Electronic Health Reporter

Louisville, KY – January 31, 2014 — ZirMed, a leading health information connectivity and management solutions company, today announced it was once again ranked Best in KLAS, recognized as the #1 claims and clearinghouse vendor in the healthcare market.  The 2013 Best in KLAS: Software and Services report recognizes top-scoring healthcare vendors based on performance data collected from healthcare professionals.  To find proven technology partners, healthcare organizations depend on KLAS research for client satisfaction scores and reputable benchmark performance metrics.
“The Best in KLAS Awards are a unique honor since the rankings are determined by our most important ally—our clients. The healthcare industry is a dynamic and rapidly growing market and we believe this recognition cements ZirMed’s commitment to offering flexible solutions and exceptional support that help our clients succeed in this environment,” said Tom Butts, CEO, ZirMed. “We are proud that we have been able to impact the healthcare market and we feel this Best in KLAS Award validates our mission and purpose of giving organizations a clearer view of their financial and operational performance.”

ZirMed leverages its national database of healthcare payment information to cure administrative burdens and increase financial performance. ZirMed’s solutions aggregate and leverage data from its national network of over 1,200 payers and 195,000 providers to facilitate, manage, and analyze clinical and financial communications while driving patient engagement. ZirMed’s solutions include secure provider-to-provider and provider-to-patient financial and clinical communication portals, comprehensive analytics, eligibility verification, online payment, credit/debit card processing, claims management, coding compliancy and reimbursement management, electronic remittance advice, patient statements, patient estimation, patient e-commerce solutions and lockbox services.

For more information about KLAS and the 2013 Best in KLAS recipients, click here.  KLAS will publish the complete list of award-winners on January 30th and will be hosting the Annual Best in KLAS Awards Ceremony at this year’s 2014 HIMSS conference.  During the HIMSS conference, ZirMed will be launching several new and updated solutions and hosting demos in booth #3913, to showcase how their solutions can help attendees work claims more efficiently, use analytics to improve key performance indicators and establish benchmarks against their peers, and more.

About ZirMed®

Founded in 1999, ZirMed is one of healthcare’s premier health information connectivity and management solutions companies. ZirMed combines innovative software development with the industry’s most advanced transactional network and business analytics platform to give organizations a clearer view of their financial and operational performance. ZirMed’s industry-leading technology and client support have been recognized as Best in KLAS® in 2010, 2011 & 2013—modernizing critical connections between providers, patients and payers to improve the business and process of healthcare. Our nationwide network facilitates, manages and analyzes billions of healthcare transactions, driving bottom-line performance with clinical communications, comprehensive analytics, eligibility, claims management, coding compliance, reimbursement management, patient portals and patient payment services including credit card processing, online payments, statements, estimation and payment plan management. For more information about ZirMed, visit www.ZirMed.com.

About KLAS

KLAS is a research firm on a global mission to improve healthcare delivery by enabling providers to be heard and to be counted. Working with thousands of healthcare executives and clinicians, KLAS gathers data on software, services, medical equipment and infrastructure systems to deliver timely reports, trends and statistical overviews. The research directly represents the provider voice and acts as a catalyst for improving vendor performance. KLAS was founded in 1996, and KLAS’ staff and advisory board members average 25 years of healthcare information technology experience. For more information, go to www.KLASresearch.com, email marketing@KLASresearch.com or call 1-800-920-4109 to speak with a KLAS representative. Follow KLAS on Twitter https://twitter.com/klasresearch.