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Beech Street Corporation and GTESS Corporation Sign Agreement for Enhanced Claim Processing Connectivity
June 15, 2004 (Richardson, TX) Beech Street Corporation, the nation’s leading independently owned Preferred Provider Organization (PPO), and GTESS Corporation, a leading provider of business process outsourcing services for the healthcare industry, today announced a contract in which GTESS will provide front-end claims processing for Beech Street.
“We are pleased to expand our relationship with Beech Street and to assist them with improving their front-end claims process,” said Deborah M. Gage, GTESS President and CEO. “This agreement will not only improve Beech’s operations, but will also make similar services available to their clients who want to take advantage of these same efficiencies.”
“We continually evaluate the delivery of our services and implement solutions that maximize accuracy and efficiency,” said Bill Hale, President and CEO of Beech Street Corporation. “We are confident that our partnership with GTESS will improve the overall claims process.”
The process of submitting claims to Beech Street will remain unchanged for providers and payers who submit electronically or via the United States Postal Service®. Payers that wish to improve their own front-end processes may contact their Beech Street representative to schedule an on-site GTESS demonstration and ROI analysis.
About Beech Street Corporation
Beech Street Corporation has more than 50 years of reliable service in the healthcare industry and has a network of more than 380,000 respected doctors, 3,500 hospitals and more than 50,000 ancillary network providers. Beech Street provides services such as nationwide network access, URAC accredited and NCQA certified healthcare management services, cost containment programs, a Disease Management program and a Workers' Compensation program.
About GTESS Corporation
GTESS is a provider of outsourced business solutions for healthcare plans and benefit managers. The Company leverages proprietary technology that replaces error-prone human processes with automated workflow in a superior service model to lower the cost and improve the quality of healthcare payment systems. GTESS’ services include a total front-end claims processing system of integrated, client-customized advanced technology for claims receipt, verification, data quality improvement, duplicate claim detection, member and provider verification, PPO Connect™ repricing facilitation, claim routing and tracking, and document management. Its ‘clean-claim’ HIPAA-compliant electronic data interchange (EDI) delivery systems go beyond what can be achieved by automating parts of the process, or outsourcing operations off-shore. GTESS delivers higher-quality data and cleaner claims which result in dramatic improvements in turn-around times and processing costs.
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