NextGen Healthcare Information Systems of Horsham, Pa., has announced a partnership with Philadelphia-based InstaMed to offer healthcare providers payment assurance through InstaMed’s healthcare payments platform. The service will be known as NextGen Integrated Payment Processing Services, powered by InstaMed.
Lawson Software of St, Paul, Minn., has announced that Fairview Health Services, one of the largest not-for-profit healthcare systems in Minnesota, will implement the Lawson Human Resource Management suite, part of the Lawson Human Capital Management system.
CSI Financial Services, based in San Diego, has announced that San Juan Hospital, a Utah-based 25-bed critical-access hospital, will use the company’s ClearBalance program to offer its patients interest-free loans.
OptumHealth Bank, based in Salt Lake City, has unveiled a redesigned web site at www.OptumHealthBank.com, offering information on enrolling in and using health savings accounts (HSAs).
MedAssets, based in Atlanta, has announced that the Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center in Anniston, Ala., has signed a multi-year spend management agreement, including group purchasing (GPO) services and physician preference item (PPI) consulting, with the company.
AeroScout, based in Redwood City, Calif., has secured $16 million in venture financing, to be used to accelerate adoption of its Wi-Fi-based real-time location system (RTLS) solutions. Investing in the company were Evergreen Venture Partners, Cisco, Greylock Partners, Intel Capital, Menlo Ventures, Pitango Venture Capital and Star Ventures.
MxSecure, based in Scottsdale, Ariz., has released version 4.0 of its MxTranscribe medical transcription software for solo practitioners, physician practices and community health centers. The latest version is designed to offer physicians greater flexibility in managing office workflow.
Epocrates, a San Mateo, Calif.-based provider of mobile drug reference tools and interactive services to the healthcare industry, is working with Detroit-based Covisint to help medical professionals quality for reimbursements under the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Physician Quality Reporting Initiative via Covisint’s DocSite solution.
Practice Fusion, a San Francisco-based developer of electronic health record solutions, is partnering with DeVry University of Downers Grove, Ill., to offer its healthcare IT students EHR training on the company’s solutions.
Shareable Ink, a Boston-based developer of digital pan and paper applications for healthcare, has received a $4.5 million Series A Preferred investment from the Tennessee Angel Fund and a partnership of investors. The TNInvestco transaction, which includes the Nashville Capital Network’s Angel Fund and Angel Group, The Martin Companies and Heritage Group Holdings, will allow Shareable Ink to move its headquarters to Nashville.
Pisgah Labs, Inc., based in Pisgah Forest, N.C., has received a substantial federal grant to develop abuse deterrent technology incorporated into their hydrocodone product. The grant will be used to launch clinical trials of a version of hydrocodone that prevents users from abusing the drug.
TCS Healthcare Technologies, an Auburn, Calif.-based developer of medical management software applications has selected St. Louis-based Connectria Hosting to expand its hosting options available to clients to access care management software applications, including Acuity Advanced Care.
Zynx Health, based in Los Angeles, has announced that the Norman Regional Health System in Oklahoma has gone live with the company’s evidence-based clinical decision support technology.
Picis, a Wakefield, Mass.-based developer of IT solutions for high-acuity healthcare settings, has announced the availability of LYNX I/Point, a charge capture solution designed specifically for hospital-owned infusion and oncology treatment centers. The solution is designed to work alongside E/Point (for emergency departments) and C/Point (for hospital-owned clinics).
Healthcare Data Solutions has announced a partnership with PDX, Inc., a provider of technology solutions for the retail pharmacy industry, to provide PDX Pharmacy System clients with real-time access to HDS’ PrescriberPRO database, allowing for instant prescriber verification.
Ancillary Care Solutions, based in Scottsdale, Ariz., has unveiled TherapyWorks, a web-based application designed to increase the profitability and enhance the clinical quality of physical and occupational therapy programs.
Argus Health Systems, Inc., a Kansas City, Mo.-based pharmacy benefits administrator, has announced the release of Automated Prior Authorization, a suite of solutions designed to enable health plans to improve quality and operating efficiencies through the prior authorization process.
VHA, Inc., an Irving, Texas-based national healthcare network, has announced that WakeMed Health & Hospitals, an 870-bed multi-facility hospital system based in Raleigh, N.C., has attributed savings of roughly $2.5 million in the past six months to its use of the PriceLYNX price benchmarking service. VHA officials say WakeMed has identified an additional $7.3 million in future savings opportunities and sustainable cost reduction projects by using VHA’s tool. In addition, the company has signed an agreement with Pittsburgh-based PNC Financial Services to provide VHA members with treasury management services specifically designed to help healthcare organizations reduce processing expenses and increase working capital.
The QuadraMed Corporation of Reston, Va., has been awarded a five-year, $211 million contract from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to implement its Quantim Coding Compliance and Abstracting solution to streamline coding, compliance, claims editing and revenue-cycle processes.
Gold Standard/Elsevier, based in Tampa, Fla., has announced that Thrifty White Drug Stores, an employee-owned pharmacy with 88 stores in six states, has licensed the company’s Alchemy drug database and decision support solution for its pharmacy and telepharmacy dispensing solutions.
Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, an Irvine, Calif.-based private equity investment firm, has signed an agreement to purchase a majority interest in Smile Brands Group, Inc., a dental support services organization with 325 offices in 18 states operating under the brands Bright Now! Dental, Castle Dental and Monarch Dental.
eGistics, Inc., a Dallas-based provider of hosted document management solutions, has released version 1.5 of its automated clearinghouse research and dispute management solution.
Novation, an Irving, Texas-based supply contracting company serving VHA, the University HealthSystem Consortium and Provista, has awarded contracts to Cardinal Health of McGraw Park, Ill., Kimberly-Clark of Roswell, Ga., Medline Industries of Mundelein, Ill., and Tronex International of Parsippany, N.J., for exam gloves.