DALLAS, June 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SOURCECORP, Inc. (Nasdaq: SRCP)
a leading provider of business process outsourcing solutions and specialized
high value consulting services announced today that the Medical Center of
Louisiana at New Orleans (MCLNO) will continue to outsource its Trauma and
Tumor Registry functions to LexiCode Corporation, SOURCECORP's healthcare
coding unit.
"As a level one trauma center, maintaining accurate and timely data
regarding our patient population is critical," stated Adler Voltaire, Chief
Administrative Officer, Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans. "LexiCode
was awarded the bid for another five-year contract because of the caliber of
their trauma registry professionals, their ability and experience in providing
trauma and tumor registry services, as well as the excellent service that they
have provided for MCLNO in the past."
As part of the outsourcing agreement, LexiCode will continue to provide
full management and registry functions for the Trauma Registry as well as
management and support for the Tumor Registry on behalf of the hospital.
"We have been a business partner with MCLNO since 1992 providing coding,
trauma and tumor registry services and are pleased to be reselected. We look
forward to continuing our partnership with the Medical Center of Louisiana at
New Orleans, a state of the art hospital," said Barbara Silman, RHIA, CCS,
CCS-P, President, LexiCode, a SOURCECORP company.
About the Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans
The Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans (formerly Charity Hospital)
was founded in 1736 and is the second oldest hospital in the United States.
The Emergency Department at the Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans
(MCLNO) treated over 135,000 patients in their emergency rooms last year.
MCLNO is a nationally recognized level one trauma center that treats
approximately 4,000 trauma patients per year. For more information about The
Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans, visit their website at
http://www.mclno.org .
About LexiCode, a SOURCECORP Company
Founded in 1981, LexiCode Corporation is a national leader in providing
coding and consulting services to the health care industry. LexiCode serves
hospital and physician clients nationwide utilizing proficient and
credentialed Health Information Management (HIM) professionals. LexiCode has
performed extensive coding and reimbursement validation studies, backlog,
temporary and permanent coding support, trauma and tumor registry support as
well as HIM and coding department management and customized HIM projects. To
learn more about LexiCode, visit their website at http://www.lexicode.com .
About SOURCECORP(R)
SOURCECORP, Incorporated provides business process outsourcing solutions
and specialized high value consulting services to clients throughout the
U.S. SOURCECORP focuses on business processes in information-intensive
industries including healthcare, legal, financial services, government and
transportation & logistics. Headquartered in Dallas, the Company serves
clients throughout the United States through a network of locations in the
U.S., Mexico and India.
SOURCECORP is a component of both the S&P SmallCap 600 Index and the
Russell 2000 Index. The Company has been cited among the Top 100 Hot Growth
Companies by BusinessWeek magazine. SOURCECORP has also been recognized twice
by Forbes magazine as one of the 200 Best Small Companies, based on return
equity, sales growth, and EPS growth, and by FORTUNE magazine as one of
America's 100 Fastest Growing Public Companies. For more information
about SOURCECORP's solutions, including case-study examples, visit
the SOURCECORP website at http://www.sourcecorp.com .
The statements in this press release, which are not historical fact, are
forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, which could
cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking
statements. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to,
any financial estimates, projections, and estimates of future contract values
included in this press release. The aforementioned risks and uncertainties
include, without limitation, the risks of integrating our operating companies,
of the timing and magnitude of technological advances, of the occurrences of a
diminution in our existing customers' needs for our services, of a change in
the amount companies outsource business processes, of the impact to margins
resulting from a change in revenue mix as well as the risks detailed
in SOURCECORP's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including
without limitation, those detailed under the heading "Risk Factors" in the
Company's most recent annual report on Form 10-K. SOURCECORP disclaims any
intention or obligation to revise any forward-looking statements, including
financial estimates, whether as a result of new information, future events, or
otherwise, except as required by law.
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Related links:
http://www.sourcecorp.com
http://www.lexicode.com http://www.mclno.org
CONTACT:
Mary Leos, Director, Corporate Marketing &
Communications of SOURCECORP, +1-214-740-6907, or
maryleos@srcp.com
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