LYNX Medical Systems of Bellevue, Wash., a subsidiary of Picis, has announced a partnership with Sentara Healthcare, based in Virginia, to design and deliver packaged integration between the Picis LYNX E/Point emergency department revenue management solution and the Epic Systems Corporation's ED information system.
Ingenix, based in Eden Prairie, Minn., has launched Ingenix Revenue Manager, a suite of new software applications designed to help hospitals track, manage and automate revenue cycle functions, improve billing accuracy and reduce claims denials and administrative processes. In addition, the company has announced that Temple University Physicians is extending its use of the CareTracking Billing Services suite to its radiology department.
Bridgehead Software, a Woburn, Mass.-based provider of disaster recovery and archiving technologies for acute care electronic health record systems, has launched a new BH OfficeStore solution suite, designed to provide a platform for office productivity applications.
The NCR Corporation of Duluth, Ga., has launched NCR Payment Manager, a scalable software application designed to allow healthcare patients to pay bills and make co-payments at a kiosk, online or via a mobile device.
DocSite, based in Raleigh, N.C., has announced that its PQRI solution has been selected for the second year by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as an approved Qualified Registry for the 2009 Physician's Quality Reporting Initiative Registry Program.
Entra Health Systems of San Diego has launched a program to provide free diabetic testing meters to clinics, community health organizations and rural health groups serving the Hispanic, Native American and other underserved diabetic populations in the United States. The company will provide MyGlucoHealth meter kits to support clinical testing programs and grant-funded studies to investigate the effectiveness of using online data tools to improve the care of diabetics and reduce the overall cost of treatment.
The Cardinal Health Foundation, part of Dublin, Ohio-based Cardinal Health, has awarded $1 million in grants for new and innovative programs to improve patient safety to 35 hospitals, health systems and community health clinics across the country. The grants, of as much as $35,000 apiece, were awarded to programs that meet the National Quality Forum's priority areas, specifically concentrating on eliminating healthcare associated infections (HAIs) and improving medication safety and reconciliation.
Hewlett Packard has partnered with the AIIM enterprise content management association to create an online assessment tool for records management. The tool assesses staff training, corporate policies and technology investments to provide a rating against a five-stage competency scale.
Broadlane, based in Dallas, has announced that the Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Va., has selected the company as the exclusive provider of supply chain management and procurement services.
Siemens unveiled a portfolio of revenue cycle management solutions during last week's Healthcare Financial Management Association's ANI: The Healthcare Finance Conference in Seattle. On display were Soarian Financials, Soarian Quality Measures and Siemens Financial Services, Inc.
Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. of Dallas has been selected by WellPoint to provide healthcare communication services, including printing, mailroom, member fulfillment services and outbound communications with members and providers of WellPoint's affiliated health plans.
Perot Systems of Plano, Texas, has launched Xcelys for Revenue Cycle Management.
Picis, based in Wakefield, Mass., has released Picis LYNX C/Point, a revenue management solution designed to mitigate the risk of payer and recovery audit contractors (RAC) penalties by providing charging and revenue capture strategies for hospital-owned clinics and urgent care treatment centers.
HealthCare Insight (HCI), based in Salt Lake City, has launched StopHealthCareFraud.com, a resource to help consumers identify and report healthcare fraud.