Cymetrix, an Irvine, Calif.-based provider of revenue cycle management solutions, has announced a collaboration with Seattle-based UW Medicine to provide self-pay accounts receivable management services to two of the three hospitals in the medical system. The company has also announced a co-marketing alliance with San Diego-based CSI Financial Services to include CSI’s loan programs in Cymetrix’s RCM solutions.
DST Health Solutions of Birmingham, Ala., has announced a business alliance with Health Data Vision, Inc., to integrate HDI’s Medical Records Collection and Analysis system with DST’s CaraAnalyzer solution.
Ingenious Med, an Atlanta-based developer of mobile platforms to automate the activities of physicians when they are away from their offices, has completed a vetting process by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to achieve official status as a 2010 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative Registry.
Emdeon, Inc., a Nashville-based provider of healthcare revenue and payment cycle management solutions, has announced a partnership with the Noridian Mutual Insurance Company, doing business as Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota, and Noridian Administrative Services, LLC.
Capario, a Santa Ana, Calif.-based provider of revenue cycle management solutions, has launched version 3.6 of its online Portal application.
Gemino Healthcare Finance of Philadelphia has announced the closing of three transactions,
totaling $10.75 million, in July: a $4.75 million credit facility for a home health agency for the acquisition of a Florida-based company; a $3 million revolving line of credit for a Florida-based diagnostic imaging company for working capital and general corporate purposes; and a $3 million revolving line of credit for a California-based behavioral health company to pay off existing debt.
CHOICE Administrators of Orange, Calif., has announced that its CaliforniaChoice health insurance exchange for small and mid-sized employers, launched in 1996, has become the first in the nation to reach the 20 million member-month plateau, an important metric in measuring an exchange’s sustainability.
Rollstream, Inc., a McLean, Va.-based developer of enterprise community management services, has announced a partnership with SPS Commerce, a Minneapolis-based developer of on-demand supply chain management solutions, to help organizations accelerate the time required to onboard new vendors.
Upp Technology, a Downers’ Grove, Ill.-based developer of emergency preparedness and response solutions, has announced that the Oregon Department of Human Services’ Division of Public Health will use the company’s IRMS 360 Enterprise solution in a hosted environment to manage the state’s critical emergency supplies.
The Informatics Corporation of America, based in Nashville, has announced that the Memphis-based MidSouth eHealth Alliance has signed a multi-year contract with ICA to provide its commercial CareAlign solution for continued health information exchange capabilities.
GetWellNetwork, Inc., a Bethesda, Md.-based develop of interactive patient care solutions, has launched GetWellNetwork for Seniors, designed to help hospitals improve senior patients’ experiences and outcomes.
Pharmacy OneSource, Inc., based in Bellevue, Wash., has announced that Peninsula Medical Center in Salisbury, Md., has adopted the company’s VeriForm checklist management tool for compliance inspections. In addition, Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg, Va., has adopted the company’s Simplifi 797 quality assurance software to achieve sterile compounding compliance.
QuadraMed, based in Reston, Va., has announced a partnership with the CPM Resource Center of Grand Rapids, Mich., an Elsevier company, to provide QuadraMed clients with nursing and allied health clinical documentation, care planning and clinical practice guidelines as well as transformation services.
The CGI Group, Inc., of Fairfax, Va., has launched Medicaid Incentive360, a new end-to-end service designed to manage states’ Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Payment programs.
ChartWise Medical Systems, based in Wakefield, R.I., has established an OEM relationship with MicroStrategy, a provider of business intelligence software, to help hospitals improve clinical documentation to help maximize DRG-related reimbursements.
AMN Healthcare Services, Inc., a San Diego-based provider of healthcare staffing and workforce solutions, has been recertified by the Joint Commission. The recertification includes AMN’s locum tenens division, Staff Care.
Shared Health, based in Chattanooga, Tenn., has teamed up with the Mississippi Division of Medicaid to launch the state’s electronic health record system and electronic prescribing solution for Medicaid beneficiaries.
Novation, an Irving, Texas-based supply contracting company for members of VHA, Inc., the University HealthSystem Consortium and Provista, LLC, has awarded agreements to Nova Biomedical of Waltham, Mass., for single-analyte point-of-care testing and GE Healthcare and Mortara Instrument, Inc., both of Milwaukee, for non-invasive cardiology equipment.
HealthEdge, a Burlington, Mass.-based developer of software platforms for healthcare payers, has announced that San Francisco-based SeeChange Health has gone live with the HealthRules product suite.
AmeriDoc, a Plano-Texas-based provider of telemedicine services, has launched a video engine to connect patients with licensed physicians for online video consultations.
HMS, based in New York, has been awarded a contract by the Kansas Health Policy Authority to conduct Medicaid subrogation services, including casualty and estate recovery services.
Sage Software, based in Tampa, Fla., has announced that Good Neighbor Health Community Center in Columbus, Neb., will implement the Sage Intergy CHC electronic health records system.
Patient Access Solutions, Inc., based in Hauppauge, N.Y., has announced that the New York-based Continuum Health Partners has increased PASHealth Processing System installations to process its real-time HIPAA and self-pay receivables transactions. The company has also announced a partnership with iMedicor that will integrate iMedicor’s ClearLobby platform with PAS’ digital pen technology for the home healthcare industry and HIPAA transaction processing and reporting platform.
Thomson Reuters, based in New York, has announced that its Tax & Accounting business has recently released healthcare reform content onto its Checkpoint online platform.
HCH Administration, Inc., of Tulsa, Okla., a third-party administrator of self-funded, employer-sponsored health plans throughout the Midwest, has added data integration, analysis and reporting solutions from Benefit Informatics to improve plan analysis and reporting capabilities.
eHealth, Inc., of Mountain View, Calif., the parent company of eHealthInsurance, has announced a partnership with the Next Generation Insurance Group, LLC, to provide the GradGuard Student Health Plan, a new student health insurance option for college students and their families.