H.D. Smith, a Springfield, Ill.-based pharmaceutical wholesaler, has been selected by the Moffitt Cancer Center as its primary pharmaceutical supplier of critical therapies designed to help patients undergoing treatment for cancer. Under terms of the agreement, H.D. Smith will provide medical product supply chain services to Tampa, Fla.-based Moffitt.
GHX, based in Louisville, Colo., has announced that the SwedishAmerican Health System, headquartered in Rockford, Ill., will use the company’s software solutions and business consulting services to help it automate and optimize its procure-too-pay process.
The Huron Consulting Group, a Chicago-based provider of business consulting services, has announced that its Wellspring+Stockamp division has formed an alliance with Apollo Health Street, a Conshohocken, Pa.-based provider of revenue cycle services, to serve its healthcare clients.
ClearBalance by CSI Financial Services, a San Diego-based provider of bank loans for patients, has announced an expanded partnership with Utica, N.Y.-based Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare. ClearBalance will offer interest-free loans to patients at both Faxton and St. Luke’s campuses.
VHA, Inc., an Irving, Texas-based national network of not-for-profit hospitals, has announced that Decatur Memorial Hospital in Decatur, Ill., will implement VHA’s PriceLYNX benchmarking service to support the organization’s plans to cut supply expenses by more than $1 million over the next 12-18 months.
Craneware, Inc., an Atlanta-based developer of automated revenue integrity solutions, has announced that New York City-based Continuum Health Partners will implement Supplies ChargeLink and Supplies ChargeLink Implementation. Continuum Health has used Craneware’s Chargemaster Toolkit for more than three years at its five teaching hospitals.
The SSI Group, Inc., has announced that its ClickOn Billing solution has been granted “Peer Reviewed by the HFMA” designation from the Healthcare Financial Management Association.
Health Care Compliance Strategies, Inc., based in Jericho, N.Y., has announced the release of SimPL – The Simple Platform for Learning, a low-cost, hosted learning management system designed to deliver internally developed and vendor-provided online training, distance learning and eLearning content.
McKesson has announced that its Horizon Clinicals electronic health record solution has received Complete EHR certification from The Drummond Group. The company has also announced that The ED Banchmarks Collaborative, a web-based joint initiative with the Emergency Nurses Association that’s designed to allow hospital leaders to identify trends and compare ED performance with similar organizations nationwide, is now available.
SOAPware, Inc., a Fayetteville, Ark.-based provider of electronic medical record and practice management software, has announced a new agreement with IBM, ActiveHealth Management and the Medens Corporation to provide the cloud-based SOAPware EMR/PM solution to medical practices in Puerto Rico who are implementing the Medens Cloud.
Lawson Software of St. Paul, Minn., has announced that Fairview Health Services, one of the largest not-for-profit health systems in Minnesota, will implement the Lawson Human Resource Management suite, part of the Lawson Human Capital Management system.
HealthCare Insight, a Salt Lake City-based division of Verisk Health, has unveiled Nucleus, a new platform designed to help healthcare payers detect fraud, waste and abuse prior to the paying of claims.
Novation, an Irving, Texas-based supply contracting company serving VHA, Inc., the University HealthSystem Consortium and Provista, has awarded an agreement to the J.T. Posey Co. of Arcadia, Calif., for fall management products. In addition, the company has awarded agreements to Gaymar Industries of Orchard Park, N.Y., Adroit Medical Systems of Loudon, Tenn., HotDog USA of Eden Prairie, Minn., and the Kimberly-Clark Corporation of Roswell, Ga., for conductive temperature management products and services.
Agfa HealthCare, based in Mortsel, Belgium, has entered into a marketing, sales and service agreement with Toronto-based National Health Distributors to offer the company’s computed radiography (CR) suite of products to its U.S.-based customers.
ikaSystems, a Southborough, Mass.-based developer of cloud computing systems for the healthcare payer market, has announced that WellCare Plans, Inc., of Tampa, Fla., has integrated ikaMedicareGateway, a new technology designed to simplify beneficiary enrollment into Wellcare Medicare plans.
eHealth, the Mountain View, Calif.-based parent company of eHealthInsurance, has participated in a winning bid with Ceridian Exchange Systems, LLC, to create and power the state-sponsored Florida Health Choices online health insurance marketplace.
OptumHealth, a Golden Valley, Minn.-based subsidiary of the UnitedHealth Group, has announced that its NowClinic online care service is now available in Minnesota. The service is available to all Minnesota residents regardless of their health plan affiliation.
Medical Emergency Professionals, LLC, based in Germantown, Md., has signed an agreement with the Southern Maryland Hospital Center in Clinton, Md., to assume leadership for the provision of emergency medical services after Jan. 1, 2011.
Globaltel Media, based in San Diego, has announced that MedAesthetics Spa and Wellness is using the company’s SMS text platform to deliver personalized outreach services, with a reported response rate of about 80 percent.
AtPar, Inc., a division of Fairfield, Conn.-based Management Health Solutions, has signed an agreement with Albany Medical Center in Albany, N.Y., to upgrade, automate and modernize its supply chain operation using the AtPar CartCount and CycleCount modules.
Healthcare Interactive, Inc., based in Bethesda, Md., has announced that Reston, Va.-based Maximus, Inc., has signed an agreement to become an authorized reseller of HCI’s healthcare management products, marketed as the Point 2 Point software suite.
PureWellness, a Burlington, Vt.-based provider of online wellness solutions, has announced the signing of 21 new customers, representing 30,000 employees, during the third quarter.
MedAssets, Inc., an Atlanta-based provider of spend management and revenue cycle solutions, has completed its acquisition of The Broadlane Group.
NextGen Health Information Systems, based in Horsham, Pa., has announced an agreement with Baptist Health Care, which serves communities in northwest Florida and south Alabama, to deploy the NextGen Ambulatory EHR and Practice Management solutions.
RAM Technologies, Inc., a Fort Washington, Pa.-based developer of benefit administration and claims management processing software, has announced that AFTRA Health & Retirement Funds has selected the company’s HEALTHsuite application to manage its premium billing requirements.
Airclic, a Trevose, Pa.-based provider of mobile supply chain and logistics software, has announced its integration with Brightree, a Lawrenceville, Ga.-based provider of business management solutions to home medical equipment providers.
General Dynamics Information Technology’s ViPS, part of its health IT solutions business sector, and LexisNexis Risk Solutions have entered into an agreement to integrate LexisNexis’ data, technology, analytics and risk-based solutions with General Dynamics’ STARSSolutions anti-fraud product suite, a solution designed to allow healthcare customers to discover, quantify and prioritize instances of fraud, waste and abuse in public and private healthcare programs.
PayFlex Systems USA, Inc., an Omaha, Neb.-based administrator for employee benefit programs, has announced that MasterCard Worldwide will be the preferred payment card provider for PayFlex HealthHub, the company’s website that links healthcare, financial and wellness information.
Verisk Health, based in Waltham, Mass., has announced that MedBen, which consists of the Newark, Ohio-based Medical Benefits Mutual Life Insurance Company and its subsidiaries Medical Benefits Administrators, Inc., and VisionPlus of America, Inc., will use its Sightlines Medical Intelligence solution to identify healthcare trends and cost drivers, facilitate benefit program design and reduce health plan costs for its employer clients.
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