CPU adds six new contracts

CPU Medical Management Systems, a medical billing and practice management software system provider, has added six new customers to its MED/FM client base.

The San-Diego based CPU said it landed five deals for its web-enabled practice management system, MED/FM, and one deal for its stand-alone practice management system, MED/FM. 

Practices that deployed the systems include: Dexios Corporation of Midlothian, Va.; Ambulatory Diagnostic Center of Coral Gables, Fla.; PureTouch Healthcare of Aliso Viejo, Calif.; and Radiology Associates of Lincoln, Neb., according to CPU.

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