The MRO Corporation, a King of Prussia, Pa.-based developer of disclosure management applications and services for healthcare providers, has acquired the assets of Keystone Management Solutions, a Malvern, Pa.-based provider of release of information services. The acquisition will enable MRO to boost its presence in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Louisiana, where Keystone currently serves hospitals and health systems.
GHX, a Dallas-based developer of healthcare supply chain optimization solutions, has unveiled enhancements to OnDemand AP, an accounts payable automation solution, and Procurement Suite, its spend management solution. The company has also announced improvements to its flagship GHX Exchange Services.
Medical Management Professionals, Inc., an Atlanta-based national firm providing billing and practice management services to radiologists and imaging centers, has been awarded a full practice management contract with Diagnostic Imaging Northwest of Portland, Ore.
Benefitfocus, based in Charleston, S.C., has announced a partnership with Jacksonville, Fla.-based Allstate to launch the Allstate Benefits App, designed to allow Web access to group benefits offerings for more than 300,000 employers and 12 million consumers on the BENEFITFOCUS Platform.
Panacea Healthcare Solutions, a Wesley Chapel, Fla.-based developer of healthcare coding, compliance, reimbursement and financial systems and services, has teamed with Source One Management Services of Willow Grove, Pa., to launch a new spend management solution for its provider clients.
Amagine, Inc., a Chicago-based subsidiary of the American Medical Association, has launched its health information technology solutions platform, AMAGINE, for physicians. The subscription-based platform is designed to give physicians access to more than 20 health information technology solutions, knowledge and communication tools and consulting resources to help in practice management.
VHA, an Irving, Texas-based national network of not-for-profit healthcare systems, has announced that Southern Illinois Healthcare, a three-hospital, two-system healthcare organization based in Carbondale, Ill., has saved about $500,000 in six months since implementing the PriceLYNX benchmarking and analysis service.
CHMB, Inc., an Escondido, Calif.-based provider of revenue cycle management solutions, electronic health record and practice management solutions, has unveiled a new corporate brand and website (www.chmbinc.com) to celebrate its 15th anniversary.
McKesson has announced that Radiology & Imaging of Springfield, Mass., has implemented the company’s Revenue Management Solutions to help accelerate reimbursements and improve collection rates for its 29 specialized radiologists.
The Medagate Corporation of Redwood City, Calif., has launched its OTCMedicaid card platform, designed to help Medicaid programs improve their Health Effectiveness Data Set (HEDIS) wellness scores through administered OTC benefit and health incentive programs.
The HealthWell Foundation, a Gaithersburg, Md.-based nonprofit organization that provides financial assistance to underinsured patients with chronic and life-altering diseases, has launched a new fund that supports treatment for gout.
EDG Partners, a private equity firm with offices in Atlanta and Washington, D.C., that’s focused exclusively on small and middle market healthcare companies, has acquired First Call Ambulance Services, Inc., a Nashville, Tenn.-base regional provider of non-emergency medical transportation services.
Novation, an Irving, Texas-based supply contracting company serving VHA, the University HealthSystem Consortium and Provista, has awarded agreement to the Midmark Corporation of Versailles, Ohio, the
Brewer Company of Menomonee Falls, Wis., and United Metal Fabricators, Inc., of Johnstown, Pa., for exam room equipment. The company has also added Biotronik, based in Lake Oswego, Ore., to its cardiac rhythm management devices portfolio.
Carestream Health, based in Rochester, N.Y., has announced price increases of as much as 50 percent on all medical imaging, dental and non-destructive testing films due to continuing increases in the cost of commodities used in film manufacturing.
onFocus Healthcare, of Nashville, Tenn., has announced that The Reading Hospital and Medical center in West reading, Pa., will implement the onFocus epm system, as well as the onFocus Accelerator service program, to optimize the benefits of software in clinical, operational and financial areas.
Stockell Healthcare Systems of St. Louis has announced that Emerus Hospital Partners of the Woodlands, texas, will install the company’s InsightCS Patient Access, Patient Accounting and Revenue Cycle Information software solution in the organizations five emergency service delivery facilities in Houston and Dallas/Fort Worth.