Prime Care Physicians Selects Integrated NextGen Technology Platform

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HORSHAM, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: QSII), and leading provider of healthcare information systems and connectivity solutions, today announced it has executed an agreement with Prime Care Physicians, P.L.L.C. to deploy NextGen® EHR (Electronic Health Record) and NextGen® Practice Management. The Albany, N.Y.-based multi-specialty practice will implement the integrated platform across its enterprise, which consists of 104 providers that serve a geographic area from Kingston to Glens Falls, N.Y. Implementation is expected to be completed in 2010.

“We were an early adopter of EHR technology, but the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) provided the opportunity to replace our previous systems with an integrated system that will enable us to secure proposed incentives,” said Richard Rowley, M.D., president of Prime Care Physicians. “In addition, NextGen Healthcare has built a reputation as a market leader and, as a multi-specialty practice, we were particularly impressed with the breadth of specialty workflow capabilities they offer.”

Featuring pre-built clinical templates and workflow for more than 25 specialties, NextGen EHR provides complete, accurate documentation stored in a standard format. NextGen Healthcare’s NextGen EHR version 5.6 is a CCHIT Certified® 2011 Ambulatory EHR, additionally certified for Child Health and Cardiovascular Medicine with Advanced Reporting. NextGen Practice Management allows healthcare organizations with multiple locations to centralize appointment scheduling, billing, collections and other business processes.

“Data sharing and pay-for-performance initiatives are emerging in our region, so it was critical for us to find a platform that will respond to the reporting requirements we anticipate having as we actively participate in these important programs,” said Dr. Bruce Coplin, FACC, EHR Physician Champion, and cardiologist at Prime Care Physicians. “With recent Medicare cuts, it was also important for us to gain billing efficiencies. We believe the integrated NextGen platform will enable us to meet both our short- and long-term needs from a clinical and financial perspective.”

CCHIT Certified® is a registered mark of the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology.

Health Information Exchange of New York (HIXNY), a not-for-profit organization that offers a secure technology infrastructure and services for exchanging health information among hospitals and doctors in the Capital Region and Northern New York, is one data sharing initiative in Prime Care’s region. The practice has been an active member of HIXNY, and expects its use of NextGen technology to further enhance the quality – and quantity – of data it receives and provides.

“With the national focus on meaningful use and other quality of care efforts, Prime Care Physicians’ decision to expand its use of technology is a very timely one,” said Philip N. Kaplan, chief operating officer for Quality Systems, the parent company of NextGen Healthcare. “The practice is poised to take a leadership role in not only its community, but at a state and national level as well.”

As organizations like Prime Care Physicians seek to take advantage of ARRA stimulus payments, NextGen Healthcare has produced educational resources for providers and opened its Community Forum for discussion, questions and comments on the topic. The company also provides a Money-Back Guarantee Program to assure the NextGen EHR solution will always evolve to meet the requirements for federal stimulus reimbursement programs.

About NextGen Healthcare

NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: QSII), provides integrated electronic health record and practice management systems, connectivity solutions, and billing services for hospitals and ambulatory practices of all sizes and specialties. For more information about NextGen, please visit www.nextgen.com and www.qsii.com.

About Prime Care

Prime Care Physicians, P.L.L.C. is an integrated, physician owned multi-specialty group with over 100 providers in Primary Care, Cardiology and Radiology who practice throughout the greater Capital District of New York State. In addition to 22 physician office locations, the practice owns and operates a Clinical Laboratory, an outpatient Imaging Center and also an Urgent Care Facility. For more information, please visit www.primecarepc.com.

This news release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Statements regarding future events, developments, the Company's future performance, as well as management's expectations, beliefs, intentions, plans, estimates or projections relating to the future (including, without limitation, statements concerning revenue and net income), are forward-looking statements within the meaning of these laws and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Management believes that these forward-looking statements are reasonable and are based on reasonable assumptions and forecasts, however, undue reliance should not be placed on such statements that speak only as of the date hereof. Moreover, these forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, some of which are outlined below. As a result, actual results may vary materially from those anticipated by the forward-looking statements. Among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements are: volume and timing of systems sales and installations; length of sales cycles and installation process; the possibility that the products will not achieve market acceptance; seasonal patterns of sales and customer buying behavior; the development by competitors of new or superior technologies; the timing, cost and success or failure of new product and service introductions, development and product upgrade releases; undetected errors or bugs in software; product liability; changing economic, political or regulatory influences in the health-care industry; changes in product-pricing policies; availability of third-party products and components; competitive pressures including product offerings, pricing and promotional activities; the Company's ability or inability to attract and retain qualified personnel; possible regulation of the Company's software by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; uncertainties concerning threatened, pending and new litigation against the Company including related professional services fees; uncertainties concerning the amount and timing of professional fees incurred by the Company generally; changes of accounting estimates and assumptions used to prepare the prior periods' financial statements; general economic conditions; and the risk factors detailed from time to time in Quality Systems' periodic reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. A significant portion of the Company's quarterly sales of software product licenses and computer hardware is concluded in the last month of the fiscal quarter, generally with a concentration of such revenues earned in the final ten business days of that month. Due to these and other factors, the Company's revenues and operating results are very difficult to forecast. A major portion of the Company's costs and expenses, such as personnel and facilities, are of a fixed nature and, accordingly, a shortfall or decline in quarterly and/or annual revenues typically results in lower profitability or losses. As a result, comparison of the Company's period-to-period financial performance is not necessarily meaningful and should not be relied upon as an indicator of future performance. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

For NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc.
Brian Parrish, 404-663-3807
bparrish@dodgecommunications.com


 
 
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