RevenueMed, an Atlanta-based provider of business process outsourcing solutions, has launched RevAbstract Services for EMR/EHR implementations. The new service will leverage the company’s experience in medical records coding and data extraction to help providers in deploying EMRs and/or EHRs.
IBM, based in Armonk, N.Y., has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Initiate Systems, a Chicago-based provider of data integrity software for information sharing among government and healthcare organizations.
Concuity, a Vernon Hills, Ill.-based provider of revenue cycle management technology and services, has secured a contract to provide its ClearContracts revenue recovery offering to a Texas-based healthcare network consisting of two hospitals and a multi-specialty physician group.
Concerro, Inc., a San Diego-based provider of workforce management solutions for healthcare providers, has acquired RES-Q Healthcare Systems, a Calabasas, Calif.-based provider of resource management software for hospitals.
HMS, a New York-based developer of cost containment, program integrity and coordination of benefits solutions for government-funded and commercial healthcare providers, has been awarded a contract by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ Division of Medical Assistance to provide third-party liability and cost management services for its Medicaid and Health Choice for Children programs.
Ecom PPO Advisors, LLC, a Dallas-based developer of PPO network savings, analysis, selection and administration solutions, has signed a client service agreement with American CareSourrce Holdings, Inc., a Dallas-based ancillary care health system.
McKesson, based in Atlanta, has launched Practice Partner Connect, a new platform designed to connect physician practices with other practices, patients, hospitals and payers. The new platform is part of version 9.3.3 of Practice Partner, the company’s electronic health record and medical billing software solution. The company has also announced a limited-time financing offer to physicians adopting the company’s EHR/practice management software – no interest for 12 months with a 25 percent down payment or a $1,000 cash rebate for the first provider and $500 cash rebate for each additional provider in the practice. Also, the company has announced that Englewood Hospital and Medical Center in Bergen County, N.J., will replace its existing financial and clinical systems with McKesson Horizon Enterprise Revenue Management and Clinicals solutions.
Capario, a Santa Ana, Calif.-based provider of revenue cycle management solutions that connect healthcare providers with payers, has announced partnerships with two vendors. AdminHealth, a Miami-based provider of practice management systems and EHR software, will use Capario’s RCM portal, while EHR Live, a Palm Beach, Fla.-based provider of open-source EHRs, will integrate the company’s real-time eligibility and claims management technology.
MD On-Line, Inc., a Parsippany, N.J.-based provider of EDI transaction solutions for healthcare payers and providers, is teaming with Royal Health Care, LLC, a New York-based provider of third-party administrative services, and Neighborhood Health Providers to enable its clients and providers to begin submitting claims electronically.
Click4Care, a Powell, Ohio-based provider of care management software for payers, is partnering with New York-based iWay Software, a provider of service-oriented, architecture-based enterprise integration tools, to help its clients integrate disparate information technology systems with its care management platform.
The Technosoft Corporation of Southfield. Mich., has announced the availability of its Healthcare IT Compliance Services business, designed to help providers address healthcare compliance planning, implementation and execution challenges.
BridgeGate International, a Jacksonville, Fla.-based provider of data integration and interoperability solutions, has announced a partnership with Information Builders, a New York City-based developer of business intelligence and integration solutions.
eWebHealth, a Reading, Mass.-based developer of health information management tools, has announced that St. Joseph’s Hospital, a 325-bed acute care hospital in Parkersburg, W.Va., has selected the company’s complete eWebHIM suite of medical records workflow technology to digitize all paper components of its legal health record.
Wolters Kluwer Health, based in Philadelphia, has announced that the High Point Regional Health System in High Point, N.C., has selected the ProVation Order Sets, powered by UpToDate Decision Support, to automate the creation, maintenance and system-wide deployment of evidence-based order sets.
EDIMS LLC, a Livingston. N.J.-based provider of interoperable emergency department information management systems, has announced that Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville, N.J., a member of the St. Barnabas Health Care System, has upgraded to the newest version of the EDIMS electronic health records system, which includes an iPhone integration feature, upgraded charge capture determination and observation unit support.
Broadlane, a Dallas-based developer of sourcing, supply chain and workforce management services, has extended its supply chain management contract for another five years with New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, N.C.
Zynx Health, a San Francisco-based provider of clinical decision support solutions, has announced that Mishawaka, Ind.-based Sisters of St. Francis Health Services has deployed ZynxOrder to consolidate and standardize 42 evidence-based order sets in PDF format for use in its 13 hospitals and healthcare centers.
Lawson Software of St. Paul, Minn., has announced that the Appalachian Region Healthcare Systems, based in Boone, N.C., has implemented the Lawson QuickStep Healthcare package, which includes Lawson Business Intelligence, Human Resource Management, Enterprise Financial Management and Supply Chain Management suites, as well as the new Lawson Point of Use suite.
Alpha II, a Montgomery, Ala.-based developer of healthcare coding, compliance and reimbursement services, has announced that it will offer Alpha II CodeSets, including ICD-9 CM, CPT and HCPCS codes, directly to medical facilities. The company is working with Atlanta-based Sage Software and has recently integrated its ClaimStaker product as a component of Sage practice management systems.
HealthcareITCentral,com, a Fayetteville, Ark.-based online career center and job board destination for healthcare IT job seekers and employers, has launched HealthcareITToday.com, a new blogging channel that will focus exclusively on healthcare I workforce and career development topics.
Perceptive Software, based in Shawnee, Kan., has announced that Yale-New Haven Hospital will deploy the company’s ImageNow Enterprise Content Management solution in several departments, including patient registration, patient finance, pre-admission testing and OR scheduling.
Healthcare Management Systems, Inc., of Nashville, Tenn., has announced that Arizona Regional Medical Center in Mesa, Ariz., will deploy the company’s integrated financial and clinical solution at its general acute hospital.
American Well, a Boston-based provider of online healthcare solutions, has announced that St. Louis-based Ascension Health, the nation’s largest Catholic and nonprofit health system, will deploy the company’s Online Care platform to communities served by Ascension Health’s local health ministries.
Novation, an Irving, Texas-based supply contracting company for the healthcare industry, has awarded multi-source agreements to Ansell Healthcare of Red Bank, N.J., Cardinal Health of McGaw Park, Ill., Medline Industries of Mundelein, Ill., and Molnlycke of Norcross, Ga., for surgical gloves. The one-year agreements, with two one-year extension options, will make the products available to the members of VHA, Inc., the University HealthSystem Consortium and Provista.
The Wellsoft Corporation of Somerset, N.J., has announced that its Medication Verification & Exchange feature has been integrated with Design Clinicals, Inc.’s MedsTracker solution at CentraState Medical Center in Freehold, N.J.