Community Health Centers Select Sage Intergy CHC Community Health Management System

Community Health Centers Select Sage Intergy CHC Community Health Management
System

Intergy CHC streamlines data collection; simplifies UDS reporting

TAMPA, Fla., March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Reaffirming its position as a leading
provider of integrated electronic health records and community health
management solutions to federally qualified health centers (FQHC) nationwide,
Sage today announced that Family Health Centers of Baltimore, StayWell Health
Care, Inc. and HealthLinc, formerly Hilltop Community Health Center, have
selected its Sage Intergy CHC community health management system. The
enterprise solution increases the efficiency of business and administrative
processes including sliding-fee schedules and Uniform Data System (UDS)
reporting. The community health centers also purchased other Sage solutions,
including Sage Intergy EHR electronic health records system.

"Following an exhaustive product evaluation, we concluded that Sage was the
only vendor offering a highly effective, single-database physician practice
management and EHR solution tailored for Community Health Centers," said Lule
Tracey, chief financial officer (CFO) at Connecticut-based StayWell, a
facility that consists of 89 users, including 33 physician and other clinical
care providers. "Other vendors could offer one high quality product, but not
two that were equally outstanding. Additionally, we had already experienced
great success with another Sage solution, Sage Medical Manager and Sage
Practice Analytics, which played a key role in accelerating the growth of our
enterprise and enabled us to deliver better care to our medically underserved
and uninsured populations while still meeting the demanding and distinctive
reporting requirements placed upon FQHCs."

According to Greg Williams, CFO of Family Health Centers of Baltimore (FHCB),
"As an FQHC, we must comply with billing and reporting requirements that are
unique to community health centers, making our workflow even more challenging
than the workflow at private physician practices. With 91 users, including 14
physicians at three locations and 40 residents in training per year, we needed
a technologically advanced solution like Sage Intergy CHC to meet our complex
clinical and business needs."

In addition to Sage Intergy CHC and Sage Intergy EHR, FHCB will use Sage
Practice Analytics and an interface between Sage MIP Fund Accounting and Sage
Intergy CHC, which will enable the organization to manage budgets, maximize
grants, and produce accurate, customized reports faster and more easily. "It
was essential for us to obtain an integrated solution due to our involvement
in several HRSA national collaboratives," added Williams. "Sage solutions
allow us to efficiently capture, report and analyze our data - functions that
are critical to improving patient safety and outcomes." The center will also
be interfacing Sage Intergy CHC to their dental health record and to
laboratory and pharmacy systems.

"Most of HealthLinc's patients have Medicaid coverage or are uninsured, so we
use a sliding fee scale to ensure that we can treat patients, regardless of
their ability to pay," said HealthLinc CEO, Beth Wrobel. "Without the
streamlined clinical and administrative processes delivered by Sage Intergy
CHC, we couldn't have scaled our organization to meet the needs of our
community and maintained our high standards of timely and quality care."

Key features of Sage Intergy CHC include:
-- Sliding fee schedules for medical and dental and services that are
based
on federal poverty guidelines.
-- UDS reporting to Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA),
which the federal agency uses to improve community health center
performance, address healthcare disparities, ensure compliance with
legislative and regulatory requirements, and identify effective
services
and interventions.
-- Automatic Insurance Plan Assignment
-- Collection module to track and collect payments from multiple
insurers.
-- Comprehensive Medicare and Medicaid clinic rate maintenance
-- Full integration with Sage Intergy EHR and Sage Practice Analytics for
a
complete demographic, financial and clinical data collection and
reporting solutions.

"We are delighted that Family Health Centers of Baltimore, StayWell Health
Care and HealthLinc selected us as their technology partner of choice," said
Sharon Howard, senior vice president, Sales and Marketing for Sage. "These
organizations face intense clinical and operational challenges. Our selection
validates the unparalleled value of our solution and our commitment to helping
community health centers nationwide fulfill their mission of providing high
quality care."

To see a demonstration of Sage Intergy CHC and Sage Intergy EHR, visit booth
#606 at NACHC Policy and Issues Forum.

About Family Health Centers of Baltimore
Established in 1977, Family Health Centers of Baltimore, Inc. (FHCB) is a
not-for-profit 501(C)(3) corporation that provides the broadest range of
primary care services at the lowest cost to consumers. The center, which
provides community-based one-stop convenience for consumers, is the model of
care delivery that characterizes FHCB's approach. Primary care services
include pediatrics, family medicine, internal medicine, diabetes education,
and nutrition counseling. OB/GYN, dental services, podiatry, pharmacy and
mental health services are provided on-site. An addictions service staff
consisting of an addictions psychiatrist, certified addictions counselors, and
an outreach worker, provides outpatient detoxification services. For more
information, visit www.fhcb.org.

About HealthLinc
Founded in 1996, HealthLinc, formerly Hilltop Community Health Center, is a
community-based nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the health of
Northwest Indiana residents. It offers a wide range of quality health care
services to those in need. Its primary service area is rural northwest
Indiana (Porter, Starke, Jasper, and LaPorte counties). For more information,
visit http://www.hilltopchc.org/

About StayWell Health Care Inc.
StayWell Health Care Inc., is a Federally Qualified Health Center that has
been operating in Waterbury, Conn., since 1972. It opened as part of the
Model Cities Program, a federal effort to bring health services to the
Medically Underserved Areas of the city. Originally operated by the City of
Waterbury, Department of Health, StayWell Health Care Inc. became a non-profit
tax-exempt corporation in 1994. Since then, it has seen steady growth in its
client base, providing high quality community health care and social services
to the underserved and underinsured of the Greater Waterbury area, including
medical, dental, and mental health with the focus on prevention. For more
information, visit www.staywellhealth.org.

About Sage Software Healthcare, Inc.
Sage Software Healthcare, Inc., provides integrated electronic health records,
EDI applications and practice management systems to thousands of ambulatory
care practices throughout North America. These systems enable physicians and
practice managers to better manage their practices and improve profitability.
Sage Software Healthcare, Inc. is based in Tampa, Fla., and is a division of
Sage North America. For more information, please visit www.sagehealth.com or
call (877) 932-6301.

About Sage North America
Sage North America is part of The Sage Group plc, a leading global supplier of
business management software and services. At Sage, we live and breathe
business every day. We are passionate about helping our customers achieve
their ambitions. Our range of business software and services is continually
evolving as we innovate to answer our customers' needs. Our solutions support
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construction, distribution, healthcare, manufacturing, nonprofit and real
estate industries. Sage North America employs approximately 4,800 people and
supports nearly 2.9 million small and medium-size business customers. The Sage
Group plc, formed in 1981, was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1989
and now employs more than 14,500 people and supports 5.8 million customers
worldwide. For more information, please visit the web site at
www.sagenorthamerica.com or call 866-308-2378.

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