HMS Launches Online Payments

HDM Breaking News, August 5, 2009

Community hospital software vendor Healthcare Management Systems Inc. has introduced an online bill payment Web portal application.

The portal is accessible via a link on a hospital's Web site. The portal enables a patient to view bills, set up recurring payments or make a one-time electronic checking or credit card payment, according to the Nashville, Tenn.-based company. Payments entered via the portal are automatically updated in the HMS patient accounting software.

Thayer County Health Services, a critical access hospital in Hebron, Neb., piloted the online payment services. Automated posting means the payments show up in day-end reports, increasing efficiency, says Michael Pracheil, CFO.

More information is available at hmstn.com and thayercountyhealth.com.

--Joseph Goedert

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