Assure Holdings Enters into Joint Venture with Clever Claims to Establish New In-House Billing and Collection Company

DENVER, Aug. 29, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Assure Holdings Corp. (the “Company” or “Assure”) (TSXV: IOM; OTCQB: ARHH), a provider of intraoperative neuromonitoring services, has entered into an agreement with Clever Claims, LLC (Clever) to establish a new billing and collection company called Velocity Revenue Cycle, LLC (Velocity). Velocity will serve as Assure’s exclusive, in-house billing and collection vendor.

Under the terms of the agreement, Assure will own a majority stake in Velocity. Through its minority stake, Clever will handle all historical and future billing and collection processes. In addition, Velocity will be managed by a three-person management board, with two board members being appointed by Assure and one board member being appointed by Clever.

“The Clever management team has nearly two decades of billing and collections experience with a reputable pedigree of generating consistent collection results for neuromonitoring claims,” said John A. Farlinger, executive chairman and CEO. “We are impressed with their industry knowledge, strong management team and automated workflow processes. So, entering into this joint venture is a significant step forward for Assure.”

In conjunction with the agreement, Assure has terminated its relationship with all other third-party billing and collection vendors and will utilize Velocity’s services exclusively going forward.

Farlinger continued: “Since we partnered with Clever in March, they have exceeded our expectations and have been instrumental in providing transparency around our billing and collection process. By entering into this partnership, we believe we will finally have better control over the collection process and greater certainty over a stable cash flow stream going forward.”

About Assure Holdings

Assure Holdings Corp. is a Colorado-based company that works with neurosurgeons and orthopedic spine surgeons to provide a turnkey suite of services that support intraoperative neuromonitoring activities during invasive surgeries. Assure employs its own staff of technologists and uses its own state-of-the-art monitoring equipment, handles 100% of intraoperative neuromonitoring scheduling and setup, and bills for all technical services provided. While Assure focuses primarily on supporting spinal and vascular surgeries, plans are in place to support other classes of medicine that rely on the standard of care that intraoperative neuromonitoring provides. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.assureneuromonitoring.com.

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Contact

John Farlinger, Executive Chairman
Assure Holdings Corp.
1-604-763-7565
[email protected]

Cody Slach, Managing Director
Gateway Investor Relations
1-949-574-3860
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