LENEXA, Kan., Jan. 9, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mediware Information Systems, Inc. announces that it has entered into an agreement with A/R Allegiance Group, a firm specializing in strategies to improve private pay collections in the home care and durable medical equipment markets, as an integrated solution provider (ISP). As a result of this business relationship, Mediware will offer the users of its homecare software solutions access to COLLECTPlus©, a billing service product offered by A/R Allegiance Group. The AR Allegiance services will provide Mediware customers access to proprietary private pay billing collections solutions, which enable its users to achieve better financial results.
"This relationship will complement the services offered by Advantage Reimbursement LLC, our market leading billing and collection service for the home infusion market," said T.Kelly Mann, President and CEO of Mediware Information Systems. "We are really excited about the new integration with A/R Allegiance products which will provide our customers with additional tools to further improve their financial position," added Mann.
"By tightening the integration between A/R Allegiance's COLLECTPlus© and Mediware's portfolio of patient management systems, both companies agree the collaboration will increase productivity and further our provider's ability to streamline patient billing and collection resources," said Keith Lilek, A/R Allegiance Group CEO.
About Mediware Information Systems:
Mediware was founded in 1970 and began offering software solutions in 1980 to help providers excel in high-growth, complex patient care environments that remain underserved by existing vendors. The company employs more than 400 subject matter experts who deeply understand business and care processes in highly specialized acute, non-acute and community-based care settings and have years of experience integrating systems. Mediware's portfolio of solutions currently includes blood solutions, cellular therapy, home care, medication management, rehabilitation, respiratory therapy. For more information about Mediware products and services, visit www.mediware.com, or call: 888.Mediware.
About A/R Allegiance Group©, LLC (ARA):
A/R Allegiance helps companies reduce collection costs through innovative management of the accounts receivable cycle without going directly to collection agencies for solutions. ARA provides the necessary processes and tools that greatly reduces labor by automating the entire billing and collection cycle and differentiates itself from competitors by bringing that automation to a manual process; integrating directly with a client's patient management system; automating the business rules criteria for assigning accounts; and bringing technology where it wasn't available before. ARA's portfolio of revenue cycle management services specializes in billing and debt collection strategies focused on private pay receivables. ARA's signature product is COLLECTPlus©, a proprietary service that combines in-depth and unique accounts receivables recovery methodology and an interactive web portal feature. Together they provide the most comprehensive private pay billing and collection system in the industry delivering cost effective results. COLLECTPlus© is proven to increase cash recovery and decrease costs while being transparent and easy to manage. For more information about A/R Allegiance Group©, LLC visit www.arallegiance.com; call Bruce Gehring at 913-338-4790 x202 or email BGehring@ARAllegiance.com.