Perceptive Software, based in Shawnee, Kan., has announced that Memorial Hospital and Manor in Bainbridge, Ga., is deploying the company’s ImageNow document management, imaging and workflow solution in its medical records and registration departments.
The SSI Group, a Mobile, Ala.-based provider of revenue cycle management solutions to the healthcare market, has announced an expansion of the alliance with New York-based BNY Mellon to allow SSI customers to use BNY Mellon’s electronic bill payment capabilities. Under the agreement, SSI customers will be able to add a “pay now” button to their options in using SSI’s Real-Time Eligibility Services platform.
nTelagent, Inc., a Nashville, Tenn.-based provider of point-of-service collection solutions for healthcare providers, has announced that its Retail Application for Healthcare has been endorsed by MHA Ventures, a subsidiary of MHA – An association of Montana Health Care Providers.
Siemens Financial Services, based in Iselin, N.J., has expanded its healthcare financing team and product capabilities. In addition to equipment financing, SFS now offers project, construction and permanent real estate financing as well as asset-based and cash-flow-based term loans to healthcare providers.
McDermott Will & Emery, a Washington, D.C.-based law firm, represented Munich Re’s subsidiary, Munich Health North America, in its recent acquisition of the Windsor Health Group, a Medicare provider and holding company that operates health plans in Tennessee, Arkansas, South Carolina, Mississippi and Alabama.
The Wellpoint Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Indianapolis-based WellPoint, has awarded a grant of $195,000 to the San Jose, Calif.-based Foundation for Health Coverage Education to help pay for the day-to-day operations of FCHE’s toll-free U.S. Uninsured Help Line at 800-234-1317 and assist in maintaining its Health Care Options Matrix.
AllOne Health, a Wilkes-Barre, Pa.-based developer of disease and lifestyle management solutions, has announced new contracts with the UGI Corp., a Reading, Pa.-based utility company, and Severn Trent Services, a Forst Washington, Pa.-based multi-national water treatment firm.
The World Health Imaging, Telemedicine & Informatics Alliance (WHITIA), a Chicago-based non-profit global venture focused on bringing affordable healthcare technology to medical facilities in areas of limited resources, has launched the Healthy Communities Initiative, through which the organization will assist rural and urban community centers in obtaining essential technology like digital x-ray and telemedicine systems. WHITIA’s first project is the installation of a digital x-ray system at Alivio Medical Center in Chicago.
Trinity Uniforms of Minneapolis has signed a three-year deal with the Atlanta-based Broadlane Group to supply medical apparel to The Broadlane Group’s healthcare customers through its connections with parent company MedAssets.
Novation, an Irving, Texas-based healthcare supply contracting company serving members of VHA, the University HealthSystem Consortium and Provista, has launched new graphics and labeling for all of its pharmacy products in an effort to reduce medication errors and label mix-ups.
incentaHealth, a Denver-based healthcare IT company focusing on outsourced employee weight management programs, has announced a partnership with Long Beach Memorial and Miller Children’s Hospital Long Beach, both in Long Beach, Calif., to implement the company’s employee wellness program.
Post-Acute Medical, a Camp Hill, Pa.-based provider of post-acute healthcare services including LTACHs, rehabilitation hospitals, skilled nursing and outpatient rehabilitation services, wound care centers and assisted living brain injury residential centers, has announced plans to build two new hospitals in San Antonio, Texas. The hospitals will be located in Westover Hills and Thousand Oaks.
The Medsphere Systems Corporation of Carlsbad, Calif., has announced that Cooper Green Mercy Hospital in Birmingham, Ala., will implement the company’s OpenVista electronic health record and associated clinical transformation services.
Strategic Healthcare Programs of Santa Barbara, Calif., has announced an expanded integration of its SHP Solutions database with Homecare Homebase, enabling customers to view in real-time key business performance indicators, including financial data, staff performance, clinical outcomes, patient satisfaction, CMS Home Health Care Compare scores and home care benchmarks.
iReminder, a Westfield, N.J.-based healthcare IT company focused on medication compliance, has added reverse texting to its list of features, designed to improve adherence in teens and young adults with diabetes, asthma and vaccination schedules.
MedAmerica, a Rochester, N.Y.-based provider of long-term care insurance, has launched FlexCare, a long-term care insurance product designed distributed through AIMS Benefit Solutions of Montgomery, Ala.
FlexCare, a traditional reimbursement policy with an optional monthly cash benefit, is now available in three states.
RelayHealth, based in Atlanta, has announced that the ProStrakan Group, an international pharmaceutical company based in the UK, will implement RelayHealth Pharmacy Solutions as its connectivity solution and McKesson Specialty Care Solutions to administer its Abstral Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) program.
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