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Lahey Clinic and MedAptus Featured on CNBC's "Power Lunch" Program
Lahey Clinic Medical Center, a MedAptus customer since 2001, is a large, multi-specialty, ambulatory care center and 268-bed hospital that serves over 3,000 patients daily. Currently more than 400 Lahey Clinic physicians, clinicians and administrative staff use MedAptus for professional coding and compliance. Given Lahey's reputation as a technology early-adopter, when it came time for CNBC to feature a progressive institution on its "Power Lunch" finance program highlighting the state of healthcare information technology, Lahey was a clear choice. The segment, which aired on the July 24th episode of the widely televised show, includes Lahey's President and CEO, David Barrett, MD, speaking about the institution's adoption of MedAptus. Lahey estimates that usage of Professional Charge Capture has led to over $1 million in annual savings.

MedAptus customers M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and NYU Medical Center were all mentioned in a sidebar article on the evolving cancer center in the November 2007 issue of ADVANCE for Health Information Executives. Read the story
Lahey Clinic, user of MedAptus' Professional Charge Capture offering since 2001, was profiled in the October 2007 issue of Health Data Management as part of its story on charge capture technology. The article explores automated systems for charge capture, including benefits and a variety of adoption stories. Lahey is featured predominantly in the piece given its reputation for being an early-adopter of MedAptus' Professional Charge Capture solution across its enterprise of more than 450 physicians. Read the story
A case study, written by Dana-Farber's MedAptus project leader, detailing the prestigious treatment center’s experience with our Physician Workstation application appears in the August 2007 issue of Health Management Technology.

Entitled, “Leading the Charge to Efficiency,” the piece details what led Dana-Farber to initially seek an automated charge capture solution, their vendor selection process, scope of implementation, results to date, and future plans.

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Lahey Clinic Medical Center is featured in the March 2007 issue of Health Data Management for its implementation of the MedAptus Technical Charge Capture product. An enterprise user of the MedAptus Professional solution for many years, the new Technical system allows the organization to manage and reconcile facility, materials, medication and technical procedure charges in an effort to streamline operations and drive revenue. Read the story
MedAptus Vice President David Delaney, MD, is featured in the December 2006 issue of Health Executive magazine, speaking on the topic of automated charge capture including system evolution, benefits, and essentially, why physicians can't afford to practice without it:

According to Delaney, physicians nationwide leave an estimated $100 billion a year on the table due to undercoding and failure to capture charges. When physicians do make the switch to a paperless system, each doctor typically sees an annual net increase of $20,000 to $50,000. “That’s a tremendous amount,” Delaney said, adding every dollar spent on a system typically returns $5 to $7 in billed charges. “It can mean the difference between making the numbers or being at a loss.”

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MedAptus' Chief Medical Officer, Dr. David Delaney, is a featured contributor in the August 2006 issue of Health Executive. His article, "Finding Funding," provides a framework for groups interested in EMRs, but lacking the requisite capital: revenue cycle enhancement. Read the story
The May issue of Health Data Management features a case study on the implementation, usage and benefits of MedAptus at the prestigious M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. The institution, a MedAptus customer since late 2004, recently spoke with the magazine about its experience with our Electronic Charge Capture and Dictation applications.

Some highlights from the article include findings from a preliminary study comparing four departments' use of Charge Capture that indicate physicians are billing an average of $49,000 more per year than they were prior to implementation. In addition, the number of lag days, or days between when a service is performed and when it is billed, has decreased by up to 75 percent. Read the story
The February 2006 issue of Healthcare Informatics includes Dr. Michael A. Lee’s case study on charge capture adoption. Dr. Lee is a practicing pediatrician at MedAptus customer Dedham Medical Associates as well as the chairman of HealthOne Care System. This article is a first-person account of how charge capture has eliminated an estimated 5 million paper transactions and increased revenue for a group practice. Click on the below link to learn more about Dr. Lee’s charge capture experience. Read the story