Emerus Selects Stockell Healthcare's InsightCS® Solution to Address Patient Access, Patient Accounting and Revenue Cycle Information at Its Five Emergency Care Facilities

ST. LOUIS, April 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Stockell Healthcare Systems, Inc. is pleased to announce that Emerus Hospital Partners based in The Woodlands, Texas, has selected the company's InsightCS® Patient Access, Patient Accounting and Revenue Cycle Information software solution.  

The implementation is part of a major information systems initiative for the organization's five emergency service delivery facilities (three in the Houston area and two in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex).

Emerus also selected the Ingenix/Picis ED PulseCheck™ clinical information system and will be integrating it with InsightCS® to achieve true, end-to-end electronic patient care and patient information management.

"Stockell's proven success in integrating with Picis was a key component in our selection.  We are looking forward to having a solution that offers complete interoperability with other systems," said David Stillwell, chief operating officer of Emerus.  

Richard B. Stockell, president of Stockell Healthcare, stated, "We are excited about the opportunity to provide our full suite of advanced Patient Access and Revenue Cycle Management solutions to Emerus.  Specialty hospitals, including ED hospitals like Emerus, are at the heart of local healthcare service delivery and represent a very important market segment for us."

About Emerus Hospital Partners

Emerus is a system of licensed hospitals and satellite ER facilities focused on revolutionizing the patient experience beginning with its unique approach to delivering exceptional emergency medical and inpatient care.  The Emerus model of efficient design and staffing enables high-quality care to be delivered with speed, compassion and medical expertise.

The company features a "15 minutes or it's free" offer, which promises that patients will be seen by a doctor within 15 minutes or their care is free.  With state-of-the-art equipment such as CT scans, X-ray, ultrasound machines and an on-site lab, Emerus has the tools and the expertise to treat any medical emergency.  Emerus is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year in the communities it serves.

For more information or for a list of locations, please visit www.emerus.com.

About Stockell Healthcare Systems

Founded in 1984, Stockell Healthcare Systems is a privately held company based in St. Louis, Missouri. The company is committed to providing forward-thinking hospitals, healthcare enterprises, and Integrated Health Networks (IHNs) with InsightCS®; an innovative software solution that incorporates patient access, patient accounting, revenue cycle management, and advanced collaboration.

The InsightCS® software system was developed to run in an all Microsoft® environment with a .Net presentation, and includes functionality for Enterprise Scheduling & Registration, Insurance Eligibility Checking (ANSI 270/271), Order Management, Patient Accounting, Billing, Collections, Contract & Denial Management, Document Imaging, Electronic Remittance Advice processing (ANSI 835), Claims Processing (ANSI 837), Medical Necessity Checking with ABN generation, Workflow Process, Dynamic Worklists and Business Intelligence (Data warehousing including KPI's, Business Analytics and Data Cubes).  

For more information, visit www.stockell.com.

SOURCE Stockell Healthcare Systems, Inc.