Omega Healthcare Focuses More on Payor Services with New Vice President Chris Rigsby

BOCA RATON, Florida, May 4, 2021 / PRNewswire / – Omega Healthcare, a leading provider of outsourced revenue cycle management and other healthcare support services, today announced the hiring of Chris Rigsby as Senior Vice President-Payer Solutions in charge of extending services to health plans. Omega currently provides risk adjustment, HCC coding and other services to payers totaling over 6 million members, including over 1 million Medicare Advantage members, leveraging its team of over 6,000 medical coders with expertise in RCM and RADV processes.

Rigsby has nearly two decades of experience adjusting risk and quality of care spanning Medicare Advantage, Commercial Affordable Care Act, and Medicaid health plans. He most recently served as COO / VP of Value-Driven Care at Vatica Health, where he led a team of over 80 people to forge partnerships between payers and providers. He previously served as Vice President, Network and Quality Operations at Windsor Health Plan, a Medicare Advantage plan that has since been acquired by WellCare.

Omega began adding paying customers to its core supplier customer base seven years ago, allowing health plans to leverage the company’s vast pool of coding talent to quickly deploy experienced teams on a base. seasonal. Omega’s pricing, the ability to redeploy teams to other projects between seasons, and analytics and automation technologies also reduce labor costs, saving up to 60% per chart. and other direct and indirect costs while ensuring high accuracy rates that help payers improve cash flow and net income.

“Today payors face new regulatory requirements, including the return of RADV audits and increasing pressure to improve their Medicare Star rankings. This means they’ll need more support than ever from skilled coders as well as a strategy to control the associated costs, ”said Rigsby. noted. “With over 6,000 coders qualified to work with all major EHR platforms, software and invoicing processes, Omega is an ideal resource to meet these needs quickly, expertly and cost effectively.”

“While most of our business today is on the supplier side, our payer business has grown significantly year over year as we leverage our unique delivery model and our investments in people and technology, ”said Anurag Mehta, President of Omega Healthcare. “As the Head of our Payers Business Unit, Chris’s years of experience in risk adjustment and quality of care will be a major asset in helping us support Payor Revenue Maximization and Payor efforts. regulatory conformity. “

About Omega Health

Omega Healthcare helps payers, providers and pharmaceutical companies eliminate administrative burdens, accelerate cash flow and reduce healthcare management costs while improving patient care. The company streamlines medical billing, coding and collection processes and also provides virtual nursing services, including triage, continuation of care, improved clinical documentation and avoidance of readmissions. Combining the world’s largest medical coding staff with proprietary technology, analysis and automation capabilities, Omega provides the most comprehensive outsourced solutions in the industry and is ranked among the best life cycle management business process services. revenues by industry analysts. The company, backed by Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking and Everstone Group, was founded in 2003 and has more than 18,000 employees across India, The Philippines and the United States. For more information, visit www.OmegaHMS.com

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