Charlottesville, VA -- Health Data Services, Inc., a leader in the health information technology market, is pleased to announce that its free practice management and EMR product FreeDOM (http://www.freedommd.com)
Emdeon NetDirect is a web-based solution providing real-time patient insurance eligibility and benefits information for most health plans. Emdeon NetDirect instantly connects to the largest group of commercial and government payers in the industry to provide a wealth of real-time patient information. This solution meets HIPAA compliance standards and the privacy of transactions is protected with the highest level of Internet-based security.
Emdeon NetDirect has the ability to verify patient eligibility for a single individual inquiry, during registration, or for a group of records called 'batches.' This feature is especially attractive for physician practices, medical groups, business offices, billing services, admitting, and more.
Features
• Internet-
• Real-time patient eligibility verification
• Referral submissions & referral status inquiries
• Authorizations & precertifications
• Claim Status inquiry
• Batch processing capability
• Supports Medicaid, Medicare and commercial health plans
• Smart SearchTM technology automatically processes all available search criteria to determine patient eligibility
Benefits
• Much faster than verifying eligibility over the phone
• Improves patient information
• Easy-to-
• Eliminates human error
• Low-Cost, Web-Based – no software or hardware to install



