EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Sept. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Computer Sciences Corporation today announced it has signed a five-year business process outsourcing (BPO) agreement with Southwestern Emergency Physicians (SWEP), a Georgia-based staffing company that serves physician group practices and hospital emergency units. Under the agreement, CSC's physician practice BPO center in Birmingham, Ala., will perform emergency medical services coding, billing and collections for SWEP.
SWEP provides turnkey emergency room services, including physician services and administrative support, to two hospitals in southwestern Georgia that handle more than 70,000 emergency room patient visits annually. With CSC's BPO services, SWEP will simplify financial administration, reduce processing costs and renew its focus on patient care, a core competency.
"The hospitals that we support are moving toward paperless processing," said Dr. Gopala Derebail, SWEP vice president. "CSC has the technology and infrastructure to support a seamless transition, along with strong business process expertise and a focus on quality assurance."
"Hospitals are under increasing pressure to streamline emergency department billing and collections," said Steve Sabino, vice president of CSC's Health Plan Solutions organization. "With CSC's support, SWEP can help its hospital clients improve coding accuracy and turnaround time on financial transactions, reducing the hospitals' audit liability and increasing the profitability of their emergency departments."
For more than 25 years, CSC has delivered applications and outsourcing services that help health plans, preferred provider organizations, third-party administrators and physician practices improve efficiency, reduce operational costs, increase speed to market, and improve customer service and care management. CSC's applications, application service provider and BPO services support more than 300 healthcare clients, representing 30 million covered lives and 230 million claims annually.
About Southwestern Emergency Physicians
Southwestern Emergency Physicians, P.C., based in southwestern Georgia, is one of the leading emergency medicine group practices in the U.S., with a patient volume of more than 70,000 annual visits. The majority of SWEP physicians are board-certified and residency-trained in emergency medicine. For over thirty years, SWEP's physicians, physician assistants and administrative staff have dedicated themselves to staying ahead of advances in medicine and using leading-edge technology to ensure both the physical and mental wellness of patients.
About CSC
Founded in 1959, Computer Sciences Corporation is a leading global information technology (IT) services company. CSC's mission is to provide customers in industry and government with solutions crafted to meet their specific challenges and enable them to profit from the advanced use of technology.
With approximately 90,000 employees, CSC provides innovative solutions for customers around the world by applying leading technologies and CSC's own advanced capabilities. These include systems design and integration; IT and business process outsourcing; applications software development; Web and application hosting; and management consulting. Headquartered in El Segundo, Calif., CSC reported revenue of $14.9 billion for the 12 months ended July 2, 2004. For more information, visit the company's Web site at http://www.csc.com/.
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