Merge Healthcare's Newest Radiology Information System Well-Received

The recent release of Fusion RIS MX 4.0 and Fusion RIS/PACS 4.0 allows Merge Healthcare, (NASDAQ: MRGE - News) to bring stronger integrated billing capabilities to radiology businesses. By combining two distinctly separate radiology information and accounting applications into one system, medical imaging practices can accelerate their payment cycle by significantly reducing time-consuming and labor-intensive processes required to generate and receive payment of radiology- based procedures. Developed in close partnership with its customers, the new release was showcased during the annual Merge User Group meeting in late October. Users were particularly impressed with the built-in claims processing tools, as well as the overall speed and clarity the fully integrated billing application brings to a practice's accounting department. With its fully integrated billing module, Fusion RIS MX 4.0 manages all clinical and billing data without the need for peripheral hardware or connectivity components (i.e. HL7 interfaces), enabling medical imaging professionals to monitor, transmit, receive and archive claims/payment files from a single desktop. The latest version also incorporates a proprietary EDI (electronic data interchange) tool that diagnoses reasons for claims denials. This allows for even faster reconciliation and resubmission of claims, further reducing the number of steps necessary for receiving payment. Other notable functions of Fusion RIS MX 4.0 include: Charge Level Insurance ? Assignment (versus procedure level assignment) - enables the charge to be "billing-ready" as soon as it is posted to the patient account. CPT Level Authorization Number - enables assignment of ?separate authorization numbers to each item. Automatic Electronic Remittances ?Automatically creates a ?payment batch, thereby reducing the amount of time needed to post payment(s) to patient ledgers. AD HOC reporting ?Allows the user to design and save AP/AR ?reports and files using helpful "wizards". (the finished)Jordan Extra Fly