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Physician Micro Systems, Inc. (PMSI), a leader in the development of electronic medical records and practice management systems, today announced the release of its highly anticipated Practice Partner Medical Billing Version 8.0. Medical Billing 8.0 is a Windows-based release of the practice management system, featuring a new user-friendly interface and the addition of many new and enhanced features.

Medical Billing 8.0 unveils a new graphical user interface (GUI) that is fast, flexible and easy to navigate. Many screens are customizable, allowing practices the ability to configure the system to meet their specific needs. This versatility and configurability allows Medical Billing 8.0 to satisfy the requirements of all types and sizes of medical offices.

Medical Billing 8.0 adds a variety of powerful new features including:

-- Seamless Integration: Medical Billing 8.0 provides an unprecedented level of integration with Practice Partner Patient Records and Appointment Scheduler, allowing easy access to any of the applications with just one click. The closely integrated Practice Partner systems also reduce redundant data entry by providing robust sharing of information across the applications. This seamless integration of the Practice Partner software makes installation and setup easier while providing all of the tools necessary to transform any practice into a truly paperless office.

-- Powerful Demographics: Enhanced and customizable demographics fields allow users to effectively manage the complexities of today's families and insurance plans. New demographics capabilities allow practices to store additional information including email addresses, patient photos, insurance cards, unlimited alternative patient IDs, multiple phone numbers, name and address history, phone notes, and patient photos. The system can also automatically dial phone numbers and create emails from within the demographics screens.

-- Improved Account and Patient Lookup: Medical Billing 8.0 makes it easy to find patients and accounts within the system. There are over 20 different ways to lookup patients including account ID, guarantor name or ID, insurance ID, nicknames, former names, alternative patient IDs, sounds-like patient name, and much more.

-- Customizable Ledger: The new fully customizable ledger screens feature a spreadsheet style that allows significantly faster posting than other character-based and graphic-based systems by utilizing 10-key data entry and a functional enter key.

-- Electronic Encounter Form: Using Patient Records or Medical Billing, the fully configurable, on-screen electronic encounter form can be completed by the provider or automatically populated from data entered in the progress note. The billing clerk can then easily review the charges and post them with a single mouse-click, saving time and reducing posting errors.

-- Case Management: New case management functionality allows practices to accurately track referrals, authorizations and cases.

-- HIPAA-Compliant Electronic Claims Submission (ECS): Medical Billing 8.0 uses the new HIPAA-compliant ASC x12 format for electronic claims submission.

-- Powerful Reporting Capabilities: Medical Billing 8.0 provides a full suite of reporting tools, adding new reports such as expected payment analysis, analysis of diagnosis and provider recap reports. A powerful graphic-based report writer is also available and practices can now use Crystal Reports or Microsoft Excel for creating custom reports.

"Practice Partner Medical Billing Version 8.0 represents a tremendous step forward. With the release of a Windows-based practice management solution, we are providing an easy-to-use application that is not only tremendously flexible and powerful but is also fully integrated with Practice Partner Appointment Scheduler and Patient Records to offer practices a complete software solution," said Dr. Andrew Ury, President of PMSI.

About Physician Micro Systems, Inc. (PMSI)

Seattle-based PMSI is a leader in the development and marketing of innovative electronic medical records and practice management products for medical offices and large healthcare enterprises. Founded in 1983 by Andrew Ury, M.D. to provide comprehensive software solutions for office-based physicians, PMSI is one of the pioneers in electronic medical records software. With over 19 years of experience and more than 1,300 offices using Practice Partner software, PMSI has created software products that are finely honed to the real-world needs of physicians, nurses, and office professionals.

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