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LOS ALTOS, Calif. & MINNEAPOLIS -- ScImage, a leading enterprise PACS and information management company, based in Los Altos, California, and ProVation Medical, developer of procedure documentation and coding software, announced today that they have entered into a co-marketing agreement. The Minneapolis-based software provider will offer ScImage's PicomEnterprise(R) to its current and future Cardiology customers; in turn, ScImage will offer ProVation MD Software for Cardiology documentation and coding compliance to its customers.

ScImage's PicomEnterprise solution is a single database, single archive imaging solution for multiple departments that can capture both DICOM images and non-DICOM objects for any subspecialty in the healthcare enterprise. In addition to being an enterprise-wide, web-based solution, PicomEnterprise has department-specific analysis and workflow tools.

ProVation MD software eliminates dictation and transcription, allowing clinicians to create and finalize procedure notes in minutes - complete with the appropriate ICD/CPT/ CCI Edit codes for proper reimbursement, compliance and faster payment. The software's unique DocuDiagram feature provides a graphical method for documenting cardiac function and findings data that automatically generates the medical content and coding of the note.

"The strength of PicomEnterprise and ProVation MD integrated together is a powerful combination," stated ScImage Founder and CEO, Sai P. Raya, Ph.D. "We're looking forward to a very successful relationship."

"ProVation is committed to forming strategic partnerships with companies whose products complement our systems and offer additional value to our Cardiology customers, and we are pleased to enter into this co-marketing agreement with ScImage," said Mark Wagner, chief executive officer, ProVation Medical. "Together, ProVation and ScImage offer a multi-departmental PACS with streamlined, efficient procedure documentation and coding."

About ProVation Medical, Inc.

ProVation Medical, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN), a leading healthcare software and services company, provides solutions that significantly enhance revenue and decrease costs per medical procedure. Hospitals and Ambulatory Surgery Centers that use ProVation Medical software (1) improve their coding accuracy resulting in a 5-25 percent improvement in reimbursement for their medical procedures, (2) eliminate transcription costs, and (3) consolidate and simplify all the major financial, clinical and administrative tasks that accompany each procedure.

ProVation MD/RN software replaces inefficient dictation/transcription processes, producing complete, billing-ready, image- and diagram-enhanced documentation for multi-specialty clinical procedures. Through an innovative "Anticipatory Interface(R)", the software links deep medical content designed by ProVation's in-house 12-member physician and coding staff to compliant CPT/ICD/CCI-edit reimbursement codes, producing a comprehensive operative note. The result is coder-ready documentation delivering compliance, proper reimbursement, and shortened days in Accounts Receivable with an ROI ranging from 25-200% and payback within 12-20 months.