Omega Healthcare to expand in Trichy

Omega healthcare, a premier offshore provider of medical coding and billing, is poised for expansion in the city, besides Bangalore and Chennai. "Omega Healthcare Management Services is to set its footprint at Tiruchirapalli from April 6 this year and operations will commence in June. A Rs 6 crore investment has been budgeted for basic infrastructure," P V Guruvayurappan, Associate VP-HR of the Bangalore based company, said. In addition, a blueprint has been drawn up to expand operations in Bangalore and Chennai, he said. Working on medical billing and coding and other aggregators of precision and hospital revenue cycle business on behalf of a host of companies, most of them located in US, Omega has huge facilities at Bangalore and Chennai, with a total headcount of over 2,800. Guruvayurappan said the six-year old company has been maintaining a consistent 30 to 35 per cent growth rate in the last three years. Other locations across South and South East Asia are also on the cards for expansion, he said