Eric Wicklund

Medical Present Value, Inc., of Austin, Texas, has integrated its MPV Patient Portion Pricer and MPV Eligibility solutions to create a multi-payer application that uses claims valuation and real-time insurance and benefits verification to help physician practices reduce bad debt and collect more payments upfront.

Members of CIGNA health plans have a new tool at their disposal to manage their healthcare costs.

Health Cost Solutions hasn't heard the telephone ring often since switching to a hosted claims editing service.

A new study from PricewaterhouseCoopers says federal stimulus funding for healthcare IT is crucial to the implementation of electronic health records in hospitals – but threats to take away funding in the long run may be even more persuasive.

Express Scripts, Inc., is boosting its pharmacy benefit management business with the planned acquisition of the WellPoint's NextRx subsidiaries.

McKesson Provider Solutions, has announced that TELCOR, Inc., a provider of outreach information systems like the TELCOR Billing Information System, will partner with McKesson's Revenue Management Solutions group to help clinical and molecular laboratories access billing and practice management solutions.

Most healthcare vendors are focused these days on improving the physician-patient relationship. API Healthcare finds its niche in looking in the other direction.

MedeFinance, an Emeryville, Calif.-based developer of business analytics solutions and services or healthcare organizations, announced a name change, new contract and two new solutions at the HIMSS09 conference and exhibition Saturday in Chicago.

At the TEPR+ conference this past January in Palm Springs, Calif., Picis CEO Todd Cozzens pointed out that healthcare IT vendors are focused these days on developing products that not only improve clinical outcomes, but save money.

A name change and a new outlook has apparently worked wonders for Capario, as the once-struggling provider of revenue cycle management solutions recently announced three new contracts with provider groups.