Aprima and Health Care Strategies Join Forces to Improve the Financial Health of Physicians

DALLAS, Aug. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Aprima Medical Software
announced today the acquisition of Health Care Strategies (HCS), a
leading provider of Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) services to
physician offices throughout the U.S. HCS has consistently achieved
significant gains in receivables collection rates and days sales
outstanding (DSO) for their customers. HCS’ customers enjoy, on
average, a 20% improvement in DSOs vs. industry standards.

Aprima offers a fully integrated, single application, single
database practice management/ EHR solution, as well as complete
Revenue Cycle Management services. The no-template design is chief
–complaint-driven with an adaptive learning capability based
on the provider’s style and habits. The intuitive knowledge base
included suggests appropriate content based on the chief complaint
and provider’s documentation. 

HCS has been instrumental in providing critical billing services
to a number of Aprima clients over the past five years. Aprima’s
RCM offering, featuring HCS’ service component, has demonstrated
higher collections and improved financial performance for Aprima’s
customers. Covington Cardiology in Louisiana saw a greater than
200% increase in collections with the service. “Choosing AprimaRCM
is the best decision we ever made,” says Stacy Perez, practice
manager. “Every month, our collections just go up and up.”

Aprima CEO Michael Nissenbaum said, “HCS has been an important
strategic partner to us. Margaret White and her team bring
tremendous expertise in billing for physician practices of all
sizes and a wide range of specialties, as well as remarkable skill
in customer service. The acquisition is a natural extension of our
long-term partnership. We believe that by formally combining our
offerings, we will be able to leverage our technical expertise and
provide an enhanced business solution to our customers. We’re very
excited to have HCS officially become part of the Aprima
organizati

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