ZirMed®, the premier cloud-based enterprise financial and clinical performance solution for healthcare, announced the results of Black Book™ Rankings 2014 State of the Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) industry report. In the report, ZirMed was recognized as the top-ranked comprehensive RCM solution for large hospitals and academic medical centers over 250 beds. ZirMed also received a first place ranking as the leading RCM software system for hospital systems, hospital chains, IDNs and ACOs.
Black Book Rankings, a full-service healthcare-centric market research company, annually surveys information technology and service users on the trends and directions of hospitals, chains and physician practices. The report analyzes customer satisfaction across 18 client experience-based key performance indicators to determine top performing RCM software providers. This year’s report marks the second consecutive year that ZirMed has received a first place ranking, which is demonstrative of the company’s commitment to helping provider organizations improve clinical and financial outcomes in an ever-changing healthcare landscape.
“ZirMed is always striving to provide the most innovative technology and the highest level of client service to help healthcare organizations improve financial performance,” said Tom Butts, chief executive officer, ZirMed. “The report results demonstrate how our solutions are helping our clients manage every aspect of the revenue cycle and we’re honored to receive top marks yet again.”
The 2014 State of the RCM industry report compiles the findings of eight research reports for a comprehensive view of the market with respondents from 590 hospital and inpatient organizations across 45 states. Specifically, the report includes the perspective of 2,300 hospital CFOs, CIOs, business office managers, technology and financial staffers, and 1,600 business managers of physician practices and hospital systems, for a holistic snapshot of the growing RCM software market.
For over 15 years, ZirMed has been optimizing fee-for-service healthcare business performance for more than 270,000 providers, helping them enhance their revenue cycle and drive bottom-line results. ZirMed offers clients a complete solution that solves key problems ranging from coding issues and claims rejections, to payer and patient reimbursement challenges, revenue leakage, data analysis challenges, and more.
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About ZirMed®
Founded in 1999, ZirMed is the nation’s only company delivering end-to-end cloud-based business and clinical performance management solutions to meet the challenges of managing population health and optimizing fee-for-service and fee-for-value reimbursements. ZirMed combines innovative software development with the industry’s most advanced transactional network and analytics platform to improve the business and process of healthcare, give organizations a clearer view of their financial and operational performance, and streamline critical connections between providers, patients, and payers. ZirMed’s industry-leading technology and client support have been recognized with awards from KLAS®, Healthcare Informatics, Best of SaaS Showplace (BoSS), and Black Book Rankings. Our nationwide network facilitates, manages, and analyzes billions of healthcare transactions, driving bottom-line performance with population health management, clinical communications, comprehensive analytics, eligibility, claims management, coding compliance, reimbursement management, and patient payment services—including credit card processing, online payments, statements, estimation, and payment plan management. To learn more, visit www.ZirMed.com.