WorldDoc has integrated its online health assessment and prevention tools with MphasiS Healthcare Solutions' WEBeci online self-service solution. The cooperation is designed to enable both companies to offer a more comprehensive and cost-effective solution to health plans, third-party-administrators and employers and those managing consumer directed care initiatives.
"Our consumer directed health offering will provide a cost-effective way for our clients to become more proactive and involved in the health management of their members and employees," said Tom Castleberry, vice chairman of MHS. "It is a win-win for all parties."
According to MHS, WEBeci clients have access to a wide range of decision support tools, allowing users to:
•Assess health risks;
•Evaluate symptoms to learn when self-care options are safe and when they should seek immediate medical attention;
•Compare prescription prices and find generic alternatives to medications;
•Maintain online personal health records;
•Research conditions and treatments in an extensive online library written by physicians;
•Access a 24/7 nurse and triage care telephone line designed to augment WorldDoc's online decision support tools;
•Access a database providing profiles of hospital volume, cost and quality results for hundreds of common procedures.
In the future, users also will have access to quality and cost-of-care modeling tools.
WEBeci allows providers and plan members to check claim status, verify insurance eligibility, print benefit plan documentation, search for and view provider information and perform enrollment functions over a dedicated, secure, private-labeled website.
"As the consumer directed healthcare movement grows, consumers will use online decision support tools to assume greater control over their care by accessing information about the quality and cost of providers and healthcare services," Castleberry said. "As part of a strategic shift, MHS is committed to expanding its technology platform and portfolio of applications from claims administration to employee health and benefits management tools, enabling its clients to thrive in the consumer driven healthcare era that is fundamentally altering our industry."