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Houston Infectious Diseases Associated Selects Global Healthcare Alliance's Award Winning Medical Billing Solution Globalcentara Provider

Posted on: Thursday, 1 February 2007, 15:01 CST

HOUSTON, Feb. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Healthcare Alliance Inc., a web- based business service provider for medical billing and claims processing, announces that Houston Infectious Diseases Associated, a single-specialty, five physician group, located at the world renowned St. Luke's Hospital in Houston, TX, has selected globalcentara Provider as their medical billing and revenue cycle management outsourcing solution.

"We wanted to partner with a billing and collections outsourcing company that understands medical billing inside and out," states Susan J. Burgert, M.D., F.A.C.P. "Global Healthcare Alliance came highly recommended, and they have delivered beyond our expectations. Not only do we have a superior practice management system that provides us with the necessary metrics to monitor our business, but we have a dedicated billing manager that is responsive, responsible and on top of everything."

globalcentara Provider a full-service medical billing solution from Global Healthcare Alliance increases the efficiency and accuracy of the revenue cycle through a unique blend of industry knowledge, technology and business services. globalcentara is an award winning web-based practice management system with a built-in rules based engine that reduces coding errors, decreases denials, and improves cash flow. globalcentara Provider places a strong emphasis on personalized customer service for each client by providing a dedicated billing manager to the practice. Under the billing manager's leadership, Global's staff performs all daily billing, posting, collections, adjustments, appeals, and patient account follow-up, creating an atmosphere of accountability and dependability, as if they were sitting in the office with you.

"What makes globalcentara Provider surpass similar services in the industry is the combination of our superior customer service and the technology of our Payor-Provider Intelligence. We have a practice management system with a 99% clean claim rate, and our billing managers are tenured, customer service oriented and specialized in medical billing and collections," states John Adams, President and CEO. "globalcentara(SM) has a built-in rules based engine that scrubs each claim rigorously and identifies an unclean claim before it is ever submitted to the payor. If a claim is unclean, it is isolated, Global's staff investigates the coding error and makes the necessary adjustments to get the claim billed and reimbursed immediately."

"globalcentara Provider gives us peace of mind with our medical billing and collections," states Dr. Burgert. "Our Global billing manager is in constant communication with us, and that allows us to concentrate on our patients, not on our billing and collections. For the first time, I don't feel like I have to look behind my back. I trust Global Healthcare Alliance and rely on globalcentara Provider to manage our medical billing."

About Global Healthcare Alliance

Global Healthcare Alliance, Inc. (Global) is a business service provider and software developer for providers, IPAs, and health plans. Poised with the technical knowledge of a payor, as well as the real-world experience as a provider, Global Healthcare Alliance serves a wide range of clients on both ends of the healthcare spectrum with the know-how of an industry insider. In 2005, Global was honored with two TETHIE awards in recognition of their advancement in claims processing software for Technology of the Year and Technology for the Improvement of Claims Processing. For more information about Global Healthcare Alliance, visit our web site at http://www.globalhca.com/ or call (800) 457-9269.

About Houston Infectious Diseases Associated

Houston Infectious Diseases Associated is a five physician infectious disease group that has been practicing at the St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital for over 30 years. In addition, each physician holds an active academic appointment at Baylor College of Medicine which is ranked 10th among the 125 U.S. medical schools in an annual survey published by U.S. News & World Report. For more information about Houston Infectious Diseases Associated call (713) 791-4882.

Contact: DeAnna Vargas Marketing Manager of Global Healthcare Alliance, (713) 799-0457

Global Healthcare Alliance, Inc.

CONTACT: DeAnna Vargas, Marketing Manager of Global Healthcare Alliance,Inc., +1-713-799-0457

Web site: http://www.globalhca.com/

Source: PRNewswire

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