IMPAC Medical Systems, Inc. of Sunnyvale, Calif., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Sweden-based Elekta Group, has announced it will make a $1.6 million investment in The Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences to allow the Toronto-based institution to install an integrated electronic health record for its students and staff.
Skire, Inc. of Menlo Park, Calif., has announced that Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center has chosen the company's Unifier solution to manage capital projects in its Design and Construction Department.
IRIS International, Inc., a Chatsworth, Calif.-based developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices, diagnostic systems and consumables, has filed a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission to allow the company to sell up to $125 million of common stock, preferred stock and debt securities.
National Home Health Care Corp., a Scarsdale, N.Y.-based provider of home healthcare and staffing services in the Northeast, has been purchased by Angelo, Gordon & Co., an alternative investment money management firm, with the intention of taking the company private. Shareholders received $12.75 per share in cash as part of the deal.
Health Management Systems, Inc. of New York has announced that its contract with the Michigan Department of Community Health and the Michigan Family Independence Agency has been extended through Oct. 31, 2008. The contract scope includes Medicaid third party identification, verification and recovery services. In addition, HMS has won a contract to continue providing worker's compensation recovery services to the State of California Department of Health Care Services, and DHCS has extended its contract with HMS for third-party liability recovery services for another year.
Amerinet, Inc., a St. Louis-based national healthcare group purchasing organization, and its affiliate partner Advantage Healthcare Net have announced a new alliance designed to reduce costs and create new efficiencies for 28 healthcare providers in Minnesota.
Selectica, a San Jose, Calif.-based provider of enterprise contract lifecycle management and sales configuration solutions, has launched the Selectica Healthcare Special Interest Group. The group, comprised of the company's healthcare customers, will meet regularly to discuss common contracting concerns and offer strategic direction for future versions of Selectica's CM solutions.
Devon Health Services, Inc. of King of Prussia, Pa. has announced the national launch of its Pre-Certification Funding program, a new provider reimbursement program that arranges payments for providers while they treat patients.
S3 Matching Technologies of Austin, Texas has announced that its TeraMatch service is being used to help the Texas Medicaid and Healthcare Partnership automate the verification of licenses of potential Medicaid providers to ensure that Medicaid does not allow payments to non-qualified healthcare providers.
Allscripts has announced that Delaware Health Net, Inc., a network of community health centers serving every county in the state, will deploy HealthMatics Office, the company's integrated electronic health record and practice management system.
Medco Health Solutions, Inc., a Franklin Lakes, N.J.-based provider of pharmacy benefit management solutions, has announced a two-for-one stock split, effective for all shareholders of record at the close of business on Jan. 10, 2008. Company officials say the company's stock value has multiplied approximately four times since going public in August 2003.
Medical Present Value, Inc. of Austin, Texas has announced that the North Canton Medical Foundation, a 44-physician, multi-specialty clinic based in North Canton, Ohio, will use MPV's Phynance to automate payer contract management processes and improve its overall revenue cycle.
Atlanta-based Infor has enhanced its PM Financial Consolidation and PM Planning and Budgeting, Business Process Applications (BPAs) that are part of the Inform PM 10 suite of integrated Performance Management (PM) software solutions.
HealthPricer Interactive, a Vancouver, Canada-based provider of online product search and comparison shopping services for healthcare products, has launched a Customer Experience as a Service (CXaaS) platform, which allows HealthPricer to manage multiple partners from one set of code and deploy them quickly to sllow revenues from product sales to take effect immediately.
Seattle-based Adaptis, a provider of business process outsourcing solutions, has announced that Clear Choice Health Plans, Inc. of Bend, Ore. has hired the company to handle its claims administration and financial services.
MicroAutomation, a Manassas, Va.-based provider of call center solutions, is teaming up with Message Technologies, Inc. to market The Automated Health Coach, a solution for us in healthcare insurance companies' wellness and disease management programs. The solution provides beneficiaries with specific information to help them better manage their quality of life and/or long-term healthcare issues.
ForHealth Technologies, Inc., a Daytona Beach, Fla.-based provider of automation systems for hospital pharmacies, has closed on $9 million of new capital financing. The round consisted of a $4 million equity investment and an additional $5 million of debt financing.