ATLANTA, Sept. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today more
than 62 million rural residents rely on CAHs for access to primary,
acute and 24-hour emergency healthcare services, yet more than 41%
of CAHs are operating at a financial loss. In order to have
financial sustainability, CAHs must implement tools and best
practices to make strategic shifts towards a culture of revenue
integrity. Craneware, Inc., the healthcare market leader in
automated revenue integrity solutions, today announced that its
client, Ellenville Regional Hospital, an award-winning critical
access hospital located in New
York, will present alongside Craneware on best practices for
critical access hospitals' financial performance at the National
Rural Health Association's Critical Access Hospital Conference
(NRHA CAH) 2013.
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Ellenville Regional Hospital's Senior Vice President and CFO,
Patricia Gavis, CPA, will join
Craneware Business Solutions Consultant Marge Gray in a
presentation titled, "Leveraging Revenue Integrity Strategy to
Optimize Financial Performance." This presentation will take place
on Friday, October 4, at 9:30 am, and will describe Ellenville Regional
Hospital's successful journey to revenue integrity. During the NRHA
CAH event, Ellenville Regional Hospital will also be accepting the
"Top 20 Critical Access Hospitals for Quality" award.
"Critical access hospitals face the same challenges as larger
healthcare organizations and often have a smaller budget and fewer
IT staff to work with," said Keith
Neilson, Craneware CEO. "We look forward to presenting
alongside Ellenville Regional Hospital at the NRHA CAH 2013
conference and hope that Ellenville's successful journey to revenue
integrity will inspire other healthcare leaders to make similar
strides to ensure successful financial performance."
To learn more about Craneware's industry leading revenue
integrity solutions, including the #1 in KLAS* Chargemaster
Toolkit®, Bill Analyzer, and Online Reference
Toolkit®, visit Craneware's booth, #108, during NRHA CAH
2013 in Austin, Texas from
October 2 - 4, 2013.
About Ellenville Regional Hospital
Ellenville
Regional Hospital is a 25-bed rural critical access hospital
located in Ulster County, NY. The
hospital offers a wide range of services and has won numerous
awards for operational efficiency and quality care, including a
2013 IPRO Quality Award for improving the quality of care provided
to New York's Medicare
beneficiaries, and a 2013 ERH Amerinet "Leap to Excellence in
Patient Safety" award.
About NRHA
The National Rural Health Association
(NRHA) is a national nonprofit membership organization with
more than 20,000 members. The association's mission is to provide
leadership on rural health issues. NRHA membership consists
of a diverse collection of individuals and organizations, all of
whom share the common bond of an interest in rural health.
About Craneware
Craneware (AIM: CRW.L) is the leader
in automated revenue integrity solutions that improve financial
performance for healthcare organizations. Craneware's
market-driven, SaaS solutions help hospitals and other healthcare
providers more effectively price, charge, code and retain earned
revenue for patient care services and supplies. This helps
customers optimize reimbursement, increase operational efficiency,
minimize compliance risk, and retain more earned revenue. By
partnering with Craneware, clients achieve the visibility required
to identify, address and prevent revenue leakage. To learn more,
visit craneware.com and stoptheleakage.com.
*Chargemaster Toolkit® is ranked No. 1 in the Revenue
Cycle – Chargemaster Management market category for the seventh
year in a row (2006 – 2012), and Bill Analyzer is ranked No. 1 in
the Revenue Cycle – Other market category the second year in a row
(2011 – 2012 ) in the "2012 Best in KLAS Awards: Software &
Services" report, published December
2012. Data © 2012 KLAS Enterprises, LLC. All rights
reserved. www.KLASresearch.com
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