Hyderabad–AGS Health, a global provider of revenue cycle, healthcare analytics and medical coding services to leading US healthcare providers, on Wednesday opened a new facility in Hyderabad.

Located at Western Pearl in Hitec City, this is the company’s largest delivery centre with a capacity to seat over 1,000 employees.

Devendra Saharia, CEO and Co-Founder, AGS Health told reporters that the company, which has 50 employees at its existing facility here, will hire 1,500 employees over the next one year.

The company invested $3 million in the Hyderabad centre. He said AGS has so far invested $10 million in India and plans to invest another $15 million in the next few years.

Started in 2011, AGS Health has facilities in Chennai, Hyderabad, Vellore and Noida. It has over 5,000 employees and 50 clients who are all from the US.

The new office will also be hosting a world class 90 seat in-house training academy and a dedicated 150-seat cutting-edge recruitment centre.

Saharia said as a pioneer in bringing offshore Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) and healthcare analytics to the mainstream, AGS Health continues to be a market leader, servicing the $30 billion US RCM industry.

“The new state-of-the-art facility will help the company service their growing base of blue chip clients, while expanding their national footprint to access the best and brightest talent in and around Hyderabad. The entire healthcare revenue cycle market in India today employs about 50,000 people,” he added.