Eclipsys unveils new revenue cycle manager

Eclipsys Corp. this week released Sunrise Access Manager/Patient Financial Manager 11.5 a revenue cycle management product.
   
Sunrise Access Manager/Patient Financial Manager is an enterprise master patient index, scheduling, registration and patient accounting product, designed to improve revenue cycles, reimbursements, and accounts-receivable processes. It also assists organizations to reorganize their administrative and financial procedures to fit current healthcare workflows. One of its key abilities is to move back-end billing office functions to the front end, capturing much of the data during scheduling, pre-registration and registration, Eclipsys said.
   
Major enhancement include:
  • Streamlined appointment-booking processes
  • Integrated document imaging
  • Enhanced secondary billing
  • Enhanced 835 reporting
  • Expanded reporting using industry-standard reporting tools
  • Streamlined registration and billing processes
  • Dynamic workflow rules
  • Improved billing and receivables management
  • Fully integrated, multiple-entity system

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