MphasiS Healthcare Solutions/Eldorado of Phoenix has announced a partnership with NavigatorMD to use claims data from HEALTHpac and Javelina to improve health plan design and management.
Patient Access Solutions, Inc., a Hauppauge, N.Y.-based provider of healthcare and financial processing solutions for the healthcare, homecare and dental industries, has announced plans to expand into the retail/manufacturing industries.
Nashville, Tenn.-based nTelagent, Inc. and Social Service Coordinators, Inc. have announced a partnership to combine nTelagent’s Self-Pay Management System (SPMS) with SSC’s programs helping individuals enroll in federal, state and local social service benefit programs.
Emergent Medical Associates, a Manhattan Beach, Calif.-based provider of physician staffing and practice management services, has finalized the purchase of a majority interest in Language Access Network, LLC, a Los Angeles-based provider of on-demand language interpretation services through video and audio conferencing in hospitals and other healthcare venues.
Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. of Boca Raton, Fla. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of privately held MDA Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries for $112.3 million in cash, plus additional earn-out payments. MDA, based in Norcross, Ga., provides multi-specialty locum tenens (physician) and allied staffing services to the healthcare industry.
WorldDoc, Inc. of Las Vegas and D2Hawkeye, Inc. of Waltham, Mass. have announced a collaboration to integrate D2Hawkeye’s clinical rules to predict individual and aggregate risk within a population with WorldDoc’s consumer care management systems, allowing for earlier identification of medical care gaps for those with access to WorldDoc’s systems.
Sun Microsystems has announced plans to move to an indirect sales model in the United States for all but about 300 of its largest customers, a step designed to boost flagging revenues. Customers not listed among the top 300 will be switched to a reseller partner in the coming months.
Wolters Kluwer Health of Conshohocken, Pa. and The Nielsen Company have launched the Healthcare Consumer Informatics Alliance, designed to provide healthcare-related manufacturers and media companies with a comprehensive understanding of consumer behaviors and attitudes to enable more effective and efficient product messages, sales and media planning.
U.S. Preventive Medicine of Dallas has announced a partnership with the Freeman Health System, based in Joplin, Mos., to offer employers The Prevention Plan.
gloStream, Inc., a New Haven, Conn.-based provider of electronic medical record and practice management software, has formed a strategic partnership with the Connecticut State Medical Society. Under the agreement, CSMS members are eligible for discounted pricing on the latest version of gloEMR.
Travelers Bond & Financial Products of St. Paul, Minn. has launched Wrap+ for Health Care Organizations, a management liability coverage product specifically designed for the healthcare environment.
GE Healthcare has announced a relationship with the University of Phoenix to provide college credit for GE Healthcare Clinical Systems technical training.
EmLogis, based in Houston, has deployed its new Generator technology for Workforce Modeling at the Dialysic Clinc, Inc., which operates in Tennessee, California and New Mexico.
MDdatacor, Inc., an Atlanta-based provider of healthcare quality management solutions for health plans and providers, has entered into a long-term agreement with Wellmark, Inc. to continue to support Wellmark’s Collaboration on Quality Incent and Reward Best Practices initiative, a collaboration between Wellmark and primary care clinicians to promote quality healthcare and efficiency.
ikaSystems has extended its relationship with Passport Health Plan to use the company’s ikaProHEDIS+ and ikaP4P analysis and reporting systems.
Americare Services, Inc. has signed a deal with United Health programs of America to allow the Syosset, N.Y.-based discount medical provider organization and provider of cost containment programs to be the sole distribution partner of the company’s CallMD physician phone consultation service for the group, affinity and self-insured markets.
Global Electronic Technology, Inc., a Cypress, Calif.-based provider of payment processing solutions, has launched The Never Forgotten Foundation, an international charity program whose beneficiaries are orphaned children of war and poverty.
The Premier healthcare alliance, based in Charlotte, N.C., has released a new version of its SpendAdvisor spend management decision support tool, designed to identify and measure the drivers of supply cost, which includes a tier analyzer report to measure performance of all contracts against tier requirements.
Comfort Medical Supply, LLC, an Ormond Beach, Fla.-based provider of durable home medical equipment, has been accredited for the next three years by the Healthcare Quality Association on Accreditation (HQAA).
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