American Hospital Association Awards its Revenue Cycle Endorsement to Stockamp & Associates

The American Hospital Association (AHA) today announced it has awarded an exclusive endorsement for Revenue Cycle and Inpatient Flow revenue improvement services to Stockamp & Associates, Inc. which helps health care organizations improve the patient care experience. Stockamp’s revenue cycle consultation restructures and simplifies hospital operations – from patient registration to account resolution – resulting in a more proactive, timely and effective process. Additionally, Stockamp’s inpatient flow consulting solution – Patient Progression® – helps hospitals effectively manage patient capacity and consistently improve the quality of patient care, increasing both patient and physician satisfaction.

After a review of providers in the market, AHA Solutions, the endorsement facility of the AHA, selected Stockamp because of the depth of its approach, its extensive track record with health care organizations, its subject-matter expertise and the demonstrated sustainability of improvements Stockamp has implemented for many of the nation’s leading health care providers.

“At AHA, our focus is to help hospitals focus on and improve the delivery of quality, patient-centered care,” said Anthony J. Burke, president and CEO of AHA Solutions. “We recognize that high quality results based on patient-centered care occurs in effectively operated organizations. That is why we are endorsing Stockamp. During our due diligence process, hospital providers reported that Stockamp not only delivered consistent and sustainable return on investment, but more importantly had an overwhelmingly positive impact on the patient and employee culture. With Stockamp’s impressive and consistent record of performance improvement results to hospitals and ratings by their clients as ‘their best consulting experience ever’(from 2006 KLAS study), we believe that Stockamp is the right choice to help deliver effective solutions to our members.”

“We are proud and excited to receive AHA’s endorsement, and look forward to helping AHA members reach the pinnacle of financial and operational improvement,” said Dale Stockamp, CEO of Stockamp & Associates. “The AHA’s confidence in our solutions reflects our mission to lead the healthcare field in improving the financing, management and delivery of care.”

Stockamp’s revenue cycle consulting services yields results that can be seen in the first 30 to 60 days after implementation, positively impacting efficiency and staff satisfaction. “Our consulting services also provide substantial improvements that last for many years into the future. We help hospitals achieve overall financial benefits in the range of $50 to $100 million, helping to ensure the long-term success of a hospital’s mission,” continued Stockamp.

The AHA-endorsed Stockamp services recently won national recognition by receiving the 2006 Best in KLAS Award in the category of Revenue Cycle Consulting — Transformation from KLAS, a national, independent firm that monitors the performance of professional service firms and health care IT vendors.