ALPHARETTA, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 23, 2006--
Neurosurgical Anesthesiologists Selects Per-Se for Its Specialty
Reimbursement Expertise and Comprehensive Consulting Services
Per-Se Technologies (Nasdaq: PSTI), the Connective Healthcare
leader that helps physicians, pharmacies and hospitals realize their
financial goals, today announced that Neurosurgical Anesthesiologists,
PLC, has outsourced financial services and complete accounts
receivable (AR) management to Per-Se. Neurosurgical Anesthesiologists
provides anesthesia services in Nashville, Tenn.
Neurosurgical's anesthesia physicians needed consulting expertise
to quickly establish their practice and develop a comprehensive
financial and business strategy. Per-Se's team of consultants
established a complete business infrastructure in a short time period.
Following the successful practice formation, Neurosurgical
Anesthesiologists selected Per-Se's anesthesia operations specialists
to provide ongoing revenue cycle management services, including
complex anesthesia reimbursement coding and billing. Per-Se's
consultant team will also provide continuing financial management and
strategic planning services as well as assistance with managed care
contracting practices.
William Bradley Worthington, M.D., president of Neurosurgical
Anesthesiologists said Per-Se offered a comprehensive approach to
establishing the business foundation for its independent practice and
implementing a complete solution for managing the financial side of
its business.
"Per-Se's wide range of business resources enabled us to be up and
running quickly with little interruption to our daily practice. Our
priority is providing quality care to our patients. Per-Se has allowed
us to spend our time on patient care by handling the business aspects
for us. Working with their staff has made the whole administrative and
financial process very efficient."
"Physicians don't need to reinvent the wheel when it comes to
setting up a financially sound business," said Per-Se's President of
Physician Solutions, Pat Leonard. "Per-Se's business consultants and
specialty reimbursement specialists offer a complete, best-practices
approach to help physicians succeed in establishing a practice and
keeping it profitable."
Per-Se's consulting services team offers physicians, hospitals and
other healthcare organizations both strategic and tactical business
solutions. Services range from strategic and business planning to
mergers and start-ups, coding and compliance consulting to financial
management and accounting. Together with Per-Se's revenue cycle
outsourcing services and practice management software systems, the
Company represents a one-stop approach to financial success for
providers practicing in a complex healthcare business environment.
About Neurosurgical Anesthesiologists
Neurosurgical Anesthesiologists, PLC, provides comprehensive pre-,
intra-, and post-op anesthetic and pain management for surgeons that
manage more than 3,000 patients per year. Surgical cases include
carpal tunnel releases, lumbar laminectomies, anterior cervical
discectomies, posterior cervical laminectomies, anterior lumbar
interbody fusions, and posterior lumbar fusion with mechanical
fixation. Their anesthetic management allows the vast majority of
their cases, with the exception of the lumbar fusions, to performed on
an outpatient basis. Post-operative anesthesia complications, such as
Post-Operative Nausea and Vomiting (PONV), are minimized (less than
33% of the national rate for PONV) by the progressive techniques that
their anesthesiologists utilize.
About Connective Healthcare Solutions for Physicians
The leading provider of business management outsourcing solutions,
Per-Se's Physician Solutions division helps physicians achieve their
income potential with its Connective Healthcare solutions.
Per-Se's unique team of operations managers, regulatory
specialists and certified coders with specialty-specific reimbursement
expertise guides physicians through the business complexities of
healthcare to help increase revenue and decrease costs. Connective
Healthcare intelligence for physicians uses a combination of
innovative technology, best practices and business intelligence that
streamlines revenue cycle management processes to speed reimbursement
for a variety of clinical specialties. The division also offers
practice management systems for physicians.
About Per-Se Technologies
Per-Se Technologies (Nasdaq: PSTI) is the leader in Connective
Healthcare. Connective Healthcare solutions from Per-Se help enable
physicians, pharmacies and hospitals to achieve their income potential
by creating an environment that streamlines and simplifies the complex
administrative burden of providing healthcare. Per-Se's Connective
Healthcare solutions help reduce administrative expenses, increase
revenue and accelerate the movement of funds to benefit providers,
payers and patients. More information is available at www.per-se.com.
CONTACT: Per-Se Technologies
Investor Contact:
Robert P. Borchert, 770-237-7539
investors@per-se.com
or
Media Contact:
Amber Virgillo, 770-237-7643
media@per-se.com
SOURCE: Per-Se Technologies
