MedAptus

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MedAptus is an electronic medical record (EMR) was founded in January 1999 by two physicians. Lance Baldo, MD. - an Orthopaedic Surgeon Co-Founded Medaptus with Malcolm M. Lloyd MD. with a view to integrating Information Technology with Clinical Medicine. They both currently remain on the board of Key Executives For MedAptus, Inc. [1]

History

The MedAptus System was initially piloted as a "PDA based Physician Coding Tool" [2] that was portable for providers. This professional Charge capture system currently claims to be the only one of its kind available for hospital outpatient clinic coding and billing [2]. According to MedAptus Inc. the system is being used by a variety of "prestigious healthcare organizations" who have facilitated enhancement to MedAptus workflow engineering [4].

Solution description

MedAptus has expanded from the early days to include 5 solution products namely:

  • 1) Pro - Professional Charge Capture is a flexible scalable tool that is marketed as being able to be integrated with scheduling, registration and
    EMR systems in a variety of clinical settings thus facilitating timely billing reconciliation [3].
  • 2) Provider Enrollment - In order to provide appropriate credentialing so physicians can be compensated from insurance carriers [11] [3]
  • 3) Tech - Technical Charge Capture - has three options for facilitating integration into outpatient clinical workstations [12]
  • 4) Infusion - Infusion Services Charge Capture [13]
  • 5) ICD10 - ICD-10 Overview to help physicians transition to the use of ICD10 [14]

Customers

Customers using MedAptus and the year of inception are as follows :

  • 2001 - Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, MA [5]
  • 2002 - University Physician Associates of New Jersey, Newark, NJ (UPA) [6]
  • 2004 - The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX [7] & [8]
  • 2008 - Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI [9]
  • 2010 - Community Hospitalists Cleveland, OH [10]

References

  1. Bloomberg Business Week. Healthcare Technology Company Overview of MedAptus, Inc. http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/people.asp?privcapId=619935
  2. MedAptus About us: Information http://www.medaptus.com/aboutus
  3. MedAptus Expands Physician Revenue Cycle Suite with Cloud-Based Provider Enrollment Powered by Newport Credentialing Solutions http://www.medaptus.com/newsevents/medaptus-news/301-medaptus-ncs
  1. medaptus bloomberg
  2. medaptus about us
  3. Solutions:Pro [1]
  4. MedAptus Charge Capture Customers[2]
  5. http://www.medaptus.com/customers/successstories/lahey
  6. http://www.medaptus.com/customers/successstories/upa
  7. http://www.medaptus.com/customers/successstories/mdanderson
  8. http://electronichealthreporter.com/charge-capture-software-medaptus-md-anderson-cancer-center/
  9. http://www.medaptus.com/customers/successstories/medicalcollegewi
  10. http://www.medaptus.com/customers/successstories/communityhospitalists
  11. Solutions:Provider enrollment [3]
  12. Solutions:Tech [4]
  13. Solutions:Infusion [5]
  14. Solutions:ICD10 [6]