About eScan Data SystemsĮScan is a privately held company based in Austin, Texas, whose software and services are licensed to over 700 hospital and physician group partners in 40+ states.
TransUnion Healthcare offers a series of data solutions designed to provide greater ease of use, accuracy and transparency in the revenue cycle process thereby assisting providers in lowering their uncompensated care. TransUnion Healthcare, a wholly owned subsidiary of credit and information management company TransUnion, empowers providers with Intelligence in an Instant ® by providing data and analytics at the point of need. Founded in 1968 and headquartered in Chicago, TransUnion reaches businesses and consumers in 33 countries around the world on five continents. Through these and other efforts, TransUnion is working to build stronger economies worldwide. For consumers, TransUnion provides the tools, resources and education to help manage their credit health and achieve their financial goals. For businesses, TransUnion helps improve efficiency, manage risk, reduce costs and increase revenue by delivering high quality data, and integrating advanced analytics and enhanced decision-making capabilities. We're excited about the improved value our customers will see when it is combined with TransUnion's market leading front-end solutions."įor more information, please visit: About TransUnionĪs a global leader in information and risk management, TransUnion creates advantages for millions of people around the world by gathering, analyzing and delivering information. In addition, we have developed additional applications that will further enhance the solutions offered by the combined organization. "The core eScan solution provides a superior ROI for our customers. "By uniting the capabilities of these two companies, we can further innovate and better address our clients' growing issues related to uncompensated care," said John Wester, CEO of eScan Data Systems, Inc. With the addition of eScan, we have a more compelling, innovative and integrated business model." "eScan complements TransUnion Healthcare's front-end platform with a proven post-service system that identifies eligibility coverage that is not and, in some cases, cannot be captured on the front-end. With the healthcare market undergoing one of the most significant transformations in recent history, it will be more important than ever for providers to accurately and effectively manage patient eligibility, collections and recovery," said Milton Silva-Craig, president of TransUnion Healthcare. "Hospitals and healthcare providers already face more than $40 billion annually in uncompensated care costs. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
CHICAGO, IL-(Marketwired - Sep 4, 2013) - TransUnion announced today it has acquired eScan Data Systems Inc., an Austin-based company with a market-leading technology that helps hospitals and healthcare systems reduce uncompensated care costs by identifying patient coverage after services were provided.ĮScan will be integrated into TransUnion's healthcare business and will extend its solutions for managing uncompensated care from pre-screening through post-service and doubles the number of hospitals that deploy a TransUnion Healthcare reimbursement solution.