The Chartis Group, a Chicago-based advisory services firm that focuses on management consulting and applied research, has announced a partnership with the Minneapolis-based HealthPartners Medical Group and Clinics to provide advisory services, program management and knowledge transfer designed to improve delivery of ambulatory care services.
Jackson Surgical Assistants, part of the Alpharetta, Ga.-based Jackson Healthcare network of practice management service providers, has expanded its national presence with the addition of Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights, Ill.
RealMed, an Indianapolis-based provider of revenue cycle management solutions for the healthcare industry, has announced an agreement with Epic to allow that company’s billing software clients to have access to RealMed’s claims editing and error management tools from within the same claims processing interface.
FSAStore.com, a New York-based provider of flexible spending account-eligible products and services, has closed on $800,000 in Series A financing. The round was led by Point Judith Capital, with participation by the Columbia Business School Lang Fund, Opal Moon, LLC and other angels.
Craneware, based in Atlanta, has announced an agreement with Wilson Medical Center in Wilson, N.C., part of the Premier healthcare alliance, to deploy Craneware Revenue Integrity Solutions to help prepare for the financial implications of health reform.
Forte, a Minneapolis-based provider of probate solutions and sister company to DCM Services, a provider of deceased account recovery services, has been granted two new patents from the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The patents cover the technology and processes used to source and combine public probate records and decedent data into an electronic database that is part of the company’s Probate Finder technology, and the automated process of comparing and matching the database’s probate records with deceased accounts receivable data using Probate Finder’s matching algorithms.
The Huron Consulting Group, a Chicago-based provider of business consulting services, has announced that its Huron Healthcare practice has launched RevenueAscent, a new solution for hospitals and health systems.
MEDecision, a Wayne, Pa.-based provider of collaborative health management solutions, has published the e-book “ICD-10: Improving Care Plans, Interoperability and Business Practices.”
Lawson Software of St. Paul, Minn., has announced a new product partnership with Minnesota-based Emkat, Inc., focusing on mobility solutions. The two companies will work together to create mobile hardware and service to support Lawson’s enterprise applications, including Lawson Mobile Supply Chain Management.
MSA Executive Search of Kansas City, Mo., the executive search practice of healthcare consulting firm Integrated Healthcare Strategies, has been retained by The University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, part of the University of Maryland Medical System, to lead a national search for a new senior vice president of human resources/chief human resource officer.
Iatric Systems and maxIT Healthcare have collaborated to integrate Iatric’s OrderEase software to MEDITECH MAGIC users seeking to implement of computerized physician order entry (CPOE) solution.
The MRO Corporation, a King of Prussia, Pa.-based developer of disclosure management applications and services, has announced that ROI Online version 2.1 is 2011/2012 compliant and has been certified as an EHR module by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology.
VHA, Inc., a national healthcare network based in Irving, Texas, has announced that the Ohio-based Independent Hospital Network Sourcing Co-op, consisting of Alliance Community Hospital in Alliance, Aultman Hospital in Canton, Dunlap Community Hospital in Orrville, Pomerene Hospital in Millersburg and Union Hospital in Dover, have joined the network.
MedeAnalytics, an Emeryville, Calif.-based provider of healthcare performance management solutions, has launched a Value-Based Purchasing Resource Center.
The NCR Corporation, a Duluth-Ga.-based provider of self-service hospital check-in solutions, has selected Electronic Payment Exchange (EPX), a full-service payment processing company, as its preferred payment provider for NCR Healthcare.
Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC (GHX), a Louisville, Col.-based developer of healthcare supply chain solutions, has announced an agreement with AliMed, a healthcare product manufacturer and distributor, to help improve the company’s supply chain transaction efficiency. The company has also announced that the HealthTrust Purchasing Group has reduced invoice exception rates by 50 percent since deploying the GHX Collaboration Portal in early 2009.
Benefitfocus, based in Charleston, S.C., has unveiled its Medical Loss Ratio Rebate App, which is designed to help insurance companies calculate premium contributions and manage rebates as they adjust to new medical loss ratio (MLR) requirements.
Ascent, a Phoenix, Ariz.-based third-party medical device processor, has officially changed its name to Stryker Sustainability Solutions.
Infosys, based in Fremont, Calif., has launched the Infosys Health Benefit Exchange, a platform designed to help states set up insurance exchanges mandated in the Affordable Care Act.
nTelagent, based in Nashville, Tenn., has launched a new module for medical necessity processing for Medicare and other major payers at the point of service, along with real-time scripting for patient collections.