Anesthesia Business Consultants Decreases Processing Time For Medical Claims

Most companies would be thrilled beyond belief if they were able to more than quadruple their productivity.

Anesthesia Business Consultants is not like most companies.

Since its inception, Anesthesia Business Consultants has had the foresight to leverage technology in ways that have enabled it to eclipse its competition dramatically. While most companies might be complacent about doing more after experiencing a fourfold increase in productivity, Anesthesia Business Consultants had the vision to recognize that leap as merely a starting point.

Anesthesia Business Consultants processes medical claims for more than 3,000 providers that represent approximately 250 different groups. The claims are then parceled out for payment through NEIC, Medicaid, Medicare, Blue Shield, and other sources. A privately held company located in Jackson, MI, they employ 250 people throughout the United States.

As one of the first companies to implement imaging, Anesthesia Business Consultants remains on the forefront of technology in the healthcare industry. Prior to 2001, their system consisted of a single-user Canon imaging system that was not connected to the network, and paper files stored in boxes. Lots of boxes.

After using this system for a period of time, Anesthesia Business Consultants measured the number of images that they were able to scan and retrieve with the system and compared their results with their manual filing system. Surprisingly, they realized that the imaging system was not an improvement over the manual system; using either method, they were only able to process a maximum of 100 images per day.

Their need was much greater than their existing capabilities.