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 [3]

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 [4]
  • 2) Provider Enrollment - In order to provide appropriate credentialing so physicians can be compensated from insurance carriers [5] , [6]
  • 3) Tech - Technical Charge Capture - has three options for facilitating integration into outpatient clinical workstations [7]
  • 4) Infusion - Infusion Services Charge Capture [8]
  • 5) ICD10 - ICD-10 Overview to help physicians transition to the use of ICD10 [9]

Customers

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

  • 2001 - Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, MA [10]
  • 2002 - University Physician Associates of New Jersey, Newark, NJ (UPA) [11]
  • 2004 - The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX [12] , [13]
  • 2008 - Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI [14]
  • 2010 - Community Hospitalists Cleveland, OH [15]

References

  1. Bloomberg Business Week. Healthcare Technology Company Overview of MedAptus, Inc. http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/people.asp?privcapId=619935
  2. 2.0 2.1 MedAptus About Us: Information http://www.medaptus.com/aboutus
  3. MedAptus Charge Capture Customers. http://www.medaptus.com/customers
  4. MedAptus Solutions:Pro http://www.medaptus.com/solutions/pro
  5. MedAptus Solutions:Provider enrollment http://www.medaptus.com/solutions/proen
  6. 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
  7. MedAptus Solutions:Tech http://www.medaptus.com/solutions/tech
  8. MedAptus Solutions:Infusion http://www.medaptus.com/solutions/infusion
  9. MedAptus Solutions:ICD10 http://www.medaptus.com/solutions/icd10-overview
  10. MedAptus Success Story: Lahey http://www.medaptus.com/customers/successstories/lahey
  11. MedAptus Success Story: UPA http://www.medaptus.com/customers/successstories/upa
  12. MedAptus Success Story: MDAnderson http://www.medaptus.com/customers/successstories/mdanderson
  13. MedAptus Charge Capture: MDAnderson http://electronichealthreporter.com/charge-capture-software-medaptus-md-anderson-cancer-center/
  14. MedAptus Success Story: WI http://www.medaptus.com/customers/successstories/medicalcollegewi
  15. MedAptus Success Story: Hospitalists http://www.medaptus.com/customers/successstories/communityhospitalists