EMDEON : Select Data Contracts with Emdeon to Enhance Revenue Cycle Management Solutions in Home Health

ANAHEIM, Calif., Sept. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Select Data (www.selectdata.com) has announced a relationship with Emdeon Inc. (NYSE: EM), a leading provider of healthcare revenue and payment cycle management and clinical information exchange solutions, to complement the workflow-automation technology solutions for Select Data customers.

The process enhancements of Emdeon's suite of solutions will enhance Select Data's efficiencies through automation of key administrative functions. Emdeon will assist Select Data in streamlining all claims processing and denial tracking and capturing payer electronic remittance advice while improving cash flow and management functions for Select Data clients.

Carla Putnam, EVP Business Operations for Select Data says, "We are excited to be utilizing Emdeon as our partner for all our claims submission processes. Emdeon is the leader in revenue and payment cycle management and will be a valued asset to Select Data and its client partners."

"The wide variety of management reports offered by Emdeon will allow Select Data to improve on the data capture of key performance indicators, benchmark reporting and tracking for Select Data's clients," said Putnam.

Select Data and Emdeon are committed to simplifying the business of healthcare by providing advanced technology solutions to their customers. Select Data, with Emdeon's assistance, will help to transform the revenue cycle for home health and hospice agencies and improve efficiencies while lowering administrative costs.

About Select Data, Inc.

Select Data has been providing software, billing and coding solutions to the home health industry since 1991. The leadership team at Select Data is led by industry experts skilled in all areas of home health with a combined expertise of over 100 years in the industry. The company was founded as a result of need in the market for agencies to utilize the cost savings of a centralized operating model. For more information, visit www.selectdata.com.

About Emdeon

Emdeon is a leading provider of revenue and payment cycle management and clinical information exchange solutions, connecting payers, providers and patients in the U.S. healthcare system. Emdeon's product and service offerings integrate and automate key business and administrative functions of its payer and provider customers throughout the patient encounter. Through the use of Emdeon's comprehensive suite of products and services, which are designed to easily integrate with existing technology infrastructures, customers are able to improve efficiency, reduce costs, increase cash flow and more efficiently manage the complex revenue and payment cycle and clinical information exchange processes. For more information, visit www.emdeon.com.

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Select Data, Inc.
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Amanda Woodhead, Corporate Communications Manager
Emdeon
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SOURCE Select Data, Inc.