Zotec enters 3-year billing services contract with West Coast Radiology Centers

Zotec Partners, an industry leader in medical billing, practice management and Radiology Information Systems (RIS) software and services, announces today that West Coast Radiology Centers (WCRC), out of Santa Ana/Tustin, Calif., has inked a three-year billing services contract with the company. WCRC operates nine imaging centers throughout Orange County. Santa Ana Tustin Radiology Medical Group, which provides radiology reads for Western Medical Center - Santa Ana, has also signed a three-year billing services contract with Zotec Partners.

"Zotec Partners brings a lot to the table, including highly experienced client service personnel, operations staff and local management that is easily accessible," said Mark G. Stein, M.D., president of West Coast Radiology Centers. "We're confident that transitioning from our in-house billing operations to Zotec Partners' advanced billing and data mining technology will lower our costs, provide us with access to business information about our practice and improve our bottom line."

With imaging centers in Santa Ana, Irvine and Mission Viejo/Laguna Niguel, WCRC offers the latest state-of-the-art imaging techniques and equipment. The centers are one-stop resources for local residents needing efficient, appropriate testing and accurate interpretations of all types of medical imaging. Every WCRC radiologist is board-certified and has subspecialty training, experience and/or added certification in one or more specific areas of medical imaging.

"These two groups have been providing radiology and imaging services in a highly competitive area for many years," said Steve Collins, director of business development for Zotec Partners. "Zotec's extensive knowledge of the Southern California radiology market means we bring to bear a combination of people, processes and technology that is very familiar with the special demographic and payer challenges faced by our radiology and imaging center clients. Our medical billing technology will help reduce the cost of collections, improve collections by capturing every charge and ensure every charge is paid appropriately according to their contracted rates."