Emdeon, a Nashville, Ten.-based developer of revenue and payment cycle management products for the healthcare industry, has acquired the patient statement business of GE Healthcare Information Technology, which provides timely correspondence such as statements, invoices, claims and appointment reminders for patients for more than 400 hospitals nationwide.
InterSystems, of Cambridge, Mass., has unveiled InterSystems DeepSee embedded real-time business intelligence software. In addition, the company has announced that the QuadraMed Corporation will added InterSystems DeepSee software to its new hospital registration auditing and quality improvement application.
VisionShare, Inc. of Minneapolis and the Foresight Corporation of Columbus, Ohio have introduced Total OnBoarding, an online self-service system designed to give healthcare payers and Medicare contractors a way to streamline the process of building an authenticated trading community and preparing for the March 2010 transition to the 5010 HIPAA mandate.
Ingenious Med, an Atlanta-based provider of practice management information systems, has announced a companywide growth initiative. The company, which recently secured contracts for its IM Practice Manager product with Hospitalist Services of Central Alabama, IMRS Faculty Hospitalists, General Internal Medicine of Lancaster, Maryland Inpatient Care Specialists and Hawaii Pacific Health, has moved to a larger facility in Atlanta, hired 11 new employees and announced plans to attend several conferences.
TSYS Healthcare of Minneapolis has announced a partnership with Paragon Benefits in the roll-out of the My Care Card, a flexible benefit payment processing solution that allows subscribers to pay from as many as 50 funding sources on one card and includes Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Reimbursement Accounts, Health Savings Accounts, credit and cash accounts.
Healthaxis, Inc., an Irving, Texas-based provider of business process solutions and services, including claims and benefit administration applications, outsourced claims-related services for health benefit administrators and health insurance claims, has signed a multi-year outsourcing agreement to provide data center and information technology services to HealthSCOPE Benefits, Inc. of Little Rock, Ark.
HealthiNation, a New York-based digital health video network, has received $7.5 million is Series B funding led by Intel Capital. In addition, the company has announced an expansion of its online video network, including partnerships with LifeScript, UCompare Healthcare, PARADE Magazine, Lee Enterprises and Guideposts Magazine.
The Emerald Software Group, an Atlanta-based provider of business process-driven workforce management products, has announced that it will offer its workforce management technology free of charge to qualifying nonprofit organizations with missions in children’s healthcare and wellness.
Benefitfocus, a Charleston, S.C.-based benefits software provider, has launched Benefitfocus Max Standard Solutions, the company’s newest family of benefits communication technology tools, which allow insurance carriers and employers to synchronize transaction connections through a comprehensive data format.
First Horizon Msaver, Inc. of Overland Park, Kan. has signed a marketing and services agreement to assist in the sale of qualified High Deductible Health Plans (HDHPs) and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) for agents and brokers of Bluegrass Family Health, a Kentucky-based not-for-profit insurance company that has recently entered the areas of Nashville and Knoxville.
Travel Nurse Source, LLC of Lancaster, Pa. has launched Allied Travel Careers, a new program that presents qualified allied travel candidates to participating healthcare staffing agencies for a monthly subscription.
Health Language, Inc., a Denver-based provider of language engine technology for medical vocabulary mapping and interoperability, has announced a partnership with ExitCare, LLC, a Lake Elmo, Minn.-based developer of patient discharge instruction and education information solutions. HLI will review and tag all of ExitCare’s 3,300-plus titles with ICD-9-CM (and eventually ICD-10-CM), CPT-4 and SNOMED CT codes to enable physicians to immediately find the appropriate handout for each patient
A.D.A.M., Inc. of Atlanta has announced that CapitalSource, a commercial lender, has expended the use the company’s Benergy employee benefits and health management portal by implementing Benergy’s “Ready … Enroll Complete” capabilities.
Quantros, Inc. of San Francisco has announced the launch of Patient Safety Organization Manager, a new application designed to provide a comprehensive, flexible data infrastructure to support data aggregation and management requirements for healthcare organizations seeking PSO certification. In addition, the company has announced the acquisition of Medcast Health Analytics, a provider of Web-based clinical use and financial analytic software.
Perceptive Software of Shawnee, Kan. has announced that Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston has agreed to deploy ImageNow enterprise document management software in its accounts payable department
Aon Consulting Worldwide of Chicago has announced a partnership with Health Data Management Solutions, also of Chicago, to help mid-sized organizations identify and evaluate medical cost drivers through data-based healthcare analytics.
DocSite, a Raleigh, N.C.-based provider of patient registries and point-of-care decision support services, has announced that the Texas Medical Association is offering DocSite PQRI as a free membership benefit to physicians participating in Medicare’s Physician Quality Reporting Initiative.
Concerro, a San Diego-based software-as-a-service provider of staffing solutions, has announced that Garden City Hospital in Garden City, Mich. has implemented several of the company’s HealthStaff 2.0 modules, including ShiftSelect, ShiftRewards and VMShift. The hospital will also be one of the first to implement the company’s new ShiftConnect module later this year.
Misys plc of London has announced that it has secured the necessary funding commitments to finance the proposed purchase of chares of Allscripts common stock as part of the planned merger of Raleigh, N.C.-based Misys Healthcare with Chicago-based Allscripts.
Revolution Health, based in Washington, D.C., has announced plans to merge with Brooklyn, N.Y.-based Waterfront Media, which produces the Everyday Health Network.
MoneySolutions International, a New York-based financial services company focused on electronic products and services, has introduced an enhanced direct deposit payroll card designed to allow companies to reduce payroll costs while offering employees a more convenient way to get paid.