Pegasystems, of Cambridge, Mass., has announced the availability of Predictive Execution Optimizer, PXO, a business process management suite that links BPM execution to business intelligence analytics.
Atlanta-based MedAssets, Inc and Equicare Capital, LLC of San Marcos, Calif. have announced an agreement that will allow MedAssets' customers accelerated and increased cash payments for their accounts receivables,
The CorVel Corporation of Irvine, Calif. has announced the acquisition of the Schaffer Companies, Ltd. as part of the continuing expansion of its Enterprise Comp service offering. Schaffer, based in Baltimore. Md., provides integrated medical management, claims processing and technology services for workers compensation clients.
Merge Healthcare of Milwaukee has announced new contracts for its Fusion RIS/PACS MX, a complete workflow solution for clinical and business imaging workflow. New contracts were signed with Atlanta Radiology Consultants of Atlanta, Ga., The Center for Medical Imaging, Inc. in Germantown, Wis. and Zwanger-Pesiri Radiology in Long Island, N.Y.
Streamline Health of Cincinnati, a provider of enterprise document workflow solutions, and HERAE, LLC, a San Diego-based provider of electronic payment processing providing Direct Deposit for Healthcare, have announced a partnership that combines Streamline's solutions with HERAE's medical banking-remittance processing solutions to streamline healthcare financial services workflow.
HealthCare Resolution Services, Inc. of Laurel, Md. has received a five-year, $73 million contract to provide various medical administrative support services and healthcare professional staff for as many as 63 U.S. Air Force military treatment facilities across the United States. HealthCare will provide medical record coding, auditing, patient appointments, medical record maintenance, transcription, billing and administrative staffing.
Newtown, Pa.-based VIIAD Systems, LLC has announced the introduction of Virtual Interactive Identification and Direction (VIIAD), a technology and business methodology platform designed to reduce waste and increase efficiencies in the healthcare system by enabling payers to customize their networks to achieve optimal coverage and discounts.
SuccessFactors has announced an agreement with Mercer Human Resource Consulting, Inc. to join SuccessFactors performance management and compensation planning modules with Mercer's ePRISM, a comprehensive compensation management and forecasting tool that provides organizations with the ability to link compensation with performance and forecast and model different compensation scenarios.
getGuard Insurance of Richmond Heights, Ohio, has launched a new insurance program to protect businesses – including healthcare providers – from lawsuits and expenses due to a privacy breach or identity theft.
Sage Software of Scottsdale, Ariz. has announced that Qquest Software Systems, a direct marketer of time and attendance products, payroll services and asset management and maintenance software, has achieved a 28 percent revenue increase through its customized Sage SalesLogix CRM and Sage MAS 90 ERP implementation.
St. Paul, Minn.-based RxHub has announced that its National Patient Health Information Network now provides access to critical ePrescribing patient decision support information. Authorized prescribers will be able to access patient-specific indication like medication history and pharmacy benefit information for anyone covered by pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and payers through the company's electronic information exchange.
Prime Health Services, a Brentwood, Tenn.-based national preferred provider organization (PPO), has announced a strategic partnership with A&G Healthcare Services, a Plano, Texas-based benefit cost management company.
NursingCorp, a Chandler, Ariz.-based provider of turnkey business systems to the temporary healthcare staffing industry, has formed an alliance with Staffdriver, a Burbank, Calif.-based outsourcer of administrative and payroll services. The alliance allows NursingCorp to offer a private-label, healthcare-centric version of Staffdriver's services through an initiative called the FOCUS program, which integrates back-office management services, including payroll funding and processing, worker's compensation insurance, invoicing and background checks.
King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. of Bristol, Tenn. has announced that it is the 11th pharmaceutical company to join Together RxAccess, a prescription savings program created by leading pharmaceutical companies to help individuals and families gain access to savings on prescription medicines.
CSG Systems International, Inc., an Englewood, Colo.-based provider of customer care and billing solutions, has announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire ComTec, Inc., a Fairfield, N.J.-based provider of print and electronic statement processing services.
Innotas, a San Francisco-based provider of on-demand Product Portfolio Management (PPM) solutions designed for IT departments, has added new Application Portfolio Management (APM) capabilities to its PPM software.
Atlanta-based Navicure, a provider of automated, Web-based revenue cycle management (RCM) solutions for physician practices, has announced that it can now submit National Provider Identifier (NPI) values to all Medicare, Medicaid, Blue Cross/Blue Shield and commercial health plans who accept these values. The company will support dual submission and "NPI only" modes, as well as both the old 1500 form and the new NPI 1500 professional form.
The HealthCare Solutions Group of Muskogee, Okla., a third-party administrator of self-insured plans, has contracted with Benefit Informatics of Tulsa, Okla. to offer employer group clients Benefit Analyzer, Benefit Planner, Enroller and Connecter services.