Infotech Global, Inc., a Piscataway, N.J.-based bio-informatics technology firm whose ORBIT portfolio includes payer, member and provider portals, wellness management, electronic data capture and electronic medical records, has signed a merger and investment term sheet with Infinity Capital Group, Inc., a business development company and public reverse mortgage investor.
SXC Health Solutions of Lisle, Ill. has announced that its pharmacy benefit management division, informedRx, has signed a five-year agreement with the Health Plan of San Mateo, a San Francisco-based provider of healthcare benefits to 59,000 members.
LYNX Medical Systems, a subsidiary of Picis, has announced the implementation of its E/Point Emergency Department facility charging application at all three Scottsdale Healthcare hospitals in Arizona.
Passport Health Communications, Inc. of Franklin, Tenn. has announced a strategic partnership with the SelfPay Company, LLC, a Chicago-based provider of charity care assessment and segmentation through its iSolutions product and batch eligibility data mining through its eRevolution Payer Search product. Passport’s insurance eligibility verification services will integrate SelfPay data to identify additional possible coverage and aid.
Emdeon, a Nashville, Tenn.-based provider of revenue and payment cycle management solutions for the healthcare industry, has been named the electronic data interchange (EDI) provider for Maryland hospitals by the Maryland Hospital Association.
IncentOne has been selected by MVP Health Care, a not-for-profit health insurer with more than 700,000 subscribers in New York, to provide the “WellStyle Extras” option to MVP and Preferred Care health plan members. InCentOne will provide an online solution where members can receive incentives they earn in the form of checks or gift cards from leading national retailers.
Metavante, a Milwaukee-based provider of banking and benefits technology, has announced that The Bancorp Bank has been added as a an integrated health savings account custodian option in the company’s suite of healthcare benefit account payments solutions.
Tri-anim Health Services, Inc., a provider of e-commerce specialty sales and distribution solutions for healthcare, has signed an agreement with Premier, which serves more than 2,000 hospitals and 53,000-plus other healthcare sites, for specialty distribution of respiratory therapy and anesthesia products.
Expeditive, a Princeton, N.J.-based provider of interim revenue cycle staffing, has forged an alliance with Halcyon Search Solutions, a specialized healthcare recruitment firm.
Aspyra, based in Calabasas, Calif., has announced plans to offer customers volume-based pricing for its AccessNET PACS and AccessRAD RIS/PACS solutions during the upcoming RSNA 2008 Annual Meeting at the end of the month in Chicago.
Kenexa, a Wayne, Pa.-based provider of talent acquisition and retention solutions, has been chosen by the Naval Medical Center in Portsmouth, Va. to provide an enterprise recruiting software solution.
The Tenet Healthcare Corp. of Dallas has created a new subsidiary, Conifer Health Solutions, Inc., to handle revenue cycle management and patient communication services for Tenet and other hospital operators.
A.D.A.M., Inc., an Atlanta-based health information and benefits technology provider, has been chosen by Diamond Resorts International, one of the world’s largest vacation ownership companies, to deploy the Benergy platform to power its new employee benefits and health portal.
The Emergency Medical Services Corporation of Glenwood Village, Colo., has announced that its EmCare subsidiary has entered into two new relationships to expand its healthcare service offerings to hospitals. The company is joining forces with the EA Health Corp., a California-based company that provides on-call specialty coverage and related management services for emergency departments, and Blue Jay Consulting, a Florida-based company that provides emergency department consulting services, including process improvement and operations assessments and interim nurse leader staffing and recruiting services.
The Comprehensive Care Corp. of Tampa, Fla. has signed a letter of agreement, worth about $1 million in annual revenues, to manage behavioral health and provide ancillary services for a managed care organization in Puerto Rico.
Smiths Medical MD, Inc. of St. Paul, Minn. has been added to Premier Purchasing Partners, LP’s new portfolio for IV therapy products.
Marathon Health, a Colchester, Vt.-based provider of onsite employee health services and technology solutions, has been retained by Accellent, a medical device manufacturing company, to provide onsite primary care, risk reduction and disease management for employees in its Collegeville, Pa. facility, Marathon will also provide health assessments, risk reduction and disease management for Accellent’s 15 other facilities around the country.
NaviMedix, based in Cambridge, Mass., has announced that the AmeriHealth Mercy family of companies, the largest Medicaid managed care organization in the United States, will replace its Web-based provider communications solutions used by six AmeriHealth Mercy health plans with NaviNet.
Canopy Financial, with offices in San Francisco and Chicago, has announced that Comerica Bank has selected Canopy’s on-demand healthcare banking platform to power HealthReserve, Comerica’s health savings account (HAS) offering.
The Stillwater National Bank & Trust Company of Stillwater, Okla. has introduced SNB DirectRemit MD, a comprehensive revenue cycle management offering to manage medical payments.
Chicago-based TransUnion has announced that its Revenue Manager product now addresses the Federal Trade Commission’s recently announced Red Flags Regulations.
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