The Carefx Corporation, a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based developer of interoperable workflow solutions, has been granted exclusive license rights by the Cleveland Clinic to market and further develop business intelligence dashboards that the two organizations have been creating for IntellisEPM, the Cleveland Clinic’s start-up product. The BI dashboards, which integrate with Carefx’s Fusionfx solution, drive performance through enhanced decision-making by the clinical or executive user in areas that include financial performance, workforce management, quality and patient experience. The offer customized reports on key performance drivers such as core measures, mortality, physician scorecard, throughput and patient experience.
Portico Systems, a Philadelphia-based developer of Integrated Provider Management (IPM) solutions, has launched a blog dedicated to the healthcare payer community. Portico Pulse is designed to address and debate important healthcare issues, its creators say, including healthcare reform, administrative and medical cost containment, changes in provider reimbursement methods and collaboration. “Executives at health insurance plans are confronted with challenges including reducing cost, increasing care and managing their vast networks,” said Ned Moore, Portico’s CEO and co-founder. “With these challenges comes great interest in IPM and ways to optimize provider relationships. Now, payers have a reliable resource that exclusively focuses on the challenges they’re facing, trends in the industry and the value of IPM.”
Verisk Health, a Waltham, Mass.-based developer of business intelligence tools that identify, analyze and predict healthcare risk, is joining forces with Seattle-based Carena, Inc., which provides consumers with 24/7 medical care and education through a network of physicians and registered nurse practitioners. Through the agreement, Carena will look to integrate Verisk’s Sightlines Medical Intelligence suite of products, which are designed to identify at-risk and high-cost members, chronic condition overviews, gaps in care and individual-level claim details and population-level cost, condition, demographics and quality and risk measures.
Ariba, Inc., a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based provider of spend management solutions, has signed a new agreement with Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc., one of the nation’s largest providers of home health, medical staffing and wellness services. Under the deal, Maxim will look to leverage Ariba’s on-demand offerings to enhance the efficiency of its procurement process, from sourcing and orders through invoice and payment. Those offerings include Ariba Procure-to-Pay On–Demand and Ariba Payment Professional, as well as Ariba’s Invoice Conversion services.