MedAptus, a Boston-based provider of billing software for medical practices and hospitals, reports it has raised $6 million in a financing. The financing, led by previous investor Boston Millennia Partners, is intend to expand MedAptus’s “Intelligent Charge Capture” software business. MedAptus says that one feature of its software is to enhance organizations’ investments in electronic medical records. The electronic records have become a hot topic since President Barack Obama allocated $19 billion for EMRs in his $787 billion federal stimulus package passed by Congress in February. (Here’s a recent interview I did on the topic with Athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush.)
Author: Ryan McBride
Ryan is an award-winning business journalist who contributes to our life sciences and technology coverage. He was previously a staff writer for Mass High Tech, a Boston business and technology newspaper, where he and his colleagues won a national business journalism award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers in 2008. In recent years, he has made regular TV appearances on New England Cable News.
Prior to MHT, Ryan covered the life sciences, technology, and energy sectors for Providence Business News. He graduated with honors from the University of Rhode Island in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in communications. When he’s not chasing down news, Ryan enjoys mountain biking and skiing in his home state of Vermont.
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