New York Health System Selects Accordis For Medicare Bad Debt Claiming

NEW YORK, Nov. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Accordis Inc. , a leading business office outsourcing company serving healthcare and ambulance transport providers, today announced that Health Quest Systems, Inc., based in Poughkeepsie, New York, has selected Accordis to perform Medicare Bad Debt claiming services for its three acute care hospitals: Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, Northern Dutchess Hospital in Rhinebeck, and Putnam Hospital Center in Carmel. With the addition of these hospitals, Accordis now provides Medicare Bad Debt Claiming services to 119 hospital providers nationwide, including 19 in New York.

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According to Debbie Marcellus, Assistant Vice President of Patient Financial Services for Health Quest, “Developing accurate and complete reports for Medicare bad debt is a complex, resource-intensive process. By outsourcing to Accordis, we expect to re-focus internal staff to other revenue-generating functions while obtaining all valid bad debt reimbursements due Health Quest.”

“With a specialized team of Medicare experts and proprietary technology, Accordis has achieved a track record of greater than 97% audit approval on claims submitted to Medicare for reimbursement,” added Christina Dragonetti, Accordis’s Vice President for Reimbursement Services. “We are glad to add Health Quest to our client roster.”

Accordis’s Medicare Bad Debt clients include New York University Medical Centers, New York Presbyterian Healthcare Network, Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, Pinnacle Health System in Pennsylvania, Grady Health System in Georgia, Kaleida Health System, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Medical College of Georgia, Bon Secours Health System, Louisiana State University Healthcare Services Division, and Allina Health System.

ABOUT HEALTH QUEST

Offering the full range of hospital services, pre-hospital emergency care, homecare and nursing home care, the Health Quest system provides immediate and caring service to the approximately one million people who reside in the New York counties of Columbia, Dutchess, Ulster, Orange, Putnam and northern Westchester. The not-for-profit system includes three hospitals with 547 beds, 31,000 patient admissions and 85,000 emergency room visits.

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.

For more information, please visit http://www.accordisinc.com/ .

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CONTACT: Michele Manuel, media contact for Accordis, +1-212-857-5269