GE Healthcare of Barrington, Ill., has signed a multi-million-dollar agreement with Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton, Wash., for the Centricity suite of solutions for EMR, HIE, patient portal and financial management.
NaviNet, a Cambridge, Mass.-based developer of real-time healthcare communications, has received the Phase II clearinghouse product Certification Seal from the CAQH Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange (CORE).
The SSI Group, Inc., of Mobile, Ala., has announced a partnership with Boston-based Boston Software Systems to integrate SSI’s ClickON PREVENT (Precise Registration, Edit Validation and Enterprise Tracking) with Boston WorkStation automation software to provide a new workflow solution designed to enhance the registration process and expedite revenue cycle management.
Passport Health Communications, Inc., of Franklin, Tenn., has announced a partnership with the NCR Corporation, a developer of self-service patient registration technology, to integrate Passport’s revenue cycle management products with NCR’s MediKiosk and Patient Portal products.
Bloodhound Technologies of Durham, N.C., has announced that Senior Whole Health, a Cambridge, Mass.-based voluntary health plan for low-income seniors, has implemented the company’s ConVergence Point hosted claims editing service.
Six healthcare IT vendors – Allscripts of Chicago, eClinicalWorks of Westborough, Mass., the McKesson Corporation’s Practice Partner Software division of Alpharetta, Ga., MedAppz of Wichita, Kan., NextGen Healthcare Information Systems of Horsham, Pa., and Pulse Systems of Wichita – have signed formal agreements with HEALTHeLINK, the Western New York Clinical Information Exchange, to increase the adoption rate of healthcare IT in physician offices and other healthcare practices. Through the agreement, the companies have agreed to extend preferred community-based pricing for their products, technology and services to exchange participants.
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The Post-N-Track Corporation of Wethersfield, Conn., has announced that it will begin delivering the Thomson Reuters Consumer Advantage Treatment Cost Calculator in its real-time Web services platform.
QlikTech, a Radnor, Pa.-based developer of business intelligence software, will offer its QlikView online benchmarking tool, leveraging the Thomson Reuters database, free of charge to CFOs and their staffs to compare their company’s financial performance with 60,000 peers in industries around the world.
Medical Present Value, Inc., of Austin, Texas, has announced that six medical groups have signed contracts for MPV Contract Management, a Web-based solution designed to allow practices to audit reimbursement and payer performance based on individual client contract terms, the latest payment rules and payer adjudication logic. They are Florida Cancer Specialists in Fort Myers, Fla., Will County medical Associates in Joliet, Ill., the Panorama Orthopedics and Spine Center of Golden, Colo., the Webster Othopaedic Medical Group of San Ramon, Calif., the Mid-Maryland Musculoskeletal Group of Frederick, Md., and Vail Summit Orthopaedics of Vail and Edwards, Colo.
DocuSys, Inc., an Atlanta-based provider of anesthesia information, medication and presurgical care management solutions, has announced a partnership with Medusind Solutions, Inc., a San Juan Capistrano, Calif.-based outsourcing company providing revenue cycle management solutions.
Preferred Health Technology, Inc., of Carrollton, Texas, has announced that the Indiana Podiatric Medical Association has endorsed the use of the company’s A-Claim medical payment solution for its physicians, hospitals and other care providers. Along with the endorsement, the IPMA has signed a three-year agreement with the company that includes discounts on A-Claim for its members.
Ontario Systems, a Muncie, Ind.-based provider of revenue cycle and collection management solutions, has announced an alliance with the Microsoft Corporation that allows Ontario to incorporate the Microsoft Dynamics CRM platform into its software suite.
The SCIOinspire Corp., a Hartford, Conn.-based provider of analytics-driven healthcare cost management services, has launched the 2009 Solucia Webinar series, designed to offer insight into the company’s disease and wellness management programs.
Broadlane, a Dallas-based provider of cost management services for healthcare providers, has unveiled the Enrollment Center, an automated contract enrollment tool in its OnRamp client portal designed to provide a central access point for enrollment-related activities.
Internet Payment Exchange (IPayX), a Toledo, Ohio-based provider of electronic billing and payment technology and services, has added a payroll deduction feature to its ePayPoint Cash receipts Service, a point-of-sale solution for healthcare providers.
Innovative Card Scanning, a Plano, Texas-based developer of insurance card and ID scanning solutions for healthcare providers, has announced a collaboration with the RediClinic retail healthcare clinic chain, allowing its DocketPORT scanning technology to be used in 21 RediClinic locations in Houston and Austin, Texas, with plans for future expansion to other clinics.