Indianapolis-based Zotec Partners, which provides medical billing services and licensed software to hospital-based physician specialty practices, has announced its merger with Susan J. Taylor, Inc., a provider of practice management solutions with emphasis in anesthesiology.
Apollo Data Technologies of Chicago, a provider of predictive analytics software and solutions, has launched Healthcare Practice, composed of revenue cycle applications, patient cycle applications and supply chain applications.
Galen Partners, a Stamford, Conn.-based healthcare investor, has launched Galen Partners V, a $250 million fund fueled by investments from Siemens Venture Capital GmbH and other partners. The fund will focus on investments in healthcare information technology/outsourcing, medical devices and specialty pharmaceutical companies.
Optio Healthcare of Alpharetta, Ga. has announced that CMH Regional Health System, a 95-bed hospital in Wilmington, Del., has reduced costs by more than $52,000 in equipment, supplies and maintenance due to Optio's MedForms and MedEx forms management solutions, which were implemented in October as part of a three-year, $18 million patient safety initiative.
Dynamic Healthcare Systems, an Irvine, Calif.-based provider of technology solutions for Medicare-focused health plans, has announced that OSF Health Plans, an Illinois-based managed care company with 100,000 members, has purchased the company's HCC Analytics solution. Designed to improve the accuracy of HCC information to Medicare Advantage Plans, HCC Analytics will allow OSF to manage its risk adjustment scores and improve the accuracy of risk adjusted submissions by capturing miscoded ICD-9 codes.
Eligo Systems, Inc. of Cary, N.C., which provides a screening system to identify sources of healthcare financial assistance for uninsured individuals, has signed an agreement with London & Pacific Healthcare, Inc., a corporate finance and development company with offices in London and Los Angeles. The agreement allows London & Pacific to assist Eligo with strategic and financial advisory activities that include identifying and securing potential merger and acquisition prospects and business development efforts.
APS Healthcare of Silver Spring, Md. has been selected by the Office of Vermont Health Access (OVHA) to administer the state's Chronic Care Management Program for Medicaid participants.
ShiftWise, a Portland, Ore.-based provider of online healthcare staff management services, has announced a reseller agreement with Michigan-based Critical Resource, Inc., a provider of labor optimization consulting to the healthcare industry.
River Logic, Inc., a Dallas-based provider of enterprise planning and optimization software, has released its latest version of its flagship offering, Enterprise Optimizer. EO is billed as enabling businesses to quickly identify decisions that have the greatest impact on their financial performance by providing a unified model of the entire enterprise.
QHR Software, of Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, has been selected by Diagnostic Services of Manitoba to streamline its human resources, payroll and staff scheduling, including the implementation of the self-service module QHRnet. DSM will use QHR's flagship software, Quadrant HR.
MedSynergies, Inc. of Dallas, a provider of healthcare revenue cycle services and technology, has announced the availability of MSI Imaging, a data access tool that assists revenue cycle management by capturing and organizing healthcare and patient data to improve integration with processes and technologies including GE Centricity Group Management.
Orlando-based Craneware has announced that Caritas Christi Health Care, New England's second largest healthcare system with six acute care hospitals throughout Massachusetts, has selected the company's Chargemaster Corporate Toolkit suite of products to automate and manage the system's charge description master.
HealthCare Insight of Salt Lake City has announced that Dental Select, a dental plan provider for groups, families and individuals in Utah, Texas and Nevada, has selected the company's DentalClaim Insight to maximize claims payment accuracy.
Boston-based Best Doctors, Inc. has announced that the State of Delaware Employee Benefits Committee (SEBC) has chosen the company to administer a diagnosis evaluation program for the state's group health insurance program.
MedAvant Healthcare Solutions of Atlanta has announced a partnership with Bloodhound Technologies, combining the company's Phoenix real-time technology with Bloodhound's ClaimsGuard ASP-based clinical code editing services to allow for real-time, pre-receipt clinical code editing of healthcare claims.
MedQuist, Inc. of Mount Laurel, N.J. has announced that it will be supplying Catholic Healthcare West, the nation's eighth largest hospital system, with remote medical records coding services and CodeRunner application service technology.