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Convergent Announces Business Partner Agreement with Siemens Medical SolutionsGAINESVILLE, Va. --(Business Wire)-- Convergent Revenue Cycle Management, Inc., a national provider of healthcare revenue cycle solutions and patient access services, has entered into a business partner agreement with Siemens (News - Alert) Medical Solutions, one of the world's largest suppliers of products and solutions to the healthcare industry. Under the agreement, Convergent will help Siemens' healthcare customers improve their financial operating performance and increase patient and physician satisfaction through its innovative revenue cycle management solutions. These innovative solutions incorporate patient-focused contact center technology, deep regulatory knowledge, extensive A/R system conversion experience, and a unique attorney-driven approach to the healthcare revenue cycle. "We are delighted to partner with an industry leader such as Siemens," says Derek Pickell, CEO of Convergent Revenue Cycle Management, Inc. "The agreement between Convergent and Siemens underlines both organizations commitment to effectively serving the healthcare industry. As the premier niche provider of revenue cycle management services to the nation's top healthcare providers, we are excited to continue our focus of optimizing provider financial performance, enhancing the patient experience and improving physician satisfaction. As a business partner, Siemens' customers will not only have access to our revenue cycle services, including our expertise of A/R system conversions and the ability to provide guidance and resources to cllect on inventory during the transition, but they will experience the difference with our patient-focused contact center technology, healthcare regulatory knowledge, attorney-powered approach, and next-generation analytics - all while improving financial operations. Under the partnership, Convergent will offer the following services to Siemens' healthcare provider customers: third-party payer and insurance follow-up, specifically in the areas of problem claims, workers' compensation and motor vehicle accident/third-party liability; self-pay / early out follow-up including patient service centers; patient access services such as processing centralized scheduling, pre-registration and financial clearance tasks; HIS system conversion accounts receivable work-down; and bad debt collections." Convergent is one of America's largest business process outsourcing, revenue cycle and receivables management companies, with thirteen operating centers across four time zones and over 2,000 employees. The healthcare division's services expand across the revenue cycle spectrum to include patient access solutions, early out self-pay collections, attorney-powered third party reimbursement, and bad debt recovery (through Convergent Healthcare Recoveries, Inc.). For more information, visit www.convergentusa.com/healthcare or contact the media relations department at 540-336-3981. About Convergent Revenue Cycle Management, Inc. Convergent Revenue Cycle Management is recognized as the premier niche revenue cycle management company in healthcare, providing innovative solutions across the revenue cycle spectrum including patient access solutions, early out self-pay collections, attorney-powered third party reimbursement and bad debt recovery (through Convergent Healthcare Recoveries, Inc.). Our regulatory expertise and consumer focused patient contact center technology optimize revenue cycle performance and improve healthcare provider relationships with patients and physicians. The healthcare division has operation centers in Virginia, Texas, New York, Florida, and Illinois. About Convergent Resources, Inc. (CRI (News - Alert)) Headquartered in Atlanta, CRI is one of America's largest revenue cycle, receivables and customer care management companies with thirteen operating centers across four time zones. The company provides healthcare revenue cycle management, consumer contact outsourcing services and commercial receivables management to a variety of healthcare providers, utilities, telecom companies, financial institutions and others.
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