Nevada’s Largest Private Radiology Practice Continues to Rely on Zotec Partners for Billing

INDIANAPOLIS--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Zotec Partners, an industry leader in medical billing, practice management and Radiology Information Systems (RIS) software and services, announces today that Desert Radiologists, out of Las Vegas, Nev., is extending its contract with the company for five years. The largest private radiology group in the state, Desert Radiologists has outsourced its billing to Zotec Partners since 2006.

“Our billing and collections have become much more stable with less monthly variability.”

A 50-physician practice located in the heart of Las Vegas, Desert Radiologists delivers leading diagnostic imaging services. The group operates five outpatient locations throughout Las Vegas and Henderson, Nev., and also provides radiology services for seven Southern Nevada hospitals and two regional hospitals in Northern Nevada.

“Immediately prior to outsourcing to Zotec Partners, we attempted to perform billing in-house, but underestimated the complexity of radiology billing and the high volume of cases our practice was doing,” said Bill Moore, CEO of Desert Radiologists. “We chose Zotec Partners as our billing partner because we trusted their specialized expertise in the radiology market, and loved their proprietary technology. During the past five years, they have implemented automated workflow and computerized audit checks, and have given our administration, managers and physicians the ability to mine our group’s data.”

Zotec Partners’ Decision Support data mining tool allows Desert Radiologists to have a finger on the pulse of the practice. The group monitors its accounts receivable, denials, charges, payments, net collections and gross collections by location. Reimbursement for specific procedures, such as PICC lines or biopsies, is examined by carrier and contract. This allows the practice to renegotiate contracts with unfavorable payments for specific procedures and identify outliers in reimbursement.

“Since outsourcing to Zotec Partners, we have noticed a steady decrease in accounts receivable, days to payment and denials, and more importantly, a steady increase in revenue,” said Whitney B. Edmister, M.D., Ph.D., of Desert Radiologists. “Our billing and collections have become much more stable with less monthly variability.”

Zotec Partners is a solutions firm serving the hospital-based specialty market. The company offers a comprehensive suite of medical billing and practice management tools and services designed to make operations more efficient and productive in medical offices. Its flagship product, the Electronic Billing Center (EBC) practice management and billing software suite, serves 5,500 physicians in 45 states.

“We’re extremely happy that Desert Radiologists is continuing to partner with us,” said Taylor Moorehead, managing partner of Zotec Partners’ West Region operations. “When the group first came to Zotec Partners, it was suspected that exam data was being missed, so we developed interfaces with the hospital systems and established charge audit processes to ensure 100 percent of charges were being captured and billed. The charge capture audits improved the group’s charge volume and provided an immediate improvement in cash flow from previously unrealized revenues.”

For more information about Zotec Partners, visit www.zotecpartners.com.

About Zotec Partners

Founded in 1998 by CEO, T. Scott Law, Zotec Partners is the Indianapolis-based industry leader in medical billing, practice management and Radiology Information Systems software and services. Zotec Partners is committed to the continual pursuit of excellence in the physician revenue cycle management industry by delivering effective solutions through its innovative software, personalized service and measurable client results. Currently, the company’s software and services are used by more than 5,500 physicians in 45 states.