Rising medical costs and tightening state and federal reimbursements challenge health care providers across the country to operate more efficiently. Like many health care providers, Cuyuna Regional Medical Center (CRMC) is continually looking for strategies to lower costs without compromising the quality of care or delivery of services. CRMC provides state-of-the-art health care services for patients in Crosby, Minn., and the Brainerd Lakes area. It is part of a high-tech medical campus with a rich tradition of advancing innovation in rural healthcare.

CRMC engaged ERS Utility Solutions (ERS) to audit and streamline telecom and utility services. Health care facilities are vulnerable to utility billing errors due to the complexity of their operations and eligibility for special rates, provisions, and exemptions that service providers might miss. ERS’ investigative auditors identified telecom and utility billing errors resulting in nearly $145,000 in credits.

Cream always rises to the top. Bongards’ Creameries learned this firsthand when it hired ERS Utility Solutions (ERS), a leader in utility and telecom bill auditing, to help clarify, streamline, and manage costs related to energy and telecom. ERS went right to work. Its unique forensic bill auditing process identified overcharges and immediate savings of nearly $500,000 and corrected bills for hundreds of thousands of dollars more in future savings.

Every healthcare professional knows the value of a thorough examination. St. Elizabeth Healthcare (SEH) and St. Elizabeth Physicians (SEP), of Northern Kentucky, learned the benefits firsthand, when their national healthcare consulting firm tapped ERS Utility Solutions (ERS) for a detailed analysis of utility and telecom services and costs. The surgical precision of ERS’ approach combines state-of-the-art technology, access to years of detailed utility billing, knowledge of industry-specific state and federal regulations, and “feet on the ground” inspections of energy and telecom calculating equipment.

Food processing is an energy-intensive business with very tight margins. That is why one cost-conscious meat industry leader turned to ERS Utility Solutions (ERS) for forensic bill auditing and comprehensive analysis of its utility charges and metering equipment. ERS delivered. It found and recovered more than $850,000 in past overcharges for natural gas and electricity, then corrected those errors for more than $220,000 per year in future savings!

A leading manufacturer of high tech components for the aerospace and defense industries hired ERS Utility Solutions for forensic bill auditing and analysis of its energy utilities and metering equipment at multiple facilities from coast to coast. Defense contracting requires quality, reliability and performance. This client demanded the same from ERS!

Spectro Alloys is a secondary aluminum recycler that melts and reformulates scrap aluminum into alloys used to make car parts and other components. Company officials were investigating ways to lower energy costs when they connected with ERS Utility Solutions. The connection has significantly lowered the company’s electric rates and demand charges—while improving the relationship with its electric utility!

Valley Queen makes award-winning cheese, whey, and milk products for some of the largest food brands in the world. Located in Milbank, South Dakota, the company was founded in 1929 by two Swiss immigrants and continues to grow its product lines and capacity. Today Valley Queen employs more than 200 people at its expanding Milbank plant, and its products have earned numerous awards in national and world cheese competitions.