San Diego-based Premier, Inc. has signed contracts with six healthcare providers who will use the company's SpendAdvisor technology to reduce supply-chain expenses. They are Adventist HealthCare of Rockville, Md., Baystate Health in Springfield, Mass., the Greenville Hospital System in Greenville, S.C., the Hendrick Health System of Abilene, Texas, the Saint Francis Health System of Tulsa and Broken Arrow, Okla., and the University Medical Center Health System in Lubbock, Texas.
Avnet Technology Solutions of Tempe, Ariz., a value-added distributor of enterprise computing products, software and services, has reported that its HealthPlan practice has helped participating value-added resellers increase sales by 40 percent during the last year in the healthcare technology market.
The Convergys Corporation, a Cincinnati-based provider of customer care, human resources and billing services, and Avaya, a provider of business communications applications, systems and services, have announced a partnership to jointly deliver "Customer Care Diagnostic" services designed to help beusiness evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of their customer interactions.
Emeryville, Calif.-based MedeFinance has signed a new three-year contract with Partners HealthCare of Boston to provide performance-enhancing business analytics through the use of Mede's Revenue Cycle Analytics application and several customized analytics applications.
MDWerks, a Deerfield Beach, Fla.-based provider of Web-based electronic claims management and funding solutions, has signed a co-marketing agreement with Ethidium Health Systems, a provider of Web-based clinical information management solutions for physicians and patients.
SHPS, a Louisville, Ky.-based provider of health advocacy and health benefits solutions, has announced an expanded partnership with Delta Health Systems, a California-based independent third party administrator (TPA), to offer SHPS' integrated care management solution.
Premier Purchasing Partners, LP has announced a new group buy opportunity for non-invasive cardiology equipment with GE Medical Technologies Information Systems of Wauwatosa, Wis. The savings opportunity, available through November 2, offers additional savings to acute care and continuum-of-care members of Premier.
Healthscreen Solutions, Inc. of Toronto has launched a nationwide roll-out campaign of its CallerMD service, which enables billing of uninsured medical services, with an implementation at The Bowmont Clinic in Calgary, Alberta.
BenSoft, Inc., a San Diego-based provider of RepayMe.com Web-based healthcare administration software, is partnering with ProView Global, Inc., an offshore employee benefits administration organization, to market a complete spending account technology and administration solution.
Royal Philips Electronics of Andover, Mass. has announced that the California Association for Health Services at Home has awarded Philips a group purchasing organization contract for telehealth products and services.
Kolb + Co. Medical Billing, LLC and Medical Billing Professionals, Inc., both of Milwaukee, have decided to merge. The combined company will be known as Kolb + Co. Medical Billing LLC, an affiliate of Kolb + Co. SC.
New York-based pMDsoft, Inc., which offers mobile charge capture software for physicians, has completed a series of error-checking measures designed to help its customers comply with the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative issued on July 1 by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
The Keystone Peer Review Organization, Inc., a Harrisburg, Pa.-based medical management firm, has been awarded the TennCare medical appeals services contract, which runs from Sept. 15, 2007 to Sept. 14, 2010. KePRO will be responsible for rendering professional opinions as to whether recipient appeals satisfy applicable clinical and legal requirements of medical necessity, as defined by the Bureau of TennCare.
ICS Software, Ltd. of Oceanside, N.Y. has announced that CheckMedicare.com now displays Medicare Part A information as well as Medicare Part B information.
Passport Health Communications, Inc. of Franklin, Tenn. has teamed with the Geisinger Health System to launch Passport IntelliSource, which integrates with Geisinger's EPIC system to create a Health Level 7-based system for insurance eligibility and address verification.