GLEN ALLEN, VA. , February 1, 2007/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association announced today the selection of DSH Management Solutions, LLC (“DMS”) as the preferred vendor for hospital DSH/340B revenue management. Thomas W. Northrop, Vice President of VHHA Services, commented “We believe that our partnership with DMS will provide material, quantifiable financial benefits to our hospital members, assist them in addressing the critical issue of their full measure of community benefits provided, and afford hospitals the tools to effectively manage the medical and financial benefits of those patients who need it the most.”

Robert Gricius, President of DSH Mgmt Solutions, LLC, noted “We are looking forward to working closely with the VHHA to provide added value to their membership and to the community as a whole. We believe the ’perfect storm’ confluence of regulatory, judicial and healthcare data set standardization presents an opportunity for hospitals serving a large portion of low income and poor healthcare status individuals to maximize retrospective Medicaid and Medicare components of Federal DSH revenue, improve concurrent member membership and Title XIX/340B revenue, and prospectively manage market share and revenue streams from the Federal DSH and 340B programs.”

DMS’s (www.dshmgmtsys.com) MDSS® software suite is a remote hosted, HIPAA compliant, 256-bit SSL secure system available as a stand-alone product that can be leased and operated by clients, serve as the basis for partial or complete outsourcing of client defined DSH/340B revenue cycle management, or used by DMS in a consulting engagement. The system cross references and integrates current and historical hospital admission data, real-time regional and national Title XIX, XVIII and XVI eligibility/entitlement/claims data; state-wide public discharge databases, and federal/state mandated benefit coverage rules-based tables.

For further information contact:
Tom Northrop, Vice President of VHHA Services (804) 965-1216 or tnorthrop@vhha.com
Robert Gricius, President, DSH Mgmt Solutions, LLC at (888) 550-2708 x705) or robertgricius@dshmgmtsys.com
William Jacobs, President of WFJ Associates @ 804-883-7292 or wfjacobsjr@aol.com