The Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., a self-managed, non-traded real estate investment trust, has completed the acquisition of a medical office park in Cary, N.C., for $28.2 million. The Medical Park of Cary consists of nine multi-tenant medical office buildings, totaling about 153,000 square feet, all located next to WakeMed Cary Hospital.
VHA, Inc., an Irving, Texas-based national healthcare network, has signed a deal with the Sausalito, Calif.-based Healthy Communities Institute to make its Community Health Needs Assessment system available to member hospitals. The CHNA system is a web-based information system that can be used by hospitals to meet new IRS requirements to perform more formalized community health needs assessments.
Greenway Medical Technologies of Carrollton, Ga., has announced that Allina Hospitals & Clinics has endorsed the company’s PrimeSUITE integrated electronic health record, practice management and interoperability solutions for its healthcare providers in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
The HealthTrust Purchasing Group, a Brentwood, Tenn.-based purchasing organization that supports nearly 1,400 acute care facilities in the United States, has announced a partnership with St. Louis-based LaserBand to make the company’s StatBand emergency response wristbands available to member facilities and specially negotiated contract rates. StatBand triage, EMS, evacuation and everyday response tags can be used by hospitals to improve their preparedness and emergency response programs.
Elsevier has taken over publishing duties for Value in Health, the official medical journal of the International Society for
Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR). Published eight times a year, the journal is designed to provide material that supports the not-for-profit ISPOR’s aim of promoting the efficient use of healthcare resources.
Royal Philips Electronics has acquired substantially all the assets of medSage Technologies, a Pittsburgh-based provider of patient interaction and management applications. The acquisition allows Philips to offer a web-based solution that enables home care providers to manage ongoing compliance and replenishment services for individuals under treatment for obstructive sleep apnea, diabetes and respiratory and other conditions.
Intersect Healthcare, a Baltimore-based provider of payer compliance and audit and denial management software for healthcare providers, has announced the launch of VERACITY AppealMasters, a solution designed to help providers responding to the RAC appeal process.
HMS, based in New York, has been hired by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ Division of Medical Assistance to perform post-payment clinical reviews. The scope of the company’s work consists of verifying the appropriateness of claims submitted to the state’s Medicaid office.
AdvancedMD Software, Inc., based in Salt Lake City, has announced that Momentum Billing of San Diego has selected the company’s medical management software as the foundation for its medical practice operations consulting and revenue cycle management business.
Ingenix, based in Eden Prairie, Minn., has been selected by the Bethesda Healthcare System of South Palm Beach County, Fla., to manage its revenue cycle functions for hospital and outpatient facilities. Ingenix will use an integrated suite of technology and services, including the company’s Electronic Financial Record (eFR) technology, computer-assisted coding and electronic health records solutions, patient financial counseling services, emergency department information systems and medical necessity consulting. In addition, the company has announced that the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology has certified the Ingenix CareTracker electronic health records system as a complete EHR, in that it meets 2011/2012 criteria set forth by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to support Stage 1 meaningful use measures.
Dell, based in Round Rock, Texas, has announced its intent to acquire InSite One, Inc., a Wallingford, Conn.-based developer of cloud-based medical archiving solutions.
U.S. HealthWorks, a Valencia, Calif.-based national operator of occupational healthcare centers, has acquired the Fairbanks Urgent Care Center in Fairbanks, Alaska. U.S. HealthWorks now operates five medical centers in Alaska and 134 across the nation.
HEALTHCAREfirst, an Ozark, Mo.-based provider of web-based management software, billing and coding services and consultation exclusively for the home healthcare and hospice care sector, has acquired CareFacts Information Systems, Inc., which provides clinical point-of-care charting documentation, scheduling and billing and accounts receivable services for home healthcare agencies, hospice care agencies and public health organizations.
Merge Healthcare, a Milwaukee-based developer of healthcare IT, has been upgraded by NASDAQ to the NASDAQ Global Select Market.
The Precision Dynamics Corporation, a San Fernando, Calif.-based developer of wristband and labeling solutions, has merged with The St. John Companies, Inc., a Santa Clarita, Calif.-based provider of patient identification, patient safety, healthcare label, medical imaging and medical records solutions, to further develop their lines of patient safety identification and healthcare labeling solutions.
The QuadraMed Corporation of Reston, Va., has announced that the company’s Computerized-Patient Record (QCPR) version 5.2.0 has been certified by the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information technology as 2011/2012 compliant and supporting the Stage 1 meaningful use criteria developed by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
MedAssets, based in Atlanta, has announced that the Maricopa Integrated Health System in Phoenix, Ariz., has renewed its long-term agreement with the company for charge integrity, revenue capture, contract management, denials management and patient access tools and service. Key to the contract is Maricopa’s use of MedAssets CrossWalk to link the health system’s chargemaster in the revenue cycle with the item master in its supply chain. The company has also announced that the Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare health system will implement the MedAssets Service Line Analytics solution and Clinical Cost Management consulting services.
InnoVative Capital, LLC, based in Springfield, Pa., acting as an FHA mortgage banker and originating lender, has structured, underwritten and secured FHA Section 242 Hospital Mortgage Insurance from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on behalf of the Hospital Authority of Effingham County to finance a $30.94 million loan for the modernization of Effingham Hospital in Springfield, Ga.
Iatric Systems, Inc., has announced that its PHR Connect, version 1.3, has been certified by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology as an EHR module meeting 2011/2012 criteria to support Stage 1 meaningful use conditions set forth by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
Oracle, based in Redwood Shores, Calif., has announced that Earnest Health, an Albuquerque, N.M.-based owner and operator of acute inpatient rehabilitation and long-term acute care hospitals, has upgraded to Oracle’s PeopleSoft Enterprise 9.1 for human resources and financial management. The upgrade includes the latest versions of PeopleSoft Enterprise Human Capital Management and PeopleSoft Enterprise Financial Management, as well as PeopleSoft Enterprise People Tools 8.50.
Benefitfocus, a Charleston, S.C.-based provider of healthcare and voluntary benefits software, has successfully completed its Statement on Auditing Standards No. 70 (SAS 70) Type II certification.
The Ascend Health Corporation, a national provider of behavioral healthcare services, has announced the opening of Valley Hospital, a 122-bed psychiatric hospital in Phoenix, Ariz., and Salt Lake Behavioral Health, a 118-bed hospital in Salt Lake City, and the acquisition of the Behavioral Hospital of Bellaire, a 70-bed psychiatric hospital in Houston, and Mayhill Hospital, a 60-bed psychiatric hospital in Denton, Texas.
BridgeHealth Medical, based in Denver, has announced the launch of Early Indicators, a new product designed to allow employers to identify through HIPAA-compliant data transfer those health plan members who are on the path to major surgery and who will benefit from early detection, action steps that offer education about the surgery and the availability of quality provider options.
The National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts, a Salt Lake City-based organization that establishes, build, protects and defends business value, has announced that Robert James Cimasi, MHA, ASA, MCBA, AVA, CM&AA, has published the three-volume “Adviser’s Guide to Healthcare,” a comprehensive reference guide detailing all the factors involved in consulting for and valuing healthcare practices.
SUNRx, based in Bensalem, Pa., has announced that the Fair Haven Community Health Center in Fair Haven, Conn., has partnered with the company to provide patients with discount medications through the federal 340B program.
Venturis, a Chicago-based strategic communications firm that specializes in helping companies during merger and acquisitions transactions, has released the Fast Track to M&A Announcement Program, designed to help executives execute comprehensive strategic communications for their Day One Announcement of a merger or acquisition.
Blackbaud, Inc., based in Charleston, S.C., has enhanced The Raiser’s Edge, a hosted solution designed to help non-profits track all the details associated with building supporter relationships including online donation and registration, e-mail communications and targeted fundraising campaigns.
CPU Medical Management Systems, a San Diego-based provider of healthcare information software to medical billing services and physician organizations, has announced a partnership with Revenue Advantage, a Seattle-based provider of hosted interactive voice recognition applications for healthcare providers and healthcare billing companies.
MDdatacor, an Atlanta-based provider of healthcare quality management solutions for insurers and healthcare providers, has announced that Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield has selected the company to support its patient-centered medical home quality improvement initiative.
Ontario Systems, a Muncie, Ind.-based provider of accounts receivable and revenue cycle recovery solutions, has announced a partnership with the American Digital Corporation, an Arlington Heights, Ill.-based infrastructure solutions provider, to provide system assessments, design, computer hardware and data center support for Ontario Systems clients nationwide.
AdvantEdge Healthcare Solutions, a Warren, N.J.-based provider of medical billing and practice management services, has acquired AMSplus, Inc., a division of CBay Systems and a Braintree, Mass.-based provider of billing and practice management services.
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