Eclipsys nets Mississippi install

North Mississippi Health Services (NMHS) of Tupelo, Miss., will deploy Eclipsys’ Sunrise Patient Financials for the healthcare system’s patient billing.

NMHS is a regional healthcare organization serving 22 counties in northern Mississippi and northwestern Alabama with a network of more than 30 primary and specialty clinics.

The Atlanta-based Eclypsis said its Sunrise Patient Financials is a patient-billing and receivables-management service, which will help NMHS with financial workflows for both payors and the patient community, using electronic data interchange and web capabilities.

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