ITelagen and Bell Medical Services Partner to Promote

Meaningful Use of Electronic Medical Records

 

Introducing “one-stop shop for EMR” to more than 5,000 Northeast and Mid-Atlantic physicians.

 

Jersey City, NJ (Vocus) January 13, 2010 --ITelagen, Inc., innovative provider of healthcare information

technology, medical billing and electronic medical records (EMR), and Bell Medical Services, Inc., a leading

regional distributor of medical supplies, equipment and pharmaceuticals, have formed an exclusive partnership

aimed at encouraging the widespread, meaningful use of EMRs in physician practices throughout the Northeast

and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

 

“This new partnership gives Bell Medical Services’ physician clients the easiest and most effective route to

claiming stimulus dollars for EMR adoption,” explains ITelagen Chief Executive Officer John O’Keefe.

“Physician practices can rely on ITelagen’s combination of EMR, medical billing services and IT support, to fully

automate their billing process and achieve meaningful use of EMRs.”

 

Bell Medical Services’ sales footprint reaches from Maine to Florida, serving more than 5000 doctors in

small-to-midsized practices of 1-20 physicians. In addition to leading medical supplies, equipment and

pharmaceuticals, Bell Medical Services’ sales force will now offer ITelagen’s“One-Stop Shop for EMR” to all

physicians in the Bell Medical network.

 

“Both ITelagen and Bell Medical Services are very relationship-focused,” says Jeff Schimbeno, Bell Medical

Services’ Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing.“Because of this, we understand physician needs and

concerns from a practice standpoint better than most. Together, we’re helping physicians improve their practices

through more efficient medical billing and operations while getting every ARRA HITECH dollar to which they’re

entitled”

 

About ITelagen, Inc.

 

ITelagen© redefines Healthcare IT for medical practices by providing electronic medical records (EMR) as part

of an entire back-office solution, one that increases revenues, speeds collections and provides unlimited IT

support for all aspects of the platform, network and staff members. It's a unique combination of comprehensive

billing and IT expertise bundled with EMR, all for a flat percent of the physician's collected revenue. By

combining billing, IT, hosting and certified EMR experts, ITelagen becomes the single point of contact and

"One-Stop Shop for EMR©" and computing infrastructure.

 

About Bell Medical Services, Inc.

 

Bell Medical Services, Inc. has been a leading medical supplier to physicians, occupational and school health

since 1972. Bell’s central New Jersey distribution center provides over 50,000 medical supply, equipment and

pharmaceutical products. You can contact Bell Medical Services toll free at 800-828-8008, or visit our Web site,

 

http://www.bellmed.com

 

CONTACT:

Jeff Schimbeno Sr. Vice President

Jeff@BellMed.com

800-828-8008 x.121