BARRINGTON, IL -- GE Healthcare has announced today Somnia Inc., a national leader in anesthesia practice management, has recently implemented Centricity Group Management, an advanced practice management solution that can advance financial performance and strengthen operational efficiencies.

"Today, many healthcare providers do not have a complete view of their organization's finances, much less the identification and understanding of future growth and efficiency operations," said Vishal Wanchoo, president and CEO of GE Healthcare Integrated IT Solutions. "In the complex and ever-changing environment surrounding documentation, coding and reimbursement, it is only by providing a comprehensive view of the practice's financial health that future opportunities can be realized today."

Centricity Group Management presents a comprehensive view of an organization's finances with best-in-class automation and electronic data interchange (EDI) capabilities. Anchored by a streamlined, intuitive, patient centric workflow, the solution integrates with clinical information systems to provide detailed claim and remittance analysis, ensuring efficient and accurate billing. The clear identification of critical trends and dynamics impacting the organization's bottom line, along with proactive identification of insurance information problems help secure a healthy financial performance for the practice.

"With the implementation of Centricity Group Management, Somnia can better grasp the financial and environmental changes currently facing many anesthesiologists, certified nurse anesthetists, anesthesia group practices and anesthesia service providers; and by doing so, improve reaction times," said Marc E. Koch, MD, MBA, President and CEO, Somnia Inc. "This solution will enable us to focus on what we do best - providing surgeons and facilities dependable, reliable and consistent anesthesia services."

As part of the Centricity family of IT solutions, Centricity Group Management is an award-winning practice management solution that focuses on automated revenue cycle management tools designed to expedite cashflow, reduce costs and support growth, enabling organizations to increase profitability and provide superior customer service.

About Somnia Inc.
Somnia Inc. is a national provider of anesthesia services to office-based surgical facilities, ambulatory surgery centers and hospitals. With deep and thorough administrative capabilities, it provides facilities with peace of mind that high quality anesthesia services are being provided to each and every patient. For more information please visit www.somniainc.com or 1.877.476.6642.


About GE Healthcare
GE Healthcare provides transformational medical technologies and services that are shaping a new age of patient care. Our expertise in medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, performance improvement, drug discovery, and biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies is helping clinicians around the world re-imagine new ways to predict, diagnose, inform, treat and monitor disease, so patients can live their lives to the fullest.

GE Healthcare's broad range of products and services enable healthcare providers to better diagnose and treat cancer, heart disease, neurological diseases and other conditions earlier. Our vision for the future is to enable a new "early health" model of care focused on earlier diagnosis, pre-symptomatic disease detection and disease prevention. Headquartered in the United Kingdom, GE Healthcare is a $17 billion unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE). Worldwide, GE Healthcare employs more than 46,000 people committed to serving healthcare professionals and their patients in more than 100 countries. For more information about GE Healthcare, visit our website at www.gehealthcare.com.