The SSI Group, Inc. selects Medical Electronic Attachment, Inc.'s FastAttach™ Service to Streamline Electronic Medical Attachment Submissions
Atlanta, April 23, 2008 − Medical Electronic Attachment, Inc. (MEA), the recognized leader in electronic attachments, and The SSI Group, Inc. today announced they have entered a partnership to offer medical electronic attachments for SSI Group ClickON® Clients.
MEA's FastAttach™ system enables healthcare offices to transmit healthcare attachments − including vision, workers compensation attachments, professional and institutional attachments, and other documents required to process claims − to MEA's repository, where Payors will be able to view them. FastAttach™ offers a secure and reliable method to submit all documents required to support a claim. FastAttach™ is the most efficient paperless process; it reduces postage costs, eliminates lost attachments and improves revenue cycles.
"MEA's ongoing commitment is to offer electronic solutions to the healthcare community designed to streamline the insurance process. The agreement with SSI is a perfect fit to compliment their already extensive suite of services related to EDI," said Thomas Hughes, President of MEA.
"We're pleased to work with this outstanding clearinghouse on electronic attachments, and we look forward to the opportunity to register their providers," said Thomas Hughes.
About Medical Electronic Attachment, Inc.
MEA is the Recognized Leader In Electronic Attachments. MEA offers systems designed to make insurance attachment submissions and processing as easy as possible for the provider, the hospital and the payor. After processing millions of electronic attachments, MEA's knowledge of the attachment industry is recognized by healthcare experts throughout the country. For more information on how to use the MEA FastAttach™ system, visit www.mea-fast.com.
About The SSI Group, Inc.
The SSI Group, Inc. is a national, diversified information technology company currently celebrating its 20th year in business. Established in 1988, the company operates the nation's second largest institutional healthcare claims clearinghouse. It maintains corporate headquarters in Mobile, Alabama, and branch facilities in Clearwater, Florida; Dallas, Texas; Denver, Colorado; Chesapeake, Virginia and Nashville, Tennessee.
With approximately 385 employees and 2,200−plus customers nationwide, SSI leads the healthcare field in healthcare claims management technology, EDI platforms and networking. ClickON® technology has more than 1 million built-in edits, delivers HIPAA-certified transactions from Claredi, MHCC, and EHNAC and has over 800 direct PAYOR connections for both hospital and physicians and over 1,200 gateway PAYOR connections for both hospital and physicians. As a testament to the company's leadership, the company's technology processes in excess of 200 million transactions annually (including claims, eligibility, remittances and claim statuses) totaling approximately $458 billion dollars in billed claims revenue for its providers. For more information visit www.thessigroup.com.
