Pacific Surgery Center now uses HSTpathways, HST’s dedicated ASC clinical and financial management software. The center uses the entire HSTpathways core suite of applications, which includes scheduling, registration, workflow management, claims, accounts receivable control, statement processing, collections, materials management, clinical logs, case costing and chart management.
At the same time, the center adopted ZirMed’s Web-based revenue cycle management services to complement HSTpathways. Today, Pacific Surgery Center uses ZirMed’s professional and institutional claims management as well as its eligibility verification, electronic remittance advice and print services.
Thanks to ZirMed and HST, Pacific Surgery Center’s receivables performance has undergone a dramatic improvement. “Our A/R days run between 22 and 24 on average, where we used to be near 60 days with our previous system,” Fran Gregory, business office manager for Pacific Surgery Center, said in the release. “All eligibility verifications are usually completed electronically within an hour — rarely do we have to call a payor.”
Other features of HSTpathways, such as case costing, which allows a center to map every consumable item in the facility, have even made the center’s purchasing more efficient.
“Despite the 15 percent increase in volume this past year, our billing personnel have been able to keep up without a problem,” Ms. Gregory said in the release. “No bottlenecks anywhere. That’s how much smoother things have gone with HST and ZirMed.”
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