S.C. imaging center taps Zotec for billing services

Health IT company Zotec Partners has entered into a billing services contract with West Columbia, S.C.-based Lexington Radiology Associates, an imaging provider to the patients of Lexington Medical Center.

The Carmel, Ind.-based Zotec’s product, the electronic billing center, practice management and billing software suite, currently serves 5,500 physicians in 45 states across the U.S.

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