Williamsburg, Va.-based eScribe, a company created to relieve physicians from data entry tasks for insurance reimbursement, has been acquired by national competitor ScribeAmerica.
ScribeAmerica, headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., acquired eScribe to add to its portfolio of 1,000-plus sites across the U.S.
Scribes — trained medical information managers who observe physicians to document services and treatment for proper insurance reimbursement — are becoming more crucial to hospitals and healthcare systems in the shifting regulatory and reimbursement landscape. The e-scribe practice has garnered momentum in the wake of wider hospital EHR adoption as physicians find data entry an inefficient use of their time.
The concept of e-scribes started in emergency medicine and has grown into a dozen specialties including pediatrics, orthopedics and cardiology, eScribe founder Brian Clare told the Daily Press..
"I...think it was the right decision to partner with a large organization that has the infrastructure in place," Mr. Clare told the Daily Press. Scribe America is present in more than 1,200 healthcare facilities in 48 states and employs more than 9,000 scribes.
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