Mendocino Medical Associates Upgrades to Web-Based Charge Capture Software From Ingenious Med To Support Hospitalist Practice IMBILLS™ Provides Effective and Efficient Inpatient Care & Charge Capture ATLANTA, GA – October 11, 2005 – Ingenious Med, leaders in software for improving inpatient care quality and charge capture collection, announces that Mendocino Medical Associates, based in Ft. Bragg, CA, has upgraded to IMBILLS - Web Edition(TM) to better automate the daily routines of physicians while rounding. Ingenious Med's IMBILLS online service and client software allows mobile and wireless charge capture at bedside for greater mobility for doctors. IMBILLS improves quality data collection while rounding, reduces billing errors associated with manual data entry, and decreases denials attributed to coding inconsistencies. "Pressures on healthcare providers for performance in terms of cost, quality and service has escalated and requires an ongoing effort to improve efficiency," said Benjamin Graham, MD at Mendocino Medical Associates. "Ingenious Med's IMBILLS - Web Edition(TM) will improve productivity by allowing charge capture at bedside." "Mendocino Medical Associates is a long-time supporter of IMBILLS," said Steven T. Liu, MD, founder and CEO of Ingenious Med. "Our Web Edition enables staff to improve billing accuracy, decrease administrative costs and avoid denials, all while offering time-saving clinical rounding tools." IMBILLS - Web Edition provides mobile electronic charge capture to give physicians freedom and mobility for inpatient visits. Electronic charge capture at the point of care decreases lost charges, captures encounters more accurately, and reduces administrative costs. IMBILLS features rounding sheets, immediate charge submission, prescription printing, and discharge summaries that provide practice management groups with the aggregate data needed for robust analyses. IMBILLS decreases charge lag from weeks/months by submitting bills within hours/days of an encounter. About Ingenious Med, Inc. Ingenious Med offers next-generation, healthcare industry software, "designed by physicians for physicians." For years, the firm's large, national customer base has relied upon this leading solution. At Ingenious Med, clinicians and healthcare IT experts deliver software that works well in the crucible of a busy clinical practice. Practicing physicians establish the interface and process foundations for clinical software development. The result is creation - and exacting refinement - of ergonomic, intuitive, and practical applications for the busy physician. Current solutions for medical practices include wireless PC, handheld, and server-based software that serve physicians as they make hospital rounds, allowing them to easily gather information and capture charges at the patient's bedside. Captured data synchronizes with Ingenious Med’s, Web-based ASP solution, providing easily accessible and secure information to the entire practice. Internet connectivity and Ingenious Med's charge capture applications simplify the practice of medicine for both clinicians and administrators. Ingenious Med's mobile software solutions improve the healthcare billing process by providing physicians with an easy to use charge capture tool, which features an intuitive interface. Ready-to-go software includes comprehensive ICD-9, CPT, and RVU databases that are customized, for each specialty, to capture required data. Please call us at (404) 815-0862.