Lighthouse1 of Minneapolis, a provider of consumer-driven healthcare benefits administration solutions, has announced a partnership with Avon, Conn.-based Evolution Benefits, a provider of consumer-driven healthcare payment services, including prepaid employee benefits debit cards.
Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. of Dallas has announced that it has been awarded a renewed and expanded business process outsourcing (BPO) contract with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey. Under the renewed contract, annual claims service volumes provided by ACS are expected to increase 80 percent.
Watertown, Mass.-based athenahealth, Inc. has aligned with The Iowa Medical Society of West Des Moines, Iowa to offer the company's on-demand clinical and revenue cycle management services to Iowa physicians.
Revenue Management Solutions of Oklahoma City, Okla., a medical payment and remittance system provider, has entered into a strategic partnership with Fifth Third Bank of Cincinnati to bring paper electronification tools to the bank's healthcare clients.
Zynchros, Inc. of Seattle has announced that Independent Health, a Buffalo, N.Y.-based health plan, has selected Zynchros.com to better manage its commercian and Medicare Part D formularies.
Craneware, Inc., a supplier of financial software solutions, has announced that Sutter Health Support Services of Sacramento, Calif. has successfully implemented the company's Chargemaster Corporate Toolkit, a version of Craneware's Chargemaster Toolkit that is scaled to manage multiple CDMs.
Advantedge Healthcare Solutions of Warren, N.J., a provider of medical billing software-as-a-service to physicians, announced that it has joined IBM's Vertical Industry Program (VIP) as the only VIP provider of medical billing software. AHS will provide its technology running on the IBM "all-in-one" System i platform, including the new System i Express 515 and System i Express 525.
The SSI Group, Inc. of Mobile, Ala. has announced that a recent enhancement to its ClickON Net Eligibility software now notifies users when content between request data from the provider differs from response data from the payer, thus alerting the end user to ensure that the data is corrected.
Dallas-based PHNS, Inc. has announced a new long-term agreement to provide information technology (IT) services, health information management (HIM) services (including medical records, transcription and coding) and selected patient financial services to Mount Clemons Regional Medical Center in Mount Clemons, Mich.
San Diego-based Premier, Inc. has signed an agreement with CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health Care of South Texas to use the company's OperationsAdvisor quarterly benchmarking application. The application is integrated into the Premier Performance Suite.
Healthaxis, Inc. of Irving, Texas, a provider of technology-enhanced, integrated business process services and solutions, has signed a multi-year contract with Madison, Wis.-based International Funding Ltd., a managing general underwriter, primarily underwriting group stop loss, full-insured transplant carve-out and group life for employer groups that have adopted self-funded health plans.