CGI Federal, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Fairfax, Va.-based CGI Group, Inc., has been awarded a $27 million, two-year contract from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to implement CMS' Provider Enrollment Chain and Ownership System (PECOS) One-Stop-Shop release.
Vestibular Technologies, a Cheyenne, Wyo.-based manufacturer and distributor of balance disorders/fall-risk identification, assessment, diagnostic and treatment products, has been awarded a contract in the physical therapy products portfolio with Premier Purchasing Partners, LP.
The Mitchell Medical Division of Mitchell International, Inc., a San Diego-based provider of medical bill review, provider networks, workflow solutions and decision support tools, and Jopari Solutions, Inc., a Concord, Calif.-based provider of bill cycle automation technology, have announced that Mitchell Medical will now include provider eBilling services as part of its suite of bill review and processing solutions.
Atlanta-based MedAssets, Inc. has announced that Meridian Health, a not-for-profit healthcare system based in Neptune, N.J., has signed a multi-year agreement for revenue and supply chain solutions. In addition, Valley Medical Center in Renton, Wash. has expanded its relationship with MedAssets to include the company's entire range of supply chain solutions.
DST Health Solutions has announced that its Physician Practice Services unit has completed an agreement to provide business process outsourcing services for Regional Paramedical Services, one of the largest medical transport companies in Alabama.
Allscripts has unveiled the Allscripts Clinical Quality Solution (CQS), described as a powerful new tool that automates quality reporting requirements of federal pay-for-performance programs and provides additional real-time clinical decision-support information to improve the quality of patient care. CQS is powered by TeamPraxis, a physician management services organization that provides technology and support services to more than 1,000 physicians in Hawaii.
Siperian, Inc. of San Mateo, Calif. has announced that Vhi Healthcare, Ireland's largest provider of private medical insurance, will use Siperian MDM Hub to provide complete, real-time views of its customers, insurance product offerings and relationships.
The TriZetto Group, Inc. of Newport Beach, Calif. reported that last December, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island selected TriZetto's Facets enterprise administration system, along with Facets Workflow, Networx Pricer, Benefit Cost Modeler, Facets Inter-Plan Teleprocessing System and Provider POS Direct, to improve the health plan's claims processing, premium billing, membership administration and other core administrative functions.
Alverix, Inc., a San Jose, Calif.-based provider of point-of-care diagnostics technology, has raised $7.7 million in Series A funding.
Broadlane, a Dallas-based supply chain services company serving acute care hospitals, ambulatory care facilities, physician practices and other healthcare providers, has announced a strategic relationship with the ECRI Institute, an independent, non-profit organization that researched the best approaches to improving patient care, to provide advice on the latest medical equipment at Broadlane's Computed Tomography Live Group Buy.
MD Medicare Choice, a Florida-based, physician-owned provider of custom advantage products and state medical assistance programs, has signed a healthcare Medicare HMO contract with Florida-based ER Urgent Care Centers.
Medical Present Value, Inc. of Austin Texas has announced that three practices from Stratum Med, a physician-owned and governed services company representing 19 large multi-specialty groups in the Midwest, will use MPV's financial tools and services to improve the payer contract management process and audit reimbursement. The three groups are the Quincy Medical Group of Quincy, Ill., Medical Associates, Inc. of Menomonee Falls, Wis. and Prevea Health of Green Bay, Wis.
Mangrove Employer Services, a Tampa, Fla.-based provider of Web-based human resource management, payroll, benefits administration and self service solutions, has launched its new Health Savings Account (HSA) and Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) products. The products were developed with Evolution Benefits, a provider of electronic benefits payment services.
OneOncology, Inc. of Orlando, Fla. has announced that Research in Oncology and its 50-plus member practices in Maryland, Virginia and Washington D.C. have registered with OneOncology to use its electronic negotiation platform to improve oncology drug purchasing efforts.
The SSI Group, Inc. of Mobile, Ala. has announced an agreement with nTelagent, Inc. that will enable SSI's ClickON PREVENT customers to gain access to nTelagent's Self Pay Management System business solution.
The QuadraMed Corporation of Reston, Va. has announced that it will be partnering with Tata Consultancy Services of India to "increase overall product development capacity and to further accelerate delivery of its 'Care-based Revenue Cycle' product strategy to the healthcare market."
NextGen Healthcare of Horsham, Pa. has announced that Tidewater Physicians Multispecialty Group of Newport News, Va. has purchased software licenses for the company's integrated electronic medical records and practice management system.