West Georgia Health System Selects Perot Systems to Manage Its Revenue Cycle
September 24 2009 - 4:22PM
PR Newswire (US)
Healthcare Solutions Provider Will Offer Support in Patient Access
and Patient Financial Services PLANO, Texas, Sept. 24
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- West Georgia Health System (WGHS) and
Perot Systems (NYSE:PER) (http://www.perotsystems.com/) today
announced that Perot Systems will provide Revenue Cycle services to
the LaGrange, Georgia-based hospital organization. The agreement
will enable WGHS to utilize Perot Systems' revenue cycle technology
and its proven best practices for revenue cycle improvements. West
Georgia expects to lower administrative costs related to its
revenue cycle and increase cash flow by improving its billing and
reimbursement processes. The seven-year agreement covers services
for patient access and business office functions and builds upon a
long-standing relationship between the two companies. Most
recently, Perot Systems provided WGHS with Revenue Cycle and
Information Technology (IT) support services to help it implement
an enhanced health care information systems platform, MEDITECH 6.0.
By adding Revenue Cycle expertise from Perot Systems and utilizing
the MEDITECH-enabled Centralized Business Office (CBO), West
Georgia will have access to enhanced administration and financial
management software and process tools to enable end-to-end
efficiency improvements in the hospital business office. These
combined improvements are expected to drive sustainable increases
in cash collections for WGHS. "We expect to receive a number of
benefits as a result of our relationship with Perot Systems," said
West Georgia Health System Senior Vice President/CFO Paul Perrotti.
"First, we anticipate our business will be strengthened through
improvements in cash collection and cash flow. Additionally, we
expect the relationship will help us refine the patient
registration process and improve patient satisfaction, which is a
win for our patients, families and the health system." "We were
excited to work with WGHS on their market-leading implementation of
MEDITECH 6.0. We are eager to drive improvements in their Revenue
Cycle and expect to help generate fresh capital for their expanding
organization," stated Chuck Lyles, president of Perot Systems'
health care group. About West Georgia Health System (WGHS) West
Georgia is a 276 bed voluntary not-for-profit facility offering
services in cardiovascular services, emergency services,
neurosciences, oncology services, orthopedic services,
radiology/nuclear medicine/imaging, rehabilitation therapy, wound
care, and SNF/home health/hospice services. WGHS has been serving
the citizens of LaGrange and Troup County for more than 70 years,
West Georgia Health System has been the foundation for exceptional
health care services that now extend throughout west Georgia and
east Alabama. West Georgia Health System and all its divisions are
accredited through the Joint Commission on Accreditation of
Healthcare Organizations and certified by the U.S. Dept. of Health
and Human Services to accept Medicare patients. In 1985, the U.S.
Health Care Financing Administration designated West Georgia
Medical Center as a rural referral center, one of only 211 such
centers throughout the nation. Additionally, West Georgia Health
System was named to the Georgia Hospital Association's Presidential
Honor Role, as one of the Top 10 performing facilities in Georgia
on national standards for delivery of care. About Perot Systems
Perot Systems is a worldwide provider of information technology
services and business solutions. Through its flexible and
collaborative approach, Perot Systems integrates expertise from
across the company to deliver custom solutions that enable clients
to accelerate growth, streamline operations and create new levels
of customer value. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, Perot Systems
reported 2008 revenue of $2.8 billion. The company has more than
23,000 associates located in the Americas, Europe, Middle East and
Asia Pacific. Additional information on Perot Systems is available
at http://www.perotsystems.com/. This press release contains
forward-looking statements that are subject to known and unknown
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. For
factors that could affect our business and cause actual results to
differ materially, please refer to our Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, as filed with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission and available at
http://www.sec.gov/, as updated in our Quarterly Reports on Form
10-Q filed after such Form 10-K, for additional information
regarding risk factors. We disclaim any intention or obligation to
revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new
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