Bottom Line Systems (BLS) Receives HFMA Peer Review Designation

The Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) recently reviewed Bottom Line Systems' (BLS) Underpayment Review for Commercial and Governmental Payers service using the Peer Review process. After undergoing the rigorous review, BLS' Underpayment Review for Commercial and Governmental Payers has earned the "Peer Reviewed by HFMA" designation.

Bottom Line Systems' (BLS) Underpayment Review for Commercial and Governmental Payers service specializes in identifying and collecting underpayments and denials from commercial and governmental payers. With an in-depth focus on process improvement, BLS partners with its clients to help uncover the fundamental causes for underpayments and denials, strengthening systems, and preventing future losses.

"Achieving the Peer Review designation from HFMA is a tremendous honor. We are extremely pleased that we have been added to HFMA's 'Short List' of Peer Review products and services," says BLS President and CEO, Bob Stevens. "Our commitment to integrity, exceptional service, and superior results is perfectly aligned with the demanding standards of the HFMA Peer Review process."

HFMA's Peer Review process provides healthcare financial managers with an objective, third-party evaluation of products and services used in the healthcare workplace. The rigorous, 11-step process includes a Peer Review panel review comprised of current customers, prospects who have not made a purchase, and industry experts. The Peer Review status of the product or service and its performance claims are based on effectiveness, quality and usability, price, value, and customer and technical support. Learn more at hfma.org/peerreview.

"We're pleased to have Bottom Line Systems achieve their HFMA Peer Reviewed designation," says HFMA President and CEO Joseph J. Fifer, FHFMA, CPA. "The HFMA Peer Review process assures our members, through a rigorous evaluation, that the reviewed product or service meets an objective third-party assessment of overall effectiveness, quality, and value."

About HFMA

With more than 40,000 members, the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) is the nation's premier membership organization for healthcare finance leaders. HFMA builds and supports coalitions with other healthcare associations and industry groups to achieve consensus on solutions for the challenges the U.S. healthcare system faces today. Working with a broad cross-section of stakeholders, HFMA identifies gaps throughout the healthcare delivery system and bridges them through the establishment and sharing of knowledge and best practices. We help healthcare stakeholders achieve optimal results by creating and providing education, analysis, and practical tools and solutions. Our mission is to lead the financial management of health care. For more information, visit hfma.org.

About Bottom Line Systems (BLS)

Bottom Line Systems (BLS) is a healthcare consulting company that partners with its hospital, physician and infusion clients to identify and collect underpayments and denials from third party payers. Their unique methodology is a synergistic combination of full-time, on-site presence; specialized review and expertise; and customized, powerful state-of-the-art technology. BLS provides its clients with highly specialized teams of managed care analysts, denial specialists, nurses, physicians, attorneys and certified coders to review and recover claim underpayments, reverse clinical and administrative denials and provide root-cause analysis reporting to mitigate future losses. For more information, visit onlinebls.com.