San Francisco-based Practice Fusion has announced a partnership with Physician Services, Inc. of California and Azalea Health Innovations, Inc. of Georgia, allowing the company to offer its billing services and Practice Fusion EMR to a larger client base.
The TriZetto Group, Inc. of Newport Beach, Calif. has announced the availability of the new QNXT Application Hosting Services, which is designed to allow healthcare payers that use the QNXT administration platform greater financial flexibility and reduced risk.
Spring Medical Systems of Houston has announced the launch of its SpringCharts Certified Interface Partner program, which is designed to offer complete medical office technology solutions that combine best-of-breed EHR and practice management software. To deliver this package, the company is forming partnerships with PM software developers like Nuesoft Technologies.
Emdeon Business Services of Nashville, Tenn. has acquired IXT Solutions, adding online patient billing, eCashiering, return mail management and lockbox services to its existing suite of patient billing and payment solutions.
I-trax, Inc., the parent company of CHD Meridian Healthcare, a provider of workplace healthcare and wellness solutions, has completed its acquisition of ProFitness Health Solutions, LLC of Shelton, Conn. for $7.5 million. ProFitness will be combined with CHD Meridian Healthcare.
Wellsource, Inc. of Portland, Ore. has announced the release of Personal Wellness Profile – Advantage Edition, the first in a series of new health assessment programs geared toward organizations needing customizable wellness options designed to lower healthcare costs and improve productivity and health.
Sante Ventures, a venture capital funding company with offices in Austin, Texas and Brentwood, Tenn., has closed its debut venture capital fund with $130 million in committed capital. The company invests nationally, with a focus in the central United States, and targets early-stage companies developing medical technologies and healthcare services.
NextGen Healthcare of Horsham, Pa. has announced the launch of NextGen Practice Solutions, a business division devoted to providing physician practices with revenue-cycle management services. In addition, the company has announced that Ohio Shared Information Services and the Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center in Illinois have purchased licenses for NextGen's EMR and EPM systems.
The PreViser Corporation, based in Washington, has announced that dentists in Cigna Dental's network now have access to the company's oral disk and disease management software technology at a discounted cost through a recent enhancement to Cigna's Power Purchasing Program. In addition, dentists in the network will be working with PreViser through a pilot program to evaluate the oral health outcomes and practice productivity benefits of the software.
InstaMed has announced that George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates in Washington has integrated InstaMed Automated Eligibility with its patient accounting systems to support real-time and batch-automated eligibility inquiries to InstaMed's network.
Amerinet, Inc., a national healthcare group purchasing organization, has announced the formation of the Amerinet Northeast Alliance, a collection of 27 non-acute and acute healthcare providers in six Northeast states who will seek to reduce supply costs by optimizing purchasing volume.
Allscripts has announced the release of HealthMatics ED 6.0, an updated version of the company's software that helps Emergency Departments improve their bottom line through automated and streamlined care processes.
The Eclipsys Corporation of Atlanta has announced that it has sold its Clinical Practice Model Resource Center in Grand Rapids, Mich. to Netherlands-based Elsevier.
The Nightingale Informatix Corporation has signed a three-year, $3.1 million contract to provide revenue cycle management services to Harbor Hospital in Baltimore, Md.
Keane, Inc. of Boston has announced that it has gone live with its implementation of EZ-Access Patcom RCM product and general financials at Century City Doctors Hospital in Los Angeles.
The GetWellNetwork, Inc. of Bethesda, Md. a provider of interactive patient care solutions, has announced GetConnected2008, the first annual conference designed exclusively for the GetWellNetwork community, to be held April 6-8 at the Hilton Washington Embassy Row in Washington, D.C.