NEW YORK, July 23, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CodeSmart Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB:ITEN), with its subsidiary, The CODESMART TM Group, Inc. (collectively, "CODESMART"), a premier ICD-10 education and solutions group that offers CODESMART TM UNIVERSITY its on-line education solution and customizable training solutions, announces today that it has signed an agreement with Clark & Daughtry, a physician practice, which recently associated with the Lakeland Regional Health System located in Central Florida, as its first customer for ICD-10 consulting services, including its CODESMART TM UNIVERSITY product.
"Clark & Daughtry has long been a vanguard in the Florida community, dedicated to providing not only top notch medical services, but also state-of-the-art electronic records and billing systems," said Ira Shapiro, Chairman and CEO of CODESMART™. "Their understanding of the necessities of ICD-10, combined with an expanding alliance with the Lakeland Regional Health System, makes them an ideal case study for other physician practices to see the ease and benefit of ICD-10 training."
Clark & Daughtry Medical Group, established in 1949, has evolved through several stages of development. Starting with two specialties held by its founders Dr. Sam Clark and Dr. John Daughtry, Clark & Daughtry now boasts over twenty distinct specialties of medicine and is continuing to expand. Clark & Daughtry now features state of the art full Electronic Medical Records (EMR), web-based electronic billing, IP phones, an online training center, and online payroll/benefits systems. Clark & Daughtry boasts national accreditation in many of its specializations such as cardiology, oncology, radiology, sleep lab, clinical laboratory, along with many other outstanding programs. Clark & Daughtry physicians are board certified/eligible in their respectful fields. Clark & Daughtry has recently invested in significant facility upgrades that have enabled it to maintain its small-town feel while providing "big city" services making it a contender as one of the most technologically advanced medical facilities in the Southeastern United States. Clark & Daughtry has almost doubled its size in terms of physician practices in the last 10 years, but has tripled in terms of patient volume.
About Codesmart™
CodeSmart Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB:ITEN) with its subsidiary, The CODESMART™ Group, Inc., is a premier national subject matter expert for ICD-10 education and compliance in the United States. Its product, CODESMART™ UNIVERSITY, is an on-line program of study for existing coders, new coders, clinicians, and healthcare roles of all types. Created by a combination of a leading panel of ICD-10 subject matter experts and a major four-year accredited university, which contributed the nation's top course designers and a platform that already provides interactive education to more than 60,000 students per year in degree programs. The ICD-10 training also includes live professors who work with and guide students through the programs of study in ICD-10.
CODESMART™ UNIVERSITY is endorsed by over 60 colleges and universities nationwide for its quality of education. The CODESMART™ Group, Inc. also provides solutions for ICD-10 transition, outsource coding, coding audits, critical documentation improvement and the revenue cycle continuum.
To learn more about CODESMART™ UNIVERSITY's proprietary programs, visit www.codesmartgroup.com or www.codesmartuniversity.org .
Company Contact: Ira Shapiro Chairman and CEO The Codesmart Group, Inc. 646-526-7867 Investor and Media Contact: Jules Abraham JQA Partners, LLC 917-885-7378
