American Hospital Association (AHA) Names OnBase 'RACTrac Compatible'

Hyland Software's content management solution is one of only six products on
the initial list

CLEVELAND, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The nationwide launch of the Recovery Audit
Contractor (RAC) program is looming. Healthcare providers of all sizes and
types are busy preparing for it as not being ready will yield some pretty
severe consequences. Think overpayment findings resulting in money owed to
Medicare. Think adding staff to accommodate audit requests. And think burying
already overloaded employees with mountains of new work. Designed based on the
experiences of providers who were part of the RAC pilot program, the OnBase
RAC Administration Solution can help
(http://onbase.com/English/IndustrySolutions/Healthcare/RACAudit). But it can
do more than just support the RAC process. It can also give the American
Hospital Association (AHA) valuable data to help providers effectively take on
RACs. For this reason, the AHA has named the OnBase RAC Administration
Solution "RACTrac Compatible."

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Lacking information about how RACs will impact hospitals, the AHA responded by
creating RACTrac. Using RACTrac Compatible solutions, the program will collect
RAC data quarterly. This will allow the AHA to evaluate why claims are being
denied across regions and nationally. With this information, providers will be
educated on what areas they should look at more closely and where specifically
they need to improve. Also, the data will serve as evidence to propose RAC
program changes to Congress. Because the solutions have been proven to provide
the appropriate claim level tracking abilities, as well as promote advocacy
aimed at improving how hospitals manage RACs, the AHA recommends choosing
RACTrac Compatible solutions.

"The clinical side, with patient care and the electronic medical record (EMR),
is being paid an awful lot of attention," said Susan deCathelineau, healthcare
solutions manager for Hyland Software. "But the reality is that healthcare
providers are also dealing with more revenue cycle and administrative matters
than ever. The RAC program is one of the major reasons for this brighter
spotlight. It's also making it very clear why always knowing where the money
is, where it's coming from and where it's going is so valuable."

The OnBase RAC Administration Solution was developed with the same OnBase
technology that is used successfully by more than 800 healthcare
organizations. In fact, the AHA endorses OnBase as the recommended content
management software suite for all functions of a healthcare organization. This
includes areas such as EMR integration, administrative, revenue cycle
management and human resources.

"Effectively and efficiently managing processes, documents and content is what
it takes to successfully handle RAC requests," said deCathelineau. "These are
exactly the types of things content management solutions like OnBase are
designed, and proven, to do. Choosing technology that doesn't have any sort of
track record is a risk, especially when the consequences of non compliance are
so dire."

To learn more about Hyland's healthcare solutions, visit
www.onbase.com/Healthcare.

About the Hyland Software solution, OnBase
One of the largest independent software vendors in the world of enterprise
content management (ECM), Hyland Software is the developer of OnBase. An
award-winning suite of document management and content management solutions,
OnBase has a proven record of solving problems resulting from time consuming,
costly and error plagued manual tasks. Today, people at more than 8,800
organizations both large and small in 60 countries have the time to do the
things that really add value thanks to OnBase. Available on-premises or as
software as a service (SaaS), OnBase installs quickly, cost effectively and is
designed to grow with organizations. To learn more, visit www.OnBase.com.

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