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Press Releases
TMC HealthCare selects PHNS
DALLAS,
TX- August 31, 2006 – TMC HealthCare (TMCH), Southern Arizona's regional nonprofit hospital system
encompassing Tucson Medical Center, Eldorado
Hospital, and Saguaro Physician Group has chosen PHNS to
provide comprehensive medical coding auditing services. PHNS
will collaborate with TMCH to ensure that TMCH’s coding
practices are compliant with applicable regulations, resulting
in protection against errors, omissions and other cases that
might constitute fraud and abuse, while assuring proper
revenue and reimbursement.
PHNS’
HIM Division currently provides interim staff placement, coding,
auditing, education, release of information, records management
and transcription for over 350 healthcare customers. All
services are offered on an “as needed” basis or on a full
service outsourcing relationship.
About TMC Healthcare: TMC HealthCare is Southern Arizona's
regional nonprofit hospital system with Tucson Medical Center (TMC)
and El Dorado Hospital at its core. As community hospitals, the
staff of TMC and El Dorado Hospital comes to work each day to
use their skills and expertise to improve the health of the
entire community, from birth to the end of life. TMC was
established as a community, not-for-profit hospital in 1943.
TMC is Tucson’s most-visited Emergency Department and offers the
region's only Children's Emergency Center. With 609 beds and
over 1,000 physicians, representing over 60 specialties, TMC
serves more than 30,000 inpatients and 122,000 outpatients
yearly. See
www.tmcaz.com for additional information about TMCH.
About PHNS:
PHNS provides comprehensive healthcaring solutions for hospitals
including revenue cycle management, information technology,
health information management (including medical record
management and storage, transcription, coding, release of
information and electronic medical record services), receivables
management, and interim and contract management services.
Serving more than 400 U.S. hospitals nationwide, PHNS creates
business-healthy hospitals by improving operations, enhancing
technology and increasing cash on hand. This allows hospitals
to focus on their core competency--patient care. PHNS is a
national healthcare Services Company headquartered in Dallas,
Texas. See
www.phns.com for additional information about PHNS.
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