GE Healthcare of Barrington, Ill., has announced that Springfield, Mo.-based CoxHealth has implemented the company’s Medical Quality Improvement Consortium (MQIC) quality data system to align its Centricity EMR and practice management solutions with Medicare’s Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI). In addition, the company has announced that the Virtua Medical Group, a division of Virtua Health of Marlton, N.J., has expended its relationship with the company to include GE Centricity Business Advantage to host core revenue cycle management functions for their employed physician practices.
Navicure, an Atlanta-based medical claims clearinghouse for physician practices, has launched Navicure Check-In, a self-service patient kiosk solution, on the Clearwave kiosk platform.
Portico Systems of Philadelphia has launched Portico 7.0, which evolves and broadens the company’s integrated provider management platform by incorporating provider relationship management, provider contract management and clinical collaboration.
Picis, Inc., of Wakefield, Mass., has announced the availability of two new products, InSight ED Charge Rules and LYNX E/Point, designed to drive more accurate charging for infusions and injections in hospital emergency departments.
McKesson has announced that the Medical University of South Carolina is forging ahead with plans to replace its legacy revenue management systems with the company’s Horizon Enterprise Revenue Management software and services. In addition, the company has launched InterQual Audit Solutions, a suite of tools designed to help hospitals prepare for RAC and other audits.
CPU Medical Management Systems, a San Diego-based provider of healthcare information software to medical billing services and physician organizations, has entered into a partnership with St. Louis-based Gateway EDI to combine Gateway’s electronic data interchange with CPU’s MED/FM medical billing and revenue cycle management software.
API Software, Inc., a Hartford, Wis.-based provider of healthcare-based human capital management tools, has changed its corporate name to the API Healthcare Corporation.
GetWellNetwork, Inc., of Bethesda, Md., has closed on $10 million in a Series C financing round and announced new contracts with Disney Children’s Hospital at Florida Hospital in Orlando, Fla., Florida Hospital East Orlando in Orlando, Florida Hospital Orlando Ginsburg Tower in Orlando, Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital in WestBloomfield, Mich., Muskogee Community Hospital in Muskogee, Okla., Norton Healthcare’s Norton Brownsboro Hospital in Louisville, Ky., and West Jefferson Medical Center in New Orleans.
NavigatorMD, Inc., a Knoxville, Tenn.-based developer of benefits intelligence software, has implemented its Design180 data analytics and plan design modeling turnkey software system for Wortham Insurance & Risk Management, the largest independent insurance brokerage company in Texas.
Conifer Revenue Cycle Solutions, Inc. of Dallas has announced a two-year agreement to provide RCM services to USC University Hospital and USC Norris Center Hospital at the University of Southern California.
PharmaNet Development Group, a Princeton, N.J.-based provider of clinical development services for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, generic drug and medical device companies, has unveiled PharmaNet Resource Solutions, a clinical development human resourcing business.
Aesyntix Health, Inc., a Roseville, Calif.-based provider of solutions for the medical aesthetics industry, has launched Aesyntix PaidRight, an electronic remittance analyzer designed specifically to help dermatologists streamline reimbursement, improve operational efficiencies and accelerate cash flow.
The Grameen Technology Center of Seattle has received two grants worth $4.7 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to, among other things, use mobile phones to improve healthcare in the African nations of Ghana and Uganda.
Ingenix, an Eden Prairie, Minn.-based provider of health information technology and consulting services, has achieved full accreditation with the Healthcare Network Accreditation Program (HNAP) from the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC).
Innovative Card Scanning, an Allen, Texas-based developer of insurance care and ID scanning solutions tailored for physician offices, hospitals, medical billers, pharmacies and retail clinics, has released ScanSharp ActiveX, a new solution that allows non-.Net or Web-based clients to use the Express Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software development kit to enable their practice management systems to integrate with scanning and OCR technology.