HackensackUMC Expands Billing Services Partnership with SPi Healthcare

SPi Healthcare, the leading integrated revenue cycle and clinical documentation improvement firm, today announced that Hackensack University Medical Center (HackensackUMC), to whom they have provided medical billing services since 2002, is continuing to expand its relationship to include more providers for SPi Healthcare to service.

SPi Healthcare will now provide billing services to 300 healthcare providers in 55 physician practices for HackensackUMC.

HackensackUMC is a 775-bed non-profit teaching and research hospital located in Bergen County, New Jersey, the largest provider of inpatient and outpatient services in the state and home to the only Level II Trauma Center in the county.

“Based on the strength of our partnership over the years, I have confidence that SPi Healthcare will be able to support these additional practices with the quality of service that we have come to depend on,” said Marilyn Emerson, director faculty practice operations for HackensackUMC. “This is an exciting new chapter for our revenue cycle, and I look forward to continued success.”

“It’s an honor to be a valued partner of HackensackUMC,” said John O’Donnell, president and CEO of SPi Healthcare. “Their confidence in our ability to deliver results is important to us, and we look forward to continue helping HackensackUMC strengthen their financial health and improve organizational performance through successful revenue cycle management.”

About HackensackUMC
HackensackUMC, a non-profit teaching and research hospital located in Bergen County, New Jersey, is the largest provider of inpatient and outpatient services in the state, and home to the only Level II Trauma Center in the county. This 775-bed facility has gone beyond traditional thinking by creating an entire campus of care, including: the Heart & Vascular Hospital, the John Theurer Cancer Center, the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, and the Donna A. Sanzari Women’s Hospital. As a result of using science and creativity to push medicine further, HackensackUMC has been named one of the Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals® and one of America's 50 Best Hospitals by HealthGrades®. It is listed among the Leapfrog Top Hospitals List, received 17 Gold Seals of Approval™ by the Joint Commission, is ranked in Cancer, Cardiology and Heart Surgery, and Geriatrics by U.S. News and World Report's "2011-12 Best Hospitals" list, is ranked in eight specialties on U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Hospitals Metro Area Top 10,” is listed as one of the 50 Best Hospitals in America by Becker’s Hospital Review, and is a Magnet® recognized hospital for nursing excellence, the first hospital in New Jersey and second in the nation. The medical center is the hometown hospital of the New York Giants and the New Jersey Nets, and remains committed to its community through fundraising and community events. To learn more about one of the nation’s top 50 hospitals, visit: www.HackensackUMC.org.

About SPi Healthcare
SPi Healthcare's full-spectrum approach to revenue cycle management and clinical documentation improvement enables their clients to join the ranks of healthcare’s best-performing providers. SPi Healthcare, a Healthcare Informatics HCI 100 company, accelerates cash flow and mitigates risk, facilitating improved operations through reinvestment and strategic growth on behalf of their clients.

SPi Healthcare is a business unit of SPi Global, BPO company of the year in the International ICT Awards, and a leading, globally recognized, full-service BPO provider with 30 offices and facilities around the world including the US, Netherlands, Philippines, India, Vietnam, and Australia. SPi Global has over 18,000 employees delivering a wide range of solutions in Customer Relationship Management, Content, and Healthcare.

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