Kaleida Health Successfully Activates Eclipsys Sunrise Access Management(TM) and Sunrise Patient Financials(TM)
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Eclipsys Corporation(R) , The Outcomes Company(R), today announced that Kaleida Health, Buffalo, NY, has activated Eclipsys revenue cycle management solutions at all five of its acute care facilities, and an ambulatory surgery center making it the largest ever implementation of Eclipsys’ revenue cycle management solutions. By replacing multiple disparate systems with Sunrise Patient Financials and Sunrise Access Management, Kaleida Health is now consolidating medical records, patient access, and patient accounting in one system. Kaleida Health is using Eclipsys Sunrise Patient Financials and Sunrise Access Management to enhance revenue cycle management and financial reporting in order to improve financial performance and support revenue stream optimization.
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Kaleida Health uses Sunrise Patient Financials to streamline billing processes, maximize reimbursements, improve cash flow and enhance patient satisfaction. By combining the solution with Sunrise Access Management, and developing interfaces with clinical systems, Kaleida Health has extended revenue management into the patient care cycle, ensuring its clinical and administrative actions generate accurate financial transactions. As a result, Kaleida Health can ensure accurate information is captured from the point of access and throughout the continuum of care.
“The Eclipsys implementation provided the solution to support revenue cycle redesign. The financial clearance, insurance verification and charge capture process are a seamless part of the scheduling, registration and order process. Activation of Eclipsys bill edits has enabled us to initiate the claim editing process at the point of access and generate complete and accurate claims post discharge.” said Barbara Losi, vice president, revenue cycle, Kaleida Health. “This was evidenced by Kaleida Health achieving our primary goal of maintaining days in accounts receivable during go-live, as there was no initial disruption of cash flow. Now that all of our facilities are on the same system, we look forward to further optimizing our operational processes and documenting improved financial outcomes across the entire health system.”
Kaleida Health is also using Sunrise Patient Financials and Sunrise Access Management to reduce duplicate efforts on profile changes, regulatory requirements, patient inquiries, as well as to streamline the claims editing process through implementation of front-end edits. By integrating the system into current contract management, decision support and general ledger systems, Kaleida Health will be able to reduce expenses and better allocate resources through improved efficiencies and reduced duplicate efforts.
“As a leading healthcare provider in New York state, Kaleida Health was a great partner to work with as we embarked on the largest activation of our revenue cycle management solutions in Eclipsys history,” said Jay Deady, Eclipsys executive vice president, Client Solutions. “Given the scale of the project, we are very proud to deliver an on-time, on-budget implementation that met all of Kaleida Health’s initial goals. We look forward to building on the project’s success to further eliminate revenue cycle workflow barriers that result in lost revenue to help improve the organization’s financial performance.”
About Sunrise Patient Financials
Sunrise Patient Financials(TM) is a proven patient-billing and receivables management solution that enables healthcare enterprises to streamline billing processes, maximize reimbursements, improve cash flow and enhance patient satisfaction.
About Sunrise Access Management
Sunrise Access Management(TM) provides an integrated patient identification (MPI), registration (admit, discharge, transfer) and location management solution so healthcare enterprises can capture and validate patient information on the front end before the onset of patient care.
About Kaleida Health System
Kaleida Health is the largest healthcare provider in Western New York, serving the area’s eight counties with state-of-the-art technology and comprehensive healthcare services. More than 1 million sick or injured patients choose to visit Kaleida Health hospitals annually, including Buffalo General Hospital, DeGraff Memorial Hospital, Millard Fillmore Gates Circle Hospital, Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital, Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo and numerous community healthcare centers. Kaleida Health also provides important services through our long-term care facilities, behavioral health programs and the Visiting Nursing Association of WNY, Inc.
With 1,800 physicians practicing across the system and 3,000 nursing personnel, Kaleida Health offers a wide array of career choices and continuous learning opportunities for healthcare professionals, as well as serves as the major teaching affiliate of the State University of New York at Buffalo’s Schools of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and Dental Medicine.
About Eclipsys
Eclipsys is a leading provider of advanced integrated information software, clinical content and professional services that help healthcare organizations across North America improve clinical, financial, operational, and customer-satisfaction outcomes. For more information, see http://www.eclipsys.com/ or email info@eclipsys.com.
Statements in this news release concerning the benefits provided by Eclipsys software and implementation services are forward-looking statements and actual results may differ from those projected due to a variety of risks and uncertainties. Implementation and customization of Eclipsys software is complex and time-consuming. Results depend upon a variety of factors and can vary by client. Each client’s circumstances are unique and may include unforeseen issues that make it more difficult than anticipated to implement or derive benefit from software. The success and timeliness of the company’s services will depend at least in part upon client involvement, which can be difficult to control. Eclipsys is required to meet specified performance standards, and the contract can be terminated or its scope reduced under certain circumstances. More information about company risks is available in recent Form 10-Q and 10-K filings made by Eclipsys from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Special attention is directed to the portions of those documents entitled “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” Eclipsys Corporation and The Outcomes Company are registered trademarks of Eclipsys Corporation. Sunrise Patient Financials and Sunrise Access Management are trademarks of Eclipsys Corporation. Other product and company names in this news release are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
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