TriCore Reference Laboratories Signs Contract to Purchase Rhodes Groups Proprietary Front-end Client and Collection Facility Order Entry Solution

Albuquerque & Hartford (PRWEB) July, 2003 -- Rhodes Group, Inc., a leading Connecticut-based healthcare management and IT consulting firm, announces TriCore Reference Laboratories purchase of Fast Orders, Rhodes Groups proprietary front-end client and collection facility order entry solution for implementation in 15 of TriCores patient care centers. TriCore is New Mexicos largest medical laboratory.

Fast Orders is an innovative and comprehensive HIPAA, MSP, and ABN compliant front-end order entry system for laboratories, patient care centers, and physician offices," says Doug Wussow, Rhodes Groups vice president of financial services. Uniquely engineered as a powerful, complete, and truly versatile interfaced client order entry solution, Fast Orders provides revenue enhancing capabilities and minimizes multiple entry steps by providing 'single screen order entry and 'single screen registration user interfaces."

We were impressed by Fast Orders ability to alert front-end staff about data-formatting errors the moment theyre made," says Stella Saindon, TriCore Reference Laboratories chief financial officer. Rooting these errors out at the source will save back-office time and allow claims to pass more quickly through our system."

In addition, Fast Orders automatically alerts our front-end users when an Advance Beneficiary Notice is required. The ability to print this patient-specific ABN while the patient is in the facility will enhance our current manual process for identifying cases where an ABN is needed."

About Rhodes Group, Inc.
Rhodes Group, Inc. is a leading, Connecticut based, healthcare management and IT consulting firm, dedicated to delivering results-oriented services and solutions to the healthcare industry. Rhodes Group provides unparalleled consulting expertise, enhanced implementation services, and the effective utilization of innovative information technology solutions to maximize ROI and optimize revenue streams for healthcare providers across outreach business lines.

About TriCore Reference Laboratories
TriCore Reference Laboratories is New Mexicos largest medical laboratory. Sponsored by the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Presbyterian Healthcare Services and St. Vincent Hospital, TriCore serves clients throughout New Mexico and in parts of Texas, Arizona,Colorado and Nevada.

Contact Information:
Rhodes Group, Inc.
Sebastian J. Leonardi, Director of Business Development
SJLeonardi@RhodesGroup.org
(860) 296-1972, ext.304