Ankota And FHS Partner To Deliver Integrated Home Care Management Platform

Ankota And FHS Partner To Deliver Integrated Home Care Management Platform
1888 Press Release ­ FHS SeniorCare Payment Solutions® and Ankota® are teaming up to integrate FHS'
third party billing solutions with Ankota's home care agency management Software­as­a­Service platform for
the private duty home care market.
Boston, MA ­ Strategic Partnership Will Streamline Agency Management, Billing and Revenue Cycle
Processes, Enabling Agencies to Achieve Improved Operational Efficiencies
FHS SeniorCare Payment Solutions® and Ankota® announced today their partnership that will integrate
FHS' third party billing solutions with Ankota's home care agency management Software­as­a­Service
platform. The integration will deliver a complete, end­to­end solution for agency management, billing and
revenue cycle to the private duty home care market.
Ankota­an innovative home care management software solution provider­and FHS­an industry­leading
revenue cycle management company­ believe that home care providers are better served when their needs
for agency management, billing and revenue cycle solutions are seamlessly integrated. FHS' and Ankota's
missions are aligned with the common goal of simplifying front and back office processes so that home care
agencies can be more efficient and profitable.
Ankota enables Next Generation Home Care Management and enables agencies to delivery care efficiently
but also with the compliance and transparency that is being mandated throughout the industry. The
solution delivers robust functionality including: online client intake, scheduling, care plans, caregiver
tracking via telephony and mobile/GPS, point­of­care documentation, a family mobile application, care
transitions and remote patient monitoring.
The integration gives agencies access to FHS' network of more than 300 third party payers and to FHS'
billing expertise. This tightly integrated solution will help agencies to streamline billing with long­term
care insurance, Veterans Administration, workers' compensation and additional payers, as well as to
increase cash collection rates and reduce accounts receivable days outstanding.
"We are excited to partner with FHS and incorporate their robust revenue cycle management capabilities
with our next generation home care management platform. This is another example of how Ankota seeks
to open new opportunities for our customers to attract new referral sources, enhance their revenue stream
and increase their efficiency," said Ken Accardi, CEO, Ankota.
With the influx of clients with third party benefits entering the home care market, agencies need a trusted
partner that can help manage the complex revenue cycle. FHS delivers third party billing solutions to help
agencies add new revenue streams, diversify their payer mix and decrease their time to collect cash. FHS is
the only company with 30 years' experience billing more than 300 non­medical third party payers
including: long­term care insurance, the Veterans Administration, Medicaid Waiver programs, workers'

compensation, non­profit organizations and more.
"Private duty home care has expanded beyond just a private pay business, which has increased the
administrative complexity for agencies trying to manage billing rules and accounts receivable with multiple
entities," says Matt Capell, chief executive officer of FHS. "Our partnership with Ankota provides an end­toend
solution that enables agencies to operate more efficiently, optimize revenue and focus on delivering
quality care."
About FHS
FHS SeniorCare Payment Solutions® provides revenue cycle management solutions to the non­medical,
long­term care industry. FHS offers a robust portfolio of services that streamline revenue collection and
simplify financial operations including: third party eligibility, claims processing, payment processing and
collections. FHS provides financial advocacy to care recipients, helps them understand third party benefits
and other payment options, collects from responsible parties and remits cash to long­term care providers.
FHS is the only company with 30 years' experience billing more than 300 non­medical third party payers
including: long­term care insurance, the Veterans Administration, Medicaid Waiver programs, workers'
compensation, non­profit organizations and more. Since its founding in 1987, FHS has helped hundreds of
long­term care providers manage their accounts receivable and more than 10,000 clients pay for care.
About Ankota
Ankota enables the next generation of home care, understanding the rapid growth of the elderly
population and the shifts to managed care and population health. The highly customizable software offers
full home care agency and Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) management including telephony, GPS, fixed
number generator fobs, biometric authentication and verification schema. It manages people, payers and
programs via configurable business rule sets and supports optimized delivery of care in homes, readmission
reduction, individualized plans of care and cost controls. Sophisticated scheduling algorithms support
managing non­skilled and professional workers in post­acute markets that include AAA's, Medicaid, DME,
therapy staffing, infusion and phlebotomy. Foresight Care, an innovative remote patient monitoring
service and patient engagement platform, helps avoid hospital readmissions at the lowest possible cost.
Contact:
Emily Hackman
FHS SeniorCare Payment Solutions
Emily ( @ ) FHSBillings dot com
Ph: (484) 301­2804
325 Sentry Parkway
Building 5 East, Suite 160

Blue Bell, PA 19422
http://www.ankota.com
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