FreeDOM MD ® Now Offers Insurance Eligibility Verification Through Emdeon NetDirect®

PR Log (Press Release) – Aug 28, 2009 – 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) will now offer insurance eligibility verification through Emdeon Net Direct®.

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-based
•   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-use
•   Eliminates human error
•   Low-Cost, Web-Based – no software or hardware to install