Maury Regional Hospital Takes Control of Medical Fixed Assets

“A number of powerful asset management tools in Sage Fixed Assets have been useful in our process and saved us valuable time on a daily basis. The customizable SmartLists have enabled us to quickly and easily enter assets into the system, helping us meet our month-end closing deadlines. Sage Fixed Assets has also provided unlimited possibilities for grouping data for reports.”

– -Maury Regional Hospital

Maury Regional Hospital finds complete fixed asset management strategy

Maury Regional Hospital has been dedicated to quality patient care in Columbia, TN, for 50 years. With more than 500,000 square feet of facility space, the hospital provides modern healthcare services to its multicounty community through three hospitals, two ambulatory care centers, a skilled nursing unit, and a physician practice management company.

To automate its fixed asset management processes, Maury Regional hired an outside company to handle depreciation calculations and annual reporting needs. With a need for more frequent and accurate internal reporting, the hospital purchased Sage Fixed Assets—Depreciation and Sage Fixed Assets — Reporting.

The hospital sought to complete its fixed asset management strategy with an in-house solution that would accurately track its inventory.

Finding and implementing the right strategy

Maury Regional’s software selection team evaluated three vendors before deciding to go with Sage Fixed Assets—Tracking. “Several of our employees had previous experience with Sage Fixed Assets, so we were confident in the software’s capabilities,” said Tammy White, fixed asset manager for Maury Regional.

Recognizing the hospital’s desire for a complete fixed asset management strategy, including a robust software solution and a comprehensive inventory process, a Sage Fixed Assets representative brought in a Sage business partner to offer additional physical inventory services.

“It had been several years since we’d performed a formal physical inventory of our equipment and assets, so we needed more than just a good solution,” added Ted Comerford, Maury Regional’s chief resource officer. After purchasing Sage Fixed Assets, Maury Regional hired the Sage partner to implement the new solution.

“Because Sage Fixed Assets is such a versatile product, we performed a dynamic inventory of all the hospital’s existing assets with hand-held scanners, reconciled that count, and established policies and procedures for future fixed asset tagging in a matter of months,” noted Pedone. “We also trained the materials management, IT, and accounting staffs on software use and new asset management practices.”

Maury Regional was impressed with their partner’s knowledge and efficiency. Comerford explained, “After only a few days, our managers had positive comments about the quality of Sage Fixed Assets and the (partner’s) team. The staff was friendly, professional, and courteous, taking our changes and additions to the initial project plan in stride.”

Reaping the benefits

Since implementing Sage Fixed Assets, Maury Regional’s accounting staff has enjoyed numerous benefits. “A number of powerful asset management tools in Sage Fixed Assets have been useful in our process and saved us valuable time on a daily basis,” White said.

She pointed out the hospital’s satisfaction with the SmartList feature of Sage Fixed Assets, along with the flexible search, group, and reporting capabilities. “The customizable SmartLists have enabled us to quickly and easily enter assets into the system, helping us meet our month-end closing deadlines. Sage Fixed Assets has also provided unlimited possibilities for grouping data for reports.”

White added, “We now have policies and procedures in place to tag assets as we receive them—before they’re distributed to off-site facilities. We also depreciate those assets every month so we have updated numbers for month-end close reports.”

Moving forward

Today, Maury Regional manages its fixed asset management strategy, but the accounting staff gives a lot of credit to Sage Fixed Assets and their Sage partner. “With Sage Fixed Assets, we’ve gained the ability to track and maintain a detailed listing of our physical inventory, depreciate those assets monthly, and run a variety of reports as frequently as we need them,” stated White. Watch this brief customer testimonial highlighting how IntegraMed managed 20 entities and reduced new entity creation to just 5 minutes with Sage Intacct cloud accounting.

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