Acuant Partners with Leading Healthcare Solutions Providers Clearwave and Aprima® Medical Software, Inc

LOS ANGELES, April 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Acuant, the leading provider of credential management solutions, has partnered with Clearwave, the nation's leading patient registration and insurance eligibility solution; and Aprima^® Medical Software, Inc., a leading provider of innovative electronic health record (EHR), practice management (PM) and revenue cycle management solutions (RCM) for medical practices. Through these partnerships, Acuant will help service the healthcare industry by automating data intake and efficiently moving patients through the check-in process.

Acuant's idScan allows for immediate ID verification and automated data intake when patients scan their IDs and health insurance cards. Acuant's ID scanning solution was deployed by Clearwave to eliminate patient errors during self-service registration. The most common error made by both patients and registration staff was the incorrect data entry of the insurance member ID card. After implementing Clearwave's registration stations with Acuant's ID scanning solution, healthcare providers saw faster and more accurate patient intact, which resulted in fewer rejected claims. This also translates into revenue as providers do not get paid when claims are inaccurate or rejected and there are costs associated with multiple efforts to submit a claim. A hospital system that used Clearwave's solution found that their patients spent 50% less time filling out forms, and 70% less time in waiting rooms. Patient charts were ready an average of 9 minutes before the scheduled appointment time.

"From day one, Acuant was very receptive," said Brian Stone, CFO of Clearwave. "They took some risks with us early on, and believed in us. They are perfectly aligned with where the market is going. Their new validation services are very smart, and implementing their mobile solutions will be a game changer for the healthcare market. We're very fortunate to have Acuant as a partner and we look forward to many more years of success."

Similarly, Acuant's partnership with Aprima Medical Software, a leading ambulatory EHR and PM solution, allows for an experience that optimizes the patient registration and check-in process. Acuant's advanced card scanning solutions digitize IDs and health insurance cards using both barcode and OCR technologies. The digitized images can be stored permanently in the patient record, while insurance card data is converted to text and populated into database records.

"Allowing front desk staff and physicians to focus more on patients and less on their keyboards results in numerous benefits including streamlining interactions between staff and patient and improving customer service. As patients and staff experience fewer data entry errors and delays, stressful conversations during registration and check-in become less frequent. We've been extremely satisfied with the relationship. It's a no-brainer for our clients, and makes our solutions even stronger," said David Shaw, Vice President of Partners and Channel Sales at Aprima.

"The healthcare industry is experiencing a major transformation as more parts of the patient visitation process become automated," said Yossi Zekri, President and CEO of Acuant. "We are excited to provide a solution that helps healthcare providers reduce wait times, improve accuracy, and deliver quality service to their patients."

Acuant serves the healthcare industry by providing verification and authentication technology that benefits healthcare providers who work under strict regulatory requirements. Acuant's technology captures accurate and verified data at the entry point, which leads to more efficiency in the registration process, and fewer rejected claims.   

About Clearwave Corporation

Clearwave's mission has been, and remains, to standardize and automate administrative and patient-facing services that providers manage to serve patients, comply with federal/state regulations and maximize revenue cycle performance. Clearwave accomplishes this by aligning the provider's existing systems to communicate and gather information more effectively. This is achieved by full integration with numerous HIS, PMS and EHR software products. For more information: (678) 738-1120 or visit http://www.clearwaveinc.com

About Aprima Medical Software, Inc.

Aprima provides innovative electronic health record, practice management and revenue cycle management solutions for medical practices. The Aprima EHR/PM is an integrated system built on a single database. Aprima uses a fast, flexible design that adapts automatically to a physician's workflow and sets the benchmark for ease-of-use, speed and flexibility. Aprima is one of the few companies with an 18-year track record of success, including Certification for Meaningful Use Stage 2. Thousands of Aprima users are benefiting from improved quality of care, improved patient satisfaction, improved quality of life and an improved bottom line. Based in Carrollton, TX, Aprima performs all development, support and implementation from the U.S. To learn more about how Aprima can help your practice, please visit www.aprima.com, call us at 844-4APRIMA (844-427-7462), or email us at info@aprima.com.

About Acuant

Acuant's patented credential management solutions automate the intake, processing and verification of unstructured data from ID documents. Leveraging virtually any device, the company's solutions transform this data into useful and insightful information - whether in the cloud or locally - which is used in critical business applications.

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Aprima is a registered trademark of Aprima Medical Software.

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