Keais Records Service, established in 1975 as the first litigation support company specializing in records retrieval services, is celebrating its milestone thirty-fifth anniversary by launching a new web site and further enhancing its electronic capabilities to serve the litigation discovery needs of major law firms, insurance companies, corporations and TPAs.
“Now a new revolution is at hand”
The new site, www.keais.com, includes a secure online portal that gives clients full access to their records, order status and account information, and is fully compliant with the protected health information privacy requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The site also details the company's unique ability to offer paperless legal nurse consultant reviews of all medical records, and its proprietary and industry-leading Case Management Protocol™ for organizing, indexing and expediting medical records.
"The past 10 years have been a time of especially rapid technological and market growth for Keais, and our new web site symbolizes that we are extending our cutting-edge capabilities," said Michael Lehane, Chief Executive Officer. "When we were founded as a small boutique firm in 1975, the electronic data and document discovery (EDD) revolution had not yet begun to transform the litigation process. Since then we have constantly innovated and grown our medical records analysis capabilities to become the premier records retrieval agency in the country, supporting the e-discovery needs of many of the nation's largest law firms and insurers."
"Now a new revolution is at hand," Lehane continued. "The federal government has decided to encourage the adoption of a nationwide health information network through the incentives in the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) passed in 2009, and this year's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act health reform bill. As a result, our clients will have a greater need than ever to access and evaluate electronic medical records used in litigation. We are ready to meet that challenge, and to ensure full compliance with all laws and regulations protecting the confidentiality of protected electronic health information."
Keais Records Service is capable of handling the retrieval, analysis and organizing of the full spectrum of medical records, including medical and billing files, pathology reports, pharmacy records, radiology and x-ray reports, as well as workers compensation and insurance claims files and related data. Major law firms that have relied on Keais specialists to secure and manage these records as part of the litigation discovery process include Akin Gump, Baker Botts, Bracewell & Giuliani, Fulbright & Jaworski, Sidley Austin, Reed Smith, Littler Mendelson, Vinson & Elkins, and Weil Gotshal. For these and many other firms, Keais offers customized, confidential records reporting that removes a major distraction and cost burden from pre-trial discovery.
"As the premier records retrieval agency in the country, Keais can obtain almost every type of record imaginable," Lehane concluded. "Our customer CARE commitment for Communication, Accountability, Results and Excellence has made us the standard of the industry for efficiency and cost-effectiveness as well as technological strength. When combined with our traditional strengths in researching personal background information and in providing court reporting services, we are prepared for many more years of success - for our clients, and for us as a company."
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