Imaging Healthcare Specialists renews billing service agreement with Zotec Partners

Zotec Partners (Zotec), an industry-leading provider of radiology billing and practice management services, announces a billing contract extension with Imaging Healthcare Specialists Medical Group, Inc. (IHSM) in San Diego, California.

According to Taylor Moorehead, partner of billing operations with Zotec, “Zotec has built its business on exceeding customer expectations. With our renewed billing contract, we can continue to optimize the group’s physician revenue in an environment of decreased fees and upcoming coding and regulatory changes. With our Comprehensive Zotec Analytics and Reporting (CZAR), IHSM will also have more access to practice data, business intelligence capabilities and reporting tools that can further enhance its cash flow and operations moving forward.”

Jon M. Robins, MD, chairman and CEO of IHSM states, “We are excited to continue our relationship with Zotec, not only because of its past history of exceptional performance, but also for the breadth and depth of analytics we now have with CZAR. Both are critical to our success in an ever-challenging reimbursement environment.”

IHSM has 10 imaging centers serving both San Diego and Riverside Counties; from Chula Vista to Temecula. It offers more than 30 years of imaging services experience, also earning an outstanding reputation for providing the highest quality medical imaging technology, highly specialized expertise and exceptional customer service to physicians and patients. Its experienced staff of board certified radiologists, technologists and support personnel are committed to providing the most accurate, safe, timely and caring medical imaging and interventional radiology services, including computed tomography (CT), mammography, MRI, nuclear medicine, pain management, PET/CT, ultrasound and X-ray.

Zotec is the industry leader in medical billing and practice management services for the hospital-based specialty market. The company is committed to the continuous pursuit of excellence in the physician revenue cycle and practice management industry by delivering effective solutions through its innovative software, personalized service and measurable client results. Zotec proprietary processes and technology manage in excess of 70 million medical encounters across all 50 states. For more information about Zotec Partners, visit http://www.zotecpartners.com

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