RelayHealth, based in Atlanta, has announced that Regence, the largest health insurer in the Northwest/Intermountain region, will implement the company's ProPBM software to support the management of pharmacy benefit accounts in Oregon, Washington, Utah and Idaho, as well as nationwide accounts.
Thomson Reuters has been chosen by the Kansas Health Policy Authority to develop a data system to analyze the cost and effectiveness of healthcare in Kansas. The system, comprises of a data repository and data analytic interface, will contain information from the Medicaid management information system, the state employee health benefit program and the Kansas health insurance information system.
Unibased Systems Architecture, Inc. of Chesterfield, Mo. is joining forces with Provider Advantage NW, Inc. of Beaverton, Ore. to develop Provider Advantage's Revenue360 software to help providers anticipate the costs associated with uninsured and charitable cases earlier in the revenue cycle.
TransUnion, based in Chicago, has announced that users of the company's Revenue Manager product will now have the option of using CarePayment, a program offered and managed by Portland, Ore.-based Aequitas Capital Management, Inc. CarePayment is designed to improve hospital cash flow and receivable yields by providing patients with an interest-free, hospital-branded finance card.
Pegasystems, Inc., a Cambridge, Mass.-based developer of business process management (BPM) technology, has announced that Kaiser Permanente has selected the company's Customer Process Manager for Healthcare (CPM-HC) as the new desktop service for its national call centers.
Lawson Software of St. Paul, Minn. has announced its expansion into the South Asia market with the opening of an office in New Delhi, India. In addition, the company has announced that South Jersey Healthcare has licensed the Lawson S3 Human Capital Management, Enterprise Financial Management and Business Intelligence suites.
Nashville, Tenn.-based nTelagent, Inc. has completed a $1.7 million round of Series E convertible preferred shares to accelerate the market penetration of the company's Self-Pay Management System (SPMS).
PGBA, LLC of Columbia, S.C. has won a contract from the Federal Bureau of Prisons for medical claims adjudication services. The contract, which includes a two-year base period and three one-year options for an estimated aggregate value of $7.3 million, will be phased in over a four-year period and include claims submitted for healthcare services for federal inmates in facilities throughout the United States and Puerto Rico.
Trigram America, LLC, a Chicago-based provider of consulting services and resources on medical travel to employers, health plans and other benefits stakeholders, has joined the St. Louis-based Center for Health Value Innovation.
HMS has announced that it has won a two-year contract to provide third party liability recovery and cost avoidance services to the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Medicaid Services. The Commonwealth has the option to renew the contract for an additional two years.
Concerro, a San Diego-based software-as-a-service provider of staffing solutions, has launched HealthStaff 2.0, billed as an exclusive suite of software and services dedicated to helping healthcare providers achieve excellence in staffing by enabling their employees to connect and collaborate.
Lawson Software of St. Paul, Minn. has announced its expansion into the South Asia market with the opening of an office in New Delhi, India.
ELM Technologies, Inc. has announced that the River Oaks Healthcare Center in Columbus, Texas has committed to implement the Generator workforce modeling and scheduling system.
Resolution Health, Inc., a Columbia, Md.-based developer of personal healthcare guidance tools, has launched the Women's Health and Wellness Action Campaign, a member outreach program designed to help increase the prevention and early detection of breast and cervical cancers in women.
PatientKeeper, Inc., a Boston-based developer of physician information systems, has closed a $75 million round of funding. The round, led by new investor Flybridge Capital partners and including Frazier Healthcare Ventures, New Enterprise Associates and Whitney & Company, will enable the company to increase investment in research and development to support expanded operations.
Greenway Medical Technologies, a Carrollton, Ga.-based provider of single-database electronic medical record and practice management solutions, has announced a partnership with ZirMed, a Louisville, Ky.-based developer of revenue cycle management products, to integrate ZirMed's suite of revenue cycle, financial service and decision-support tools into Greenway's PrimeSuite EHR product.
NaviMedix, a Cambridge, Mass.-based developer of automated healthcare provider communications products, is partnering with POC Network Technologies (PNT) to integrate PNT's eDispense Vaccine Manager with NaviNet, allowing providers to submit Medicare Part D vaccine claims online.
Premier Management Services, Inc. of Charlotte, N.C. has unveiled a new data privacy and risk liability insurance product for healthcare facilities, available to Premier healthcare alliance members.
AvMed, Inc., a Miami-based managed care organization serving businesses in Florida, has introduced AvMed Self-Funded Options, a portfolio of self-funded programs designed to help businesses handle customized health benefit plans for their employees.
CollaborateMD, an Orlando, Fla.-based provider of Internet-based practice management and medical billing software, has released an upgrade program for users of Medisoft, Lytec, AltaPoint, Medical Manager and Misys.
SCIOinspire has unveiled its new PROSpect software application, which serves as the cornerstone of the company's PRO series suite of applications. The suite, developed by Solucia, Inc., is designed to enable employers and health plans to manager the entire care management process and increase outcomes for targeted patient populations.
Concuity, a healthcare division of Dublin, Ireland-based Trintech, has announced that the HealthEast Care System of St. Paul, Minn. has selected ClearContracts to enhance contract negotiation capabilities and improve the recovery of underpaid claims.
Acurian, Inc., a Horsham, Pa.-based provider of patient recruitment solutions, has announced that it has increased investment in data modeling personnel and technology to offer customers enhanced predictive and analytical services.
ER Urgent Care Centers of Miami has engaged the services of Management Solutions International to assist the company with business development, Web and graphic support and the expansion of its sales and marketing program.
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