The Cardinal Health Foundation of Dublin, Ohio, has announced a call for entries for its E3 Grant Program, offering more than $1 million in grant funding to help U.S. hospitals, health systems and community Health clinics improve the efficiency and quality of care. Since its founding in 2008, the program has awarded 108 grants totaling more than $3 million.
Sage Payment Solutions, based in McLean, Va., has launched Sage Patient Payments, a secure payment solution designed to enable collections from patients at the point of care, regardless of the patient’s third-party payer. The solution is powered by mPay Gateway, a developer of payment card industry-certified financial technology products and services.
Entrust Healthcare, a Columbus, Ohio-based consulting and services firm focused on physician practices, ambulatory care, diagnostic and surgery centers, urgent care providers and community medical centers, has expanded its physician billing and revenue cycle consulting services with the acquisition of Thousand Oaks, Calif.-based PRISMA Systems Medical Billing.
Navinet, a Cambridge, Mass.-based health communications network, has announced the launch of the NaviNet EMR electronic medical record and NaviNet PM practice management solutions, designed to integrate with the company’s NaviNet Insurer Connect portal.
Shareable Ink, a Boston-based developer of digital pen and paper applications for healthcare, has launched Shareable Ink Analytics for Anesthesia, a business intelligence extension of the company’s anesthesia module that extracts clinical, quality and efficiency-related data from paper anesthesia records.
BancTec, Inc., an Irving, Texas-based developer of business management solutions, has announced that its board of directors has adopted a stockholder rights plan designed to protect company stockholders in the event of takeover activity that would deny them the full value of their investment. The board declared a dividend distribution of one preferred stock purchase right for each outstanding share of common stock of the company, payable to stockholders of record as of Oct. 1, 2010, an exercisable only if, under certain conditions, a person or group acquires 15 percent or more of the company’s voting stock.
SunRx, based in Bensalem, Pa., has announced a partnership with Bakersfield, Calif.-based National Health Services to provide discounted prescription drugs through the federal 340B program to families in Kern County, Calif.
Cabinet NG, a Huntsville, Ala.-based provider of document management and document management workflow software, has released version 6.5 of its CNG-WEB and CNG-SAFE solutions.
American Sentinel University, based in Aurora, Colo., has announced the creation of an MSN Nursing Case Management specialty degree program that offers enhanced education in finance, health policy and community leadership.
The Cadient Group, a King of Prussia, Pa.-based provider of digital marketing services and solutions for the healthcare industry, has launched REVEAL, an analytics suite that combines program analytics, social monitoring and customer insights.
Detica, based in New York, has announced that the Zurich Insurance Company’s global life and pensions business will be using the Detica NetReveal enterprise financial risk management solution, designed to uncover behavioral connections, verify compliance requirements and prioritize risk management.
Wolters Kluwer Health, based in Philadelphia, has announced that Platte Valley Medical Center in Brighton, Colo., has selected ProVation MD software for gastroenterological procedure documentation and coding. The company ha also announced that the Centegra Health System of McHentry, Ill., has selected ProVation Order Sets, powered by UpToDate Decision Support, as the electronic order set solution for the system’s three hospitals.
McKesson, headquartered in Atlanta, has announced an exclusive agreement with MedVentive to offer the Analytics Advisor provider performance management solution to the payer market. In other news, McKesson Health Solutions has received full-core re-accreditation and vendor recertification for its care management worflow solutions from Washington, D.C.-based URAC.
Premier Anesthesia, an Alpharetta, Ga.-based provider of anesthesia management services and solutions, has established a new partnership to manage anesthesia services at Women’s Christian Association Hospital in Jamestown, N.Y.
Xanitos, Inc., based in Radnor, Pa., has announced an agreement with Kaiser Permanente of Southern California for a pilot program to manage environmental services departments in several hospitals using the company’s XRO system.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont has launched a new Medigap Blue plan, offered through The Vermont Health Plan, that is designed to provide coverage for Medicare deductibles, co-insurance and other out-of-pocket costs to newly retired Medicare recipients.
MEDecision, a Wayne, Pa.-based provider of collaborative healthcare management solutions, has been awarded accreditation from URAC, a Washington, D.C.-based healthcare accrediting organization that establishes quality standards for the healthcare industry. The company has received accreditation for meeting URAC’s vendor disease management, vendor case management and health content provider standards.
Touchstone Health, a New York-based Medicare Advantage insurer, has closed on $27.5 million in equity financing, which will be used to increase membership and territorial expansion in New York as well as branching out into other related businesses.
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Epocrates, a San Mateo, Calif.-based provider of mobile drug reference tools and interactive services, has announced a collaboration with Walgreens to make the Walgreens Prescription Savings Club formulary list of more than 8,000 brand and generic medications accessible through Epocrates’ mobile and online drug reference products.
SXC Health Solutions, a Lisle, Ill.-based provider of pharmacy benefit management products and services, has announced that its InformedRx PBM unit has been awarded a three-year contract valued at approximately $240 million per year with a large health plan based on the East Coast.
The Health Information and Management Systems Society has announced that it will offer booth traffic reporting and analysis for exhibitors at the 2011 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition, scheduled for Feb. 20-24 in Orlando, Fla., through the use of Alliance Tech’s Intelligent EXHIBITOR solution.
Agfa HealthCare, based in Mortsel, Belgium, has introduced the IMPAX kiosk, an interactive system designed to enable patients to check in to hospitals without going through traditional registration desks.
Novation, an Irving, Texas-based healthcare supply contracting company, has awarded an agreement to Sempermed USA, Inc., of Clearwater, Fla., to manufacture Novaplus exam gloves, which will be offered to members of VHA, the University HealthSystem Consortium and Provista. The company has also awarded agreements to Baxter Healthcare, Hospira Worldwide and CareFusion for intravenous (IV) systems and to GE Healthcare of Milwaukee for cardiac catheterization monitoring and electrophysiology monitoring.
The TriZetto Group, based in Greenwood Village, Colo., has announced a partnership with Bellevue, Wash.-based Edifecs, Inc., to embed the Edifecs5010T solution into the TriZetto Advantage 10 Compliance Plus 5010 service to streamline the mapping of HIPAA 4010 EDI transactions to the new ANSI x12 5010 standard.
Passport Health Communications of Franklin, Tenn., has announced that the Baptist Health System of Birmingham, Ala., will use the company’s IntelliSource software solution to manage patient access workflow in the four-hospital system, thereby improving patient access to care and decreasing uncompensated charges.
AZZLY, a Vero Beach, Fla.-based developer of electronic health record, practice management and patient health record software, has announced that it will integrate the mdEmail service from Fort Lee, N.J.-based MaxMD.
Upp Technology, Inc., a Downers Grove, Ill.-based developer of emergency preparedness and response technology solutions, has entered into a partnership with the healthcare consulting firm Martin, Blanck & Associates. The partners will develop and enhance technology solutions addressing inventory, asset and patient management through Web technology for day-to-day and emergency use.
Catalyst Rx, a Rockville, Md.-based pharmacy benefit management company, has been awarded a new service contract with Wellmark to continue to provide PBM services to its more than 1.2 million members.
Gemino Healthcare Finance, based ion Philadelphia, has received a rating upgrade from rating agency DBRS from ‘BBB’ to ‘A.’
Health Access Solutions, a Foster City, Calif.-based developer of care coordination solutions and services, has announced a partnership with the California Association of Physicians Group, representing more than 150 physician groups.
The Medagate Corporation, a Redwood City, Calif.-based provider of over-the-counter healthcare benefit platform solutions and services, has announced, through a partnership with InComm, the launch of the OTCNetwork, a national over-the-counter benefits plan for Medicare Advantage plans and their members.
The Yankee Alliance Supply Chain Cooperative, Inc., an Andover, Mass.-based non-profit group purchasing organization, has joined the Health Industry Group Purchasing Association (HIGPA).
Press Ganey Associates, Inc., of South Bend, Ind., has announced a collaboration with the American Medical Association to provide physicians with a new Web-based tool to measure patient satisfaction. The RealTime tool is designed to collect and evaluate patient feedback and provide data to help physicians improve their practices and meet the needs of their patients.
Zynx Health, a Los Angeles-based developer of evidence-based and experience-based clinical decision support tools for healthcare, has announced the development of an accountable care organization pilot program with five national health systems: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in California, the Memorial Hermann healthcare System of Texas, Northwest Hospital & Medical Center in Washington, the St. Joseph Health System in California and Texas, and the WellStar Health System in Georgia.
CIGNA, based in Bloomfield, Conn., has announced the launch of CIGNA Mobile, a mobile phone application designed to allow healthcare customers with mobile Web-enabled mobile phones to get immediate information on their health plan benefits.
The CBO Solution, a Spokane, Wash.-based developer of critical access hospital business solutions, has announced a new contract with Whitman Hospital & Medical Center of Colfax, Wash.
Practice Fusion, based in San Francisco, has announced a partnership with Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft to offer free de-identified health information to researchers.
The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies, based in Warren, N.J., has established a healthcare information technology program, designed to address the needs of healthcare providers dealing with privacy, information security and other liability exposures.
Pharmacy OneSource, based in Bellevue, Wash., has announced that Kingman Regional Medical Center in Kingman, Ariz., has adopted the company’s VeriForm solution for compliance inspections.