HAUPPAUGE, N.Y., Nov. 16, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Patient Access Solutions, Inc. (Pink Sheets:PASO), a provider of state of art healthcare and financial technologies is pleased to announce the release of its provider based solution for the dental industry. Dentists and Oral Surgeons can now check eligibility, claim status, submit claims, and reconcile payments from insurers, all in real time. Patient Access Solution's dental transaction solution suite will be packaged with clearinghouse services to streamline the registration and implementation process. Patient Access Solutions today can access over 700 Dental insurance plans including Aetna, Cigna, Humana, and the affiliates of Delta Dental and Blue Cross Blue Shield across the United States via its strategic partnership with Secure EDI Health Group.
"PASHEALTH is committed to making the claim reimbursement and administration process as simple and efficient as possible. Secure Claim Dental(R) will help our clients by providing enhanced capabilities and reporting as well as support through a robust customer service offering," said Bruce Weitzberg, CEO and President of Patient Access Solutions. "PASHEALTH and Secure EDI successfully partnered to develop robust solutions for the medical industry in 2008 and we expect similar success in facilitating transaction solutions for the dental community."
The Secure Claim Dental(R) solution offers the ability to submit healthcare and financial transactions via the PASHEALTH secure gateway. These transactions are then routed directly to multiple insurance companies and financial institutions through the Secure EDI transaction exchange. Each file is treated as a separate transaction that is tracked from pickup to delivery, similar to a package sent by a delivery service. Dental providers can check results online with the PASHEALTH Claim Management Center, including receipt confirmations, acknowledgments, claims status and remittance notices.
"Our dental providers have been asking for a simple online connection for claims submission," said Weitzberg. "Secure Claim Dental(R) provides easy Internet access to meet that need, along with HIPAA compliance and security."
About Patient Access Solutions, Inc.
Patient Access Solutions, Inc. (PAS) is a Healthcare Solutions Company which has created a formidable array of technology, resources and allies to enable it to become an agent of radical change in what has traditionally been a slowly evolving healthcare information technology environment. The Company's products are designed to allow health care providers an easy migration to the EMR environment. Among these products are D-PAS, which is a state-of-the-art digital pen and paper technology based on Anoto technology, used to capture hand written information into digital forms and EMR systems and PAS Data Center, which is a terminal solution that allows health care providers to quickly and easily determine benefit eligibility. More information on Patient Access Solutions, Inc. and its products can be viewed at www.pashealth.com.
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