CBaySystems Awarded Multiyear Contract with University HealthSystem Consortium

ANNAPOLIS, Md., Sept. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- CBaySystems, a leading provider of transcription services to the health care industry, announced today that it has been awarded a contract with University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC).

Under terms of this contract, CBay will provide a full array of integrated medical transcription services, including dictation capture, medical transcription, and Web-based document management as one of two awarded providers to UHC's alliance of academic health centers across the United States.

The University HealthSystem Consortium's vision is to be a catalyst for change, accelerating the achievement of clinical and operational excellence. To support this vision, UHC provides its members with a variety of resources designed to help hospitals and physician practices run more efficiently- improving quality and lowering costs.

"University HealthSystem Consortium is pleased to offer our members, as a result of the competitive bid process, an agreement with CBaySystems and Services, Inc. for medical transcription services," said Cindy White, UHC's vice president of operations. "CBay responded to our request for bid with a value-packed offer. A task force of UHC members wanted variety and options from awarded suppliers and they saw that in CBay's offer. After bid analysis, the task force directed us to make CBay a UHC supplier. UHC's mission is to help members succeed in their respective markets. The value offered in CBay's agreement does that and more! As a newly awarded supplier through UHC's Contract Solutions, we believe CBay will bring a competitive advantage to the members for years to come."

"We are very excited by the opportunity to help academic health centers run more efficiently," said Jason Kolinoski, CBay's senior vice president of sales. "While we already work with several university health care organizations, this agreement will allow us to help many more academic facilities maintain high-quality patient care and at the same time, reduce costs. UHC members across the country now have an expeditious and effective way to engage our services."

CBaySystems provides hospitals and physician practices with an innovative, secure, HIPAA-compliant technology that manages medical transcription records at every stage of their lifecycle, from dictation through transcription, editing, Web-based management, integration, distribution, and long-term archiving.

Unlike other systems that force hospitals into a fixed process, CBay's platform is flexible and customizable, allowing users to work the way they want to work. All processes and workflows can be configured to individual hospitals' exact business and information/reporting requirements. Everyone involved in the medical transcription process-physicians, health information managers, and transcriptionists-is able to take advantage of greater speed, quality, and security, from capture through review, transcription, approval, records management, and archiving.

"We're honored to have been selected by UHC," said Christopher Foley, president, CBaySystems and Services, Inc. "Our mission is strongly aligned with theirs: act as a catalyst to improve efficiency and quality across the health care industry. At CBay, we call it a 'Worldclass Advantage'-leverage leading technology and professional resources to provide high-quality transcription, with the speed and efficiency that saves hospitals and physician practices time and money."

About University HealthSystem Consortium

The University HealthSystem Consortium, formed in 1984, is an alliance of academic health centers situated in the United States. As a membership organization, UHC provides its 95 full members and 139 associate members with a variety of helpful resources aimed at improving performance levels in clinical, operational, and financial areas. The mission of the University HealthSystem Consortium is to advance knowledge, foster collaboration, and promote change to help members succeed in their respective markets. UHC's vision is to be a catalyst for change, accelerating the achievement of clinical and operational excellence. For more information, visit http://www.uhc.edu/.

About CBaySystems

CBaySystems and Services, Inc. is a leading provider of health care technology and business process outsourcing (BPO) services to the health care industry. CBay delivers fully integrated transcription and receivables management solutions that improve processes, lower costs, and ultimately help physicians to provide superior patient care. Using HIPAA-compliant Web-based technologies, CBay's 5,000 highly credentialed medical language specialists and customer service professionals deliver the highest quality medical documentation to thousands of clients.

Since 1998, CBay has been serving major health systems, hospitals, clinics, and physician practices 24 hours a day, 365 days a year-always with a commitment to the highest standards of quality and customer service. CBay is headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland. For more information, visit http://www.cbaysystems.com/.

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