Tellennium Supports Telecom Expense Management of Top Health Executives
June 19, 2013
By Rajani Baburajan, TMCnet Contributor
Telecom expense management is critical for healthcare industry. According to TEMIA (News - Alert), most healthcare providers spend upward of $1,000,000 annually on their telecom expenses, and this is expected to grow by 44 percent over the next few years.
Another report from The Insight Research Corp (News - Alert). shows that the U.S. healthcare system overall will spend more than $69 billion on telecommunications services over the next six years. The report projected a growth of 9.7 percent a year as healthcare systems expand.
Tellennium, a provider of telecom expense management, mobility management and telecom enterprise consulting, now offers telecom expense management solutions to help healthcare executives tap hidden savings while adopting best practices and optimizing investments.
Telecom expenses vary widely, of course, depending upon the size of the organization; from a few thousand dollars a month for small physician practices to hundreds of thousands and even millions of dollars for larger healthcare organizations.
Whether large or small, healthcare organizations face a bewildering array of telecom services, challenges, and charges with little oversight, which make telecom expense management complex and challenging.
Tellennium’s expertise in telecom expense management helps clients gain visibility, control and efficiency and averaging a 28 percent reduction in telecom expenses.
Steve Stoess, senior director of telecommunications for a $6-billion healthcare organization with more than 2,000 locations, which adopted Tellennium solutions, said, “Tellennium is able to dedicate significant resources that are absolutely critical for success. And anytime I can show our leadership that we can save money, it’s a win for us and our bottom line.”
Stoess added Tellennium provides visibility and control of its 15,000+ telecom circuits and services while reducing those expenses by 22 percent, a more than $2-million savings.
Preferred Health Partners (PHP) is another Tellennium customer. According to Joel Taylor, chief information officer, Preferred Health Partners, “Tellennium telecom expense management immediately eliminated a huge headache that had been plaguing our IT & AP department for years.” PHP is realizing a 30-percent savings in its telecom expenses and Tellennium performs the AP allocations for hundreds of telecom services.
Edited by Rachel Ramsey