Halloween 2011

One of our core values at Apex EDI is to build a fun, positive, and family-like spirit. Recently we did just that. During the last week of October we had a few events to help bring all the employees together for some fun and friendly competition. The Halloween holiday was a great opportunity to have some fun. During the week leading up to Halloween Apex EDI employees competed in a pumpkin carving contest and chili cook-off. Everyone had a great time judging the contests and spending time together.

Winners for the pumpkin carving contest and chili cook-off were Bill Boy and Mike Oliver respectively. The pumpkins were extremely creative and the chilies varied from tasty to sweat-enducing, but all of them were great.

See more pumpkins here.

On Halloween day all our little Apex EDI Friends were invited to come into the office and trick-or-treat from desk to desk. It was great to have all the kids in the office and see how much fun they were having. Although there were plenty of ghouls and creepy costumes no one left unhappy and they had a ton of candy.

Everyone had fun.

See more of the trick-or-treaters here.

79th Fastest Growing Company

Apex EDI has been ranked as the 79th fastest growing Utah business. The MountainWest Capital Network, Utah's first and largest business networking organization, ranks Utah businesses on a yearly basis. This is their 16th annual ranking and awards program and the fourth time Apex EDI has been listed as a 100 fastest growing company in Utah.

The announcement was made at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City where Utah Gov. Gary R. Herbert was the keynote speaker. Sheldon Miner and Rob Armstrong, Apex EDI CEO and COO, attended the ceremony.

Our core purpose is to create opportunities that transform people's lives.

“Growth is an important part of our strategy. Our core purpose is to create opportunities that transform people's lives,” said Sheldon Miner. “Growth allows us to continue to expand the circle of people who receive those opportunities. We are building a whole ecosystem that nurtures personal transformation in the lives of our employees, with the medical practices that use our services, and with our business partners.”

The Utah 100 rankings are determined from thousands of eligible companies throughout the state representing all industries. The rankings are determined by the percentage of revenue increase from 2006 through 2010. Top Revenue Growth winners have the largest dollar amount of revenue growth over the same five-year period.

“Utah continues to prove its resiliency and economic prowess as one of the most business-friendly states in the country,” said Jason F. Watson, president of MWCN. “The Utah 100 aims a shining light upon the businesses who most exemplify this resiliency in Utah. We congratulate…all of the…Utah 100 fastest growing companies.”

About Apex EDI

Apex EDI is a leading healthcare claims clearinghouse for medical and dental professionals. Apex EDI serves thousands of physicians, dentists, and other medical providers nationwide with its Apex OneTouch^® solution. The OneTouch^® solution is a Web-based electronic claims reimbursement system that increases productivity and profitability while facilitating fast payment of insurance claims and providing additional reporting and analysis. Founded in 1995, Apex EDI is based in American Fork, Utah.

Apex EDI One of Utah’s Fastest Growing Companys

The list of 100 fastest growing companies in Utah for 2011 was released by MountainWest Capital Network (MWCN). The rankings of the Utah 100 will be announced at the 17th annual Utah 100 Awards program Oct. 6 following a scheduled speech by keynote speaker, Utah Governor Gary R. Herbert.

During the event, MWCN will also announce the 15 Top Revenue Growth companies and the 15 Emerging Elite companies in Utah.

Rankings of the Utah 100 are determined by percentage increases in company revenues between 2006 and 2010. Those companies with the largest dollar amount of revenue growth makeup the Revenue Growth winners. The Emerging Elite are selected from among companies with less than five, but more than two, years of operation that show significant promise for future success.

The Utah 100 Event will be held Thursday, October 6, 2011 at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah.

2011 Utah 100 in ALPHABETICAL Order—Actual rankings will be announced at the Utah 100 program.

• Academy Mortgage Corporation
• Accelerated Payment Technologies, Inc.
• Access Technology Solutions, LC
• Action Target
• Amara Day Spa Salon & Boutique
• Ancestry.com
• Apex EDI, Inc.
• Aribex, Inc.
• ATMequipment.com
• AtTask, Inc.
• AvantLink.com
• Axiom Financial
• Backcountry.com
• BidSync
• Blackrock Microsystems, LLC
• Cafe Rio, Inc.
• Career Step, LLC
• Caspian Services, Inc.
• Castle & Cooke Mortgage, LLC
• CLEARLINK
• Conservice, LLC
• Control4 Corporation
• Costume Craze
• Cytozyme Laboratories, Inc.
• Davinci Virtual Office Solutions
• Diamond Wireless
• DigiCert
• Diversified Financial Planning, Inc.
• Durham Brands
• Dynatronics Corporation
• eGlobal
• EnergySolutions, Inc.
• England Logistics
• EQUINOX Owner-Operator Solutions
• Extra Space Storage, Inc.
• Fishbowl
• Five Star Franchising
• ForeverGreen Worldwide Corporation
• Fringe Media
• FX Energy
• GPS Capital Markets
• Green River Capital
• IntegraCore, LLC
• Integratechs
• Intrepid
• iTOK.NET
• Jakob Marketing Partners
• Jean Brown Research
• Johnson Mark, LLC
• Kneaders Bakery and Café
• LatterDayBride.com, LLC
• Lendio
• Little Adventures
• MasterControl, Inc.
• mediaFORGE
• MediConnect Global
• Merit Medical Systems
• Mindshare Technologies
• Molding Box
• MultiLing Corporation
• Myriad Genetics, Inc.
• Namifiers
• NetSteps, LLC
• Neutron Interactive
• New Dawn Technologies
• Newpark Resort & Hotel
• Next Generation Lighting Supply (NGL Supply)
• One On One Marketing, LLC
• Opticare of Utah
• Packsize, LLC
• Parvus Corporation
• Pfadt Race Engineering, LLC
• ProPay, Inc.
• Property Solutions International, Inc.
• Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction Company, LLC
• Real Property Management
• Resource Management, Inc.
• School Improvement Network, Inc.
• Seaich Corporation
• SecureAlert, Inc.
• SendOutCards, LLC
• ServerPlus, LLC
• Signature Products Group
• Simply Mac, Inc.
• Skullcandy, Inc.
• Smile Reminder
• SolutionStream
• Stake Center Locating
• StorageCraft Technology Corporation
• Truenorthlogic
• U.S. Translation Company
• Veracity Networks, LLC
• VitalSmarts
• VMI Nutrition
• VPI Engineering
• Wasatch Software, Inc.
• Wasatch Supply, Inc.
• Whipple Service Champion
• You Need a Budget
• ZAGG, Inc.

MountainWest Capital Network is Utah's first and largest business networking organization devoted to supporting entrepreneurial success, and dedicated to the flow of financial, entrepreneurial and intellectual capital.

About Apex EDI

Apex EDI is a leading healthcare claims clearinghouse for medical and dental professionals. Apex EDI serves thousands of physicians, dentists, and other medical providers nationwide with its Apex OneTouch^® solution. The OneTouch^® solution is a Web-based electronic claims reimbursement system that increases productivity and profitability while facilitating fast payment of insurance claims and providing additional reporting and analysis. Founded in 1995, Apex EDI is based in American Fork, Utah.

Be Ready for 5010

With the change to the new HIPAA 5010 there will be many small but important details that need to be watched. With enough planning you'll be prepared to send your electronic transactions.

Improvements in the 5010 transactions include clearer instructions, reduced ambiguity among common data elements used in different transactions, and elimination of redundant and unnecessary data elements.

The updated version of the transactions has data reporting requirements that differ somewhat from the current transactions. These changes may require you to collect additional data or report data in a different format.

For example, in the 4010A1 version of the professional claim transaction, anesthesia services may be reported in actual minutes or in units of time. In the 5010 version, only actual minutes may be reported.

Understanding these changes and how they will affect your practice will prepare you for a smoother transition to the updated transactions.

Complete Street Address

• The billing provider address must be a complete and physical street address for 5010-compliant transactions. It may no longer be a P.O. Box or lockbox.
• To direct remittances to a different address, use the pay-to-provider, name, and address fields.
• You will receive warning messages or rejection errors for incomplete street address fields.
• Many transactions would not meet this standard today.

Many transactions would not meet this standard today.

Apex EDI has created in our system a step-up and step-down procedure for our customers. Over the rest of this year we will help you prepare for the transition to 5010. Look for additional details on how you can prepare. You may not need to upgrade your software at this time. Apex EDI's OneTouch^® will step-up your 4010 transactions to 5010 when they are send to payers and step-down transactions when they are returned to your software.

Contact your Account Manager with questions.

About Apex EDI

Apex EDI is a leading healthcare claims clearinghouse for medical and dental professionals. Apex EDI serves thousands of physicians, dentists, and other medical providers nationwide with its Apex OneTouch^® solution. The OneTouch^® solution is a Web-based electronic claims reimbursement system that increases productivity and profitability while facilitating fast payment of insurance claims and providing additional reporting and analysis. Founded in 1995, Apex EDI is based in American Fork, Utah.

Apex EDI Announces Its Partnership with the Arizona Association of Chiropractic

Apex EDI, one of the nation's leading e-claims reimbursement companies for dental and medical professionals, has announced a partnership with Arizona Association of Chiropractic to allow healthcare providers to submit electronic claims using Apex EDI as their clearinghouse.

The Arizona Association of Chiropractic (AAC) was formed to protect the interests of its licensed Doctor of Chiropractic members. In addition, the association exists as an advocate for the profession of chiropractic, promoting its benefits within the Commonwealth.

In addition to the traditional services such as legislative, public relations and acting as the profession’s watchdog the Arizona Association of Chiropractic also offers a variety of services that are valuable to all members. These include discounted registrations for continuing education programs, valuable annual conventions with discounted member rates, a peer review committee offering additional support after unfavorable reviews (available to Arizona Association of Chiropractic members only), and access to the latest information such as fee schedules and code updates from state agencies.

This is just one of many great partnerships for Apex EDI. Providing benefits like this for partner organizations creates an excellent advantage for association members in their practice. Partnering with organizations like the AAC helps Apex EDI reach the most doctors and provide the most benefit to the healthcare community.

“When we partner with organizations like the AAC we find that healthcare providers in those areas are able to find great benefits in the organization and working with Apex EDI,” said Sheldon Miner, Apex EDI CEO.

Ask your specialty association, local organization, or software provider how you can use Apex EDI to submit your electronic claims.

About Apex EDI

Apex EDI has served the professional vision, medical, and dental community for more than 15 years with leading-edge technology solutions focused on streamlined and efficient claims processing. Its Apex OneTouch^® solution is a complete electronic claims reimbursement system that enables practices to get paid fast by preparing and submitting insurance claims in less than two minutes a day.

Apex OneTouch^® users pay one low monthly fee for all electronic claims no matter how many are submitted, and it does not require any investment in new software. Many practices find they save as much as 40% in processing fees alone.