ZirMed® Named To Healthcare Informatics Magazine?s Top 100

Louisville, KY  – ZirMed®, a leading national provider of revenue cycle management solutions for healthcare providers, announced today that it has been ranked America’s 66th largest Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) company, as determined by revenue, in Healthcare Informatics magazine’s 2009 Top 100 listing.  In addition to its inclusion for the third consecutive year in the Top 100 rankings, ZirMed also achieved its highest placement ever, moving up 11 spots from 77th in 2008 and 21 from its position at No. 87 in 2007.

“ZirMed’s reputation as America’s most trusted revenue cycle management partner has helped us continually raise our position in the Healthcare Informatics Top 100,” said Jerry Merritt, ZirMed’s president and CEO.  “We’ve worked hard to provide unsurpassed product quality as well as the broadest supported payer base in the industry.  Those advantages, combined with an aggressive program of value-added services for providers and patients alike, has helped assure our sustained growth.”

Healthcare Informatics’ Top 100 listing, prepared and published by the magazine, is one of the most respected compilations of major

HIT companies in the U.S.  The report appears in the June 2009 issue of the publication, which has a readership of nearly 50,000 subscribers in the healthcare and technology fields.

In addition to its recognition for revenue performance, ZirMed has also ranked at the top of the healthcare field for superior-quality business solutions.  In the past year ZirMed achieved a top-tier placement in the KLAS Ambulatory EDI Claims Clearinghouse Survey, which evaluates U.S. healthcare EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) claims clearinghouse vendors and their ability to provide differentiated services that help healthcare providers improve efficiency and increase revenue.

ZirMed attained an overall performance score of 91.0 out of 100 in the KLAS survey, 8 points higher than the average for all vendors in its category.

About ZirMed:
Founded in 1999, ZirMed is a nationally recognized leader in delivering revenue cycle management solutions to healthcare providers.  ZirMed enables healthcare providers to leverage the power of technology to cure administrative burdens and increase cash flow.  ZirMed solutions include eligibility verification, credit/debit card processing, check processing, claims management, coding compliancy and reimbursement management, electronic remittance advice, patient statements, patient e-commerce solutions, provider credentialing, and lock box services.  ZirMed solutions are designed to complement provider workflow and to provide innovative, creative and flexible solutions for healthcare’s most pressing administrative challenges.  For more information about ZirMed, visit www.zirmed.com/pr.