Precyse Solutions receives HIM contract from Marin General Hospital

Health information management (HIM) services provider Precyse Solutions Inc. has signed an outsourcing agreement with Marin General Hospital (MGH) in Greenbrae, Calif.

Precyse Solutions provides outsourced HIM services to help providers reduce operating costs, improve cash flow, streamline HIM processes, improve the capture and coding of clinical information and maintain regulatory compliance.

MGH is part of the Sutter Health system and is the largest acute care hospital in Marin County. MGH also provides primary and secondary levels of care in addition to the Marin Cancer Institute and the Marin Heart Institute.

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