“When other vendor issues arose, ePartners recommended that we implement Dynamics GP first. It ended up being an excellent decision, and will be one less headache as we move forward with the other systems.”

Doug Brown, Controller, Wilkes Regional Medical Center

The Only Microsoft-based ERP solution for QuadraMed users today

Microsoft Dynamics GP and its robust integration with QuadraMed Affinity provide a comprehensive offering for hospitals looking to control costs, off-load tasks, and maximize profit and revenue opportunities.

Without a strong financial management solution that delivers full integration with back office functions, you may be missing significant savings. Designed for rapid time-to-benefit and low cost of ownership, Microsoft Dynamics GP meets healthcare’s unique and changing business needs with rich reporting and analysis capabilities, customizable transaction flow, and the flexibility, security features and control needed to maximize operational efficiency. This integrated solution fills the gap between the financial system, the clinical supply chain, and materials management by integrating decision driving data and automating time-consuming tasks.
Microsoft Dynamics GP integrated with Affinity helps you:

Streamline operations by allowing information to flow through financials
Reduce costs by automating current clinical processes to minimize manual tasks
Ensure accuracy and drive out variance with automatic updates, reconciliation routines, and eliminate errors inherent in manual entry
Increase visibility to decision driving information
Enhance patient satisfaction with accurate, prompt record keeping, and payments
Gain efficiencies with more accurate vendor processing
Work within a familiar Microsoft Office-like interface

Built on Microsoft technologies

Microsoft Dynamics GP is designed to protect your business value now and into the future, Microsoft Dynamics GP and provide an integrated environment that can be extended across systems and platforms.

Microsoft Windows Server

The Microsoft Windows Server Operating System is the foundation of Microsoft Dynamics GP — delivering reliability, security, and scalability, along with efficient management, ease of use, and support for the latest advances in networking and server hardware. Windows Server operating systems incorporate the benefits of Microsoft .NET to connect information, people, systems, and devices. In addition, with Windows Server, you can take advantage of the Internet to bring products and services to market and extend your networks to partners and customers.

Windows SharePoint Services

As part of Windows Server, Windows SharePoint Services helps users easily share information, collaborate on documents, and collect team knowledge over the Internet or your organization’s network. Microsoft Business Solutions Business Portal is built on Windows SharePoint Services, enabling you to deploy a role-based framework for delivering business information and processes throughout your organization via Web browser.

Microsoft SQL Server 2000

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 enables you to make full use of existing software and hardware investments to achieve great business value. Through rich data analysis and tight integration with Microsoft Great Plains, SQL Server 2000 delivers critical, timely business information tailored to specific needs. A comprehensive data management platform includes extensive management and development tools, a powerful extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) tool, business intelligence and analysis services, and new capabilities such as Notification Services.

Solutions Overview

Purchasing

ePartnersMD integrated solution automatically creates necessary financial transactions in Microsoft Dynamics, saving time and ensuring accuracy by eliminating manual data entry.

Patient Transactions

Microsoft Dynamics automatically receives patient transaction
information from QuadraMed Affinity and posts to the appropriate department and revenue account including charges, payments, contractual allowances, NSF checks, bad debts and other adjustments.

Business Process Reconciliation

The ePartnersMD/QuadraMed integrated solution provides reconciliation routines to reconcile inventory, accounts payable trial balances, and account receivables trial balances between Affinity and Microsoft Dynamics.

Refund Checks

Affinity users are able to respond to all account inquiries from patients including requests to replace refund checks with ease. Most hospitals process large numbers of refund checks to patients for small amounts. Additionally, the recipient may also be a one time “vendor” for the hospital. This phenomenon is managed in Microsoft Dynamics with a temporary vendor feature. The check is created with minimal information: recipient’s name, address, patient account number and amount. When the check is processed, Microsoft Dynamics sends information to Affinity, updating the patient’s records, including

Payment information, including the check number and date
Month that the check clears the bank
Date that the check is voided and proceeds sent to the State as unclaimed property

HR and Payroll

Microsoft Dynamics GP Human Resources and Payroll provides the advanced features to meet the unique needs of the healthcare industry. Microsoft Dynamics GP automates complex calculations including varying pay rates for employees, shift differentials, and blended overtime rates. The Microsoft Dynamics GP reporting capabilities offer you the business information required for FTE reporting, departmental analysis, budget comparisons, etc. In addition, a full employee self service suite allow employees to submit requests for everything from address changes to benefit enrollment.

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