt listings to ensure that all coinsurance and deductible amounts eligible for reimbursement are included in Grady’s Medicare Cost Report.
Accordis has a long history of helping large public hospitals improve cash collections at a lower cost to collect through a full range of revenue cycle services. Other large public hospital clients include the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, Cook County Bureau of Health Services, the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, San Francisco Community Health Network, and the City of Chicago Department of Revenue.
ABOUT GRADY HEALTH SYSTEM
Grady Health System is one of the largest public hospitals in the Southeast and includes the 900+ bed Grady Memorial Hospital, Hughes Spalding Children’s Hospital, 10 neighborhood/airport health centers and the only level one trauma center within a 100-mile radius.
ABOUT ACCORDIS
Founded in 1974, Accordis furnishes business office outsourcing services to healthcare providers nationwide. The Company’s services assist clients in increasing revenue, accelerating cash flow, and reducing operating and administrative costs. Accordis is a wholly owned subsidiary of HMS Holdings Corp., listed on NASDAQ under the symbol HMSY. The Company is headquartered in New York, with offices in Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, and Los Angeles.
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