East Tennessee State University Physicians and Associates Sign Agreement with ADP Context for Clinical Compliance Software

Business Wire, Nov 28, 2000

Business Editors & Health/Medical Writers

WESTMONT, Ill.--(BW HealthWire)--Nov. 28, 2000

East Tennessee State University (ETSU) Physicians and Associates have signed an agreement with ADP Context for Claims Editor Professional(TM), a real-time, clinical claims editing application designed to assist in regulatory compliance for Medicare Part B, Medicaid, workers' compensation and other third party claims.

Claims Editor Professional (TM) will be utilized by the entire staff of full-time physicians at the academic medical center located in Johnson City, Tennessee.

According to Russell Lewis, Executive Director, "ADP's solid reputation as a leading software and service provider was illustrated when we evaluated the accuracy of their product's national and local Medicare rules. We were re-filing one out of every four claims due to coding errors and look to Claims Editor Professional (TM) to help identify issues ahead of time and avoid these costly resubmissions. It is critical to the success of East Tennessee State University's claims editing project to review claims at the point of entry and not 'scrub' them via a batch mode after the claims are entered into our practice management system."

"ADP Context is pleased to have been selected as the compliance solution for East Tennessee State University's claims editing initiatives." stated Mark Earles, General Manager at ADP Context, Earles also noted that "the integration of Claims Editor Professional (TM) into their daily operations, should dramatically reduce their Accounts Receivable aging and help facilitate the elimination of resubmissions due to third party denials.

ETSU Physicians and Associates is a multi-specialty outpatient center managed under the auspices of East Tennessee State University's James H. Quillen College of Medicine. The clinic opened in 1978 and is located in Johnson City. More than 40 subspecialties of medicine are offered through ETSU Physicians and Associates, including internal medicine, obstetrics, gynecology, pediatrics, surgery, ophthalmology, psychiatry, family practice, and pathology.

Westmont, Illinois based ADP Context develops and markets medical coding and clinical editing products designed to improve compliance in the healthcare marketplace. ADP Context is a strategic business unit of Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP), one of the largest independent computing service firms in the world, with more than $6 billion in annual revenues and 500,000 clients.

ADP Context is headquartered at 601 Oakmont Lane, Westmont, IL, 60559. More information about ADP Context's complete line of coding and compliance applications may be located at the company's web site: http://www.adpcontext.com or by calling 1 (800) 783-3378.