Southeastern Regional Preparing for RACs

Southeastern Regional Medical Center (Lumberton, N.C.) will implement the Chicago-based Allscripts suite of care management solutions to streamline patient movement through the hospital, enhance continuity of care acros the organization, and prepare for Medicare's Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program, says the company.

Southeastern Regional Medical Center is a 337-bed facility serving more than 15,000 inpatients and over 71,000 emergency room patients annually. Southeastern also operates a 115-bed long-term care center, homecare services, both in-home and in-patient hospice, the Gibson Cancer Center, and the Southeastern Heart Center managed by the Duke University Health System.