FHSCorp
"We want to do a math problem and write a letter…".
That's the statement that started our healthcare revolution. Consumers agree, the time has come for healthcare cost clarity. The complexity of the contractual reimbursement, the definition of the reason for the healthcare visit, and the validity of the patient-specific insurance benefits all contribute to the difficulty in estimating a credible out of pocket amount. Until now…
As the leading pricing transparency service organization, we combine compelling data with a sophisticated web-based solution to provide meaningful cost information for every patient. Knowledge is king. Those who provide it are innovators in healthcare. Those who receive it are empowered to take charge.
FHSClearQuote™ — Hospitals
Healthcare is entering uncharted territory. Patients are absorbing more of the financial burden of care making patient satisfaction more than just the procedural experience. Patients want to participate in all aspects of their care from clinical to financial, yet rarely do they understand the complexities of healthcare as it stands today. Ask any patient to explain their benefits related to the services they are seeking and you will witness bewilderment and frustration.
FHSClearQuote™ — Physicians
Gone are the days where patients expect to only pay an office visit co-pay at the point of service. After receiving complex EOBs and bills post service, they are more confused than ever regarding the amount they owe out-of-pocket. Many want to hit this head on prior to service. Yet, when reviewing the myriad of information on their insurance card, they are perplexed. How can they plan to pay for their treatment?
FHSClearQuote™ — Ambulatory Surgical Centers
Try explaining multiple CPT-based procedures from facilities and providers to a patient in an intelligible and concise manner while presenting a joint estimate…it is near to impossible. A patient may undergo several procedures without the provider collecting a simple co-pay. Once that patient is out the door, the cost to collect increases while the probability to collect decreases.
Services
Our clients rely on us to wade through the complexities of healthcare transparency, analyze the data, and produce credible and defendable information. For those who ask, we give them the tools to continue their efforts themselves with as little or as much assistance from us as necessary. It's our belief that all healthcare organizations should have the ability to communicate the financial aspects of the care they provide to their patients efficiently and effectively. That's really what this is all about to us. We love what we do so much that we have a single focus: we will impact the future of healthcare.
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Product Information
Patient responsibility estimates are a necessary element to increase collections at or before the time of service. Healthcare providers are using estimates not only as a means to increase POS collections, but also to increase customer satisfaction by educating the consumer about their benefits and financial responsibility.
FHSClearQuote™, offers providers a secure, web-based solution by combining the information from their contracts with payers, historic charges, and current patient benefits to calculate the patient's out of pocket responsibility. ClearQuote guides users through a five-step process to capture necessary patient demographic, procedure, and benefit information to generate a financial responsibility estimation letter for the patient.
Hospitals
Healthcare is entering uncharted territory. Patients are absorbing more of the financial burden of care making patient satisfaction more than just the procedural experience. Patients want to participate in all aspects of their care from clinical to financial, yet rarely do they understand the complexities of healthcare as it stands today. Ask any patient to explain their benefits related to the services they are seeking and you will witness bewilderment and frustration.
Hospitals need a tool to facilitate an educational discussion about financial responsibility with the patient. They need a company that understands the users and process utilized to determine the financial liability. They need support to identify, defend, and report the financial information the consumer requires. FHSCorp is the company. FHSClearQuote™ is the tool.
Physicians
Gone are the days where patients expect to only pay an office visit co-pay at the point of service. After receiving complex EOBs and bills post service, they are more confused than ever regarding the amount they owe out-of-pocket. Many want to hit this head on prior to service. Yet, when reviewing the myriad of information on their insurance card, they are perplexed. How can they plan to pay for their treatment?
Physician offices experience the same challenges as hospitals. They need to bring revenue in the door earlier and explain the nuances of benefits administration married with procedure costs and payer contracts. FHSClearQuote™ gives you the power to determine patient financial responsibility and express these out-of-pocket costs in a clear and consistent manner. Now you have the power to change the patient experience.
Ambulatory Surgical Centers
Try explaining multiple CPT-based procedures from facilities and providers to a patient in an intelligible and concise manner while presenting a joint estimate…it is near to impossible. A patient may undergo several procedures without the provider collecting a simple co-pay. Once that patient is out the door, the cost to collect increases while the probability to collect decreases.
The inconceivable becomes achievable with FHSClearQuote™. Now you can bring together two disparate entities, each with their own payer agreements, procedural charges and benefit explanations into one cohesive, comprehensive and clear financial estimate. Imagine the possibilities….
Pricing Transparency Experts, Super-Powered Web Solution
We shake things up. Keep you on your toes. Resting on our laurels is not an option. Our reputation has been built on producing meaningful pricing estimations that deliver results.
Bios
Timothy R. Estes
Co-founder and CEO
Experience:
"We want to do a math problem and write a letter." A seemingly simple sentence that changed the course of my life.
I have been a drummer since I was 5 and feel confident in the kitchen. It is easy for me to be creative. Whether with food, music, or business, I love the opportunity to think about anything from a new direction. Having the opportunity to develop one the first transparency solutions and having the application you built be recognized as a leader in the forefront of change in healthcare, still just amazes me and pumps me up!!! I have been blessed with some great business partners and an awesome family! You need everyone to participate, and never give in, when you set a goal as grand as impacting the future of healthcare!
Nickname (at least what people call me to my face): Mr. Clean
Passions:
Family, Food, Music, Sports…anything that allows me to share my excitement of life with my wife and kids.
Quote to live by:
"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." – Thomas Edison
Travis W. Gentry
Co-Founder, Chief Operating Officer & President
Prior to his role at Financial Healthcare Systems, Travis Gentry served in the information technology industry working for Denver-based CIBER, an international systems integration consultancy. At CIBER, he worked alongside some of the industry leaders in IT system integration, development and project management. He has also worked with Internet-based technologies, helping organizations translate business needs and requirements into efficient and functional applications. Over the past 13 years, he has worked with and supported clients such as IBM, the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Department of the Interior, UnitedHealthCare, Great-West Life, Kaiser Permanente, and American Medical Response.
Mr. Gentry holds a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering and a master of business administration degree from the University of Wyoming. His master's research on neural network forecasting in business was published in both engineering and business management journals. He lives in Highlands Ranch, Colo., with his wife and three children.
David Harrison
Chief Information Officer
After spending a number of years as a starving musician after college, David decided to get a real job sometime in 1998. He began his real career as a Graphic Designer and Project Manager in the printing industry. As he grew with the company, he discovered and enhanced his aptitude for technology. Recognizing this as a true strength, David went back to school and achieved a post-graduate degree in Information Technology. David leveraged his experience and began building database driven Web applications for Fortune 1000 companies. Originally, he was brought into FHS as the lead application developer and in early 2007, David joined FHS as Chief Information Officer.
David holds a bachelor of arts in Philosophy from Colorado State University and a Post-Graduate degree in Information Systems from the Information Technology Institute. He lives in Denver, Colorado and his primary hobby is as an active musician.
John Woody
Chief Information Officer
Experience:
I joined FHS with a background in information technology and consulting. When I joined I was new to the healthcare space; my career up to this point has been in the finance and mortgage industry working with American Management Systems, LendingTree, Mortgage Cadence, and an independent consulting firm. Most helpful in my position at FHS has been my experience of managing the operations of a mid-sized software product company (design, support and product direction). I received a Bachelor of Science degree in both mechanical and biomedical engineering from Duke University and I remain an avid Duke basketball fan.
Passions:
I moved from the East coast to the Denver area in 2004 and I live in Highlands Ranch with my wife and two awesome children. I love all the outdoor activities that Colorado has to offer, namely biking, skiing, and camping. I would be kidding you if I didn’t admit that having two young kids has slowed me down a bit, both literally and figuratively.
Kirah Johnson
Account Manager
Experience:
My mom says I started in customer service at birth because that was when I began talking. I have always been a people pleaser. My work experience has been in a wide variety of healthcare positions with an emphasis in always assisting clients or employees. I started in Human Resources right out of the University of Iowa (Go Hawkeyes!) and have worked in employee benefits, computer consulting and insurance brokering. I love what I do and believe that you need to feel passionate about your life.
Favorite passions:
My two kids. My family. My Friends. Skiing. Reading. Cooking. Volleyball. Traveling. All things "Chicago". Entertaining. Movies. Music. Watching my kids do anything.
Quote to live by:
"The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you're willing to work." – Oprah Winfrey
Lori Estes
Contracts Manager
Experience:
I am a proud Colorado State University Alum who has worked in the healthcare industry for 13+ years. My experience includes 6 years at the State Mental Hospital…fortunately, I had a key to get out! My current position at FHS challenges me to stay on my toes to keep up with an industry that is constantly changing. It's exciting to be part of a team devoted to impacting the future of healthcare.
Favorite passions:
Anything where I get to spend time with my husband and kids. Entertaining friends. Running. Reading. Good music. Good food. Good wine. I thought I enjoyed working in the yard but have recently discovered that it's actually work.
Quote to live by:
"There is no bad weather, just bad clothes." – Rob Durham
Larry Estes
Regional Vice President
Background:
I like solving problems. Give me some duct tape, pliers and a screwdriver and I am content. (However, I am on a first name basis with Craftsman.) Satisfaction is when something that wasn't working well now is, whether through creativity or tenacity.
I have learned that a full toolbox makes life easier. This applies to hospital financial management as well. We are in the midst of a major shift in healthcare economics and FHS is at the forefront of a new business paradigm with the right tool, at the right time, to help hospitals succeed.
As for experience, I have established a career as a high level sales executive and trainer, managing multi-million dollar territories within different industries. Even though I have represented several Fortune 100 companies, I’m even more excited about how FHS can impact patients and their healthcare.
Passions:
Travelling with my family, singing, jazz and Steelers' football! Oh yeah…and good food.
Favorite Quotes:
"Good enough isn't enough, it is ever the enemy of the best."
"The passenger needs to get to the hospital? What is it?" "It's a big building with sick people inside, but that's not important right now." – Airplane, 1980
Awards
FHS employees are united in a singular mission, to delve deep into the nuances of pricing transparency and create the best pricing estimation product in healthcare. We feel extremely fortunate to be recognized for the following achievements in our 4+ year company history.
*HFMA staff and volunteers determined that FHS ClearQuote™ has met specific criteria developed under the HFMA Peer Review Process. HFMA does not endorse or guarantee the use of FHS ClearQuote™.
Awarded in 2009 by HFMA, FHSClearQuote™ is the only pricing estimation product that passed a rigorous eleven-step high-level screening process by a peer review panel consisting of current customers, prospects who have not made a purchase and expert HFMA Peer Review Board members.
Partners
"Jack of all trades…masters of none". We have all heard this statement before. We realize the truth therein. Yet in the healthcare sector, many companies believe they can stand alone in the development of complete solutions which cover a wide range of functionality. We disagree. The rest of business realizes the benefits of having companies focus on limited functionality. FHS Corp finds organizations that provide the best solutions for their area of focus. We combine the benefits of each and help create these "all in one" solutions providing seamless integration with the unrelenting focus of single functionality. Together we impact the future of healthcare.
We select partners who are truly strategic to our vision and our cause. To explore becoming a partner of FHS, please contact Travis Gentry at 303.216.0202.
How we see it. Sharing information is what we do. Making you fluent in the language of pricing transparency.
Presentations
HFMA Pulse Nov 2009 Webinar Video
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How we see it. Sharing information is what we do. Making you fluent in the language of pricing transparency.
News Articles
Point-of-Service Collections in Healthcare
By Lance C. Goudzwaard, MS
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Rocky Mountain News:
No surprised patients: Hospitals testing way to forecast what bills will be after insurance
By Bill Scanlon
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The Torrington Telegram:
Torrington Grad Develops New Healthcare Software
By Rachel Koon
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How we see it. Sharing information is what we do. Making you fluent in the language of pricing transparency.
White Papers
Ineffective Price Transparency
Patients need meaningful information about out-of-pocket costs
By Travis Gentry
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Transparency, Consumerism and the Patient
By Travis Gentry
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How we see it. Sharing information is what we do. Making you fluent in the language of pricing transparency.
Press Releases
Healthcare Execs Huddle with Beauprez on Price Transparency
By Steve Caulk
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Industry Links and Useful Information
HFMA (www.hfma.org)
NAHAM (www.naham.org)
HIS Talk (www.histalk2.com)
Fierce Healthcare (www.fiercehealthcare.com)
HealthLeaders (www.healthleadersmedia.com)
Code Green Blog (cibahealthcare.typepad.com/code_green/)
Financial Healthcare Systems
7400 East Crestline Circle, Suite 110 [map]
Greenwood Village, CO 80111
303.216.0202
fax.303.216.1010
info@fhscorp.net
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Financial Healthcare Systems
7400 East Crestline Circle, Suite 110
Greenwood Village, CO 80111
303.216.0202
fax.303.216.1010
info@fhscorp.net