TransUnion, based in Chicago, has announced a partnership with San Diego-based Benchmark Revenue Management that will integrated TransUnion’s healthcare revenue cycle platform and predictive analytics products with Benchmark’s Web-based business intelligence, dashboard reporting and workflow solution set.
The QuadraMed Corp. of Reston, Va. has completed its move to the NASDAQ Global Market under the new symbol of QDHC. The stock is no longer listed on the American Stock Exchange.
ikaSystems, a Southborough, Mass.-based provider of enterprise-level Web-based technologies for the payer market, has been chosen by Colorado-based Rocky Mountain Health Plans to deploy a comprehensive portal strategy for commercial and Medicare business lines. The company has also been chosen by Parkview Health, which serves northeast Indiana, western Ohio and southern Michigan, to deploy its ikaMM medical management software suite.
MDWerks, Inc., a Deerfield Beach, Fla.-based provider of Web-based electronic claims management and funding solutions for healthcare professionals, has signed a letter of intent to enter into a joint venture with Automated HealthCare Solutions, Inc. of Miramar, Fla., which specializes in purchasing workers compensation pharmaceutical claims. The newly established company will focus on facilitating the financing, billing and collection of pharmaceutical prescriptions for personal injuries.
AdvancedMD Software, Inc. of Salt Lake City has announced that it has made several enhancements to its medical practice management software in response to the ongoing need among physicians for greater efficiency and tools for reducing exclusions, denials and rejection of claims.
The TriZetto Group of Newport Beach, Calif. has selected the Eliza Corporation’s phone-based, speech-enabled outreach programs as an integrated part of TriZetto’s CareAdvance Enterprise care management application and Healthwise Smart campaigns. The combination is designed to improve the way health information is delivered by payers to health plan members.
The Nightingale Informatix Corp., a Markham, Ontario, Canada-based application service provider of electronic medical record software and related services, has announced that its Nightingale On Demand EMR solution has been certified under CMS (Clinical Management System) Specification 2.0 by OntarioMD. The certification allows funding-eligible physicians in Ontario to apply for funding through the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) and Ontario Medical Association Physician Information Technology Program when implementing Nightingale On Demand.
PCG Software of Malibu, Calif. has announced that Riverside Medical Clinic in Riverside, Calif. has selected the company’s Vital Examiner claims evaluation software to improve cost containment and enhance staff efficiency.
The Varolii Corp. of Seattle has announced the general availability of Progressive Engagement, billed as a complete automated communications suite that allows managed care organizations, payers, disease management, wellness companies, pharmacies and pharmacy benefit management companies to deliver automated communications to patients and members over the phone or through text messages, fax or e-mail.
Corporate Synergies, a Mount Laurel, N.J.-based provider of healthcare benefit solutions, has announced its commitment to eliminate adverse environmental impact from its operations. The company has invested with RainTrust, LLC, has purchased enough acres to equate to more than 400 tons of carbon being sequestered in the Amazon Rainforest and is partnering with the Philadelphia Zoo’s “FootPrints” project.
Axway, based in Scottsdale, Ariz., has announced that its Synchrony Healthcare Compliance Suite, designed to give healthcare providers a platform solution to improve supply chain agility, efficiency and cost-effectiveness, is now available as a software-as-a-service solution.
Compliance 360, an Atlanta-based provider of enterprise governance, risk and compliance solutions, has announced enhancements to its flagship product with the next generation of regulatory management for the corporate environment.
API Software, Inc., a Hartford, Conn.-based provider of workforce management software solutions, has joined the VMware Technology Alliance Partner program as a Premier Partner.
Premier Purchasing Partners of San Diego has signed a contract with the Pennsylvania-based ECRI Institute to assess healthcare technology services for Premier’s members.
Centura Health of Colorado has announced that its Ask-A-Nurse call center program, a referral source to all Colorado hospitals, will close within three months because of cost considerations.
Amcom Software has launched Amcom WebXchange 7.0, the latest version of its platform for directory, paging and on-call scheduling. In addition, the company has announced that Winter Haven Hospital in Winter Haven, Fla. is employing Amcom Smart Web technology to handle on-call scheduling for hospital and clinical staff.
The SXC Health Solutions Corp., a Lisle, Ill.-based provider of pharmacy benefits management technology and services, has signed a multi-year, multi-million-dollar extension to its software maintenance and professional services agreement and software license expansion with the CVS Caremark Corp.
Outcomes Health Information Solutions (OHIS) of Charlottesville, Fla. has announced that the Universal American Corp. will leverage OHIS’ clinical information platform and services to advance Universal American’s ability to optimize the acquisition, management and use of health information for its Medicare Advantage membership. Outcomes will also deploy ALERT, the OHIS adaptive learning engine, to identify all Universal American Medicare Advantage members with chronic conditions.
SecureCare Technologies, Inc., an Austin, Texas-based provider of Internet-based fax solutions, has announced that it will integrate its Sfax product with Houston-based NewCrop’s electronic prescription process.
Boston-based Experian QAS has announced that its healthcare provider customer base, using company software and services designed to ensure patient data quality and privacy, shorten revenue cycles and increase product satisfaction, has grown by 50 percent in the past year.
Merge Healthcare of Milwaukee has announced that it has regained compliance with NASDAQ Marketplace Rule 4450 (a)(5) regarding its minimum bid price and that NASDAQ now considers the matter closed.
Portico Systems, a Philadelphia-based developer of provider management solutions, has launched Portico 6.0, which includes a full suite of software services designed to help health plans manage provider networks and relationships.
MediTract, Inc. a provider of healthcare contract and document management services with offices in Saddle Brook, N.J. and Chattanooga, Tenn., has announced that it is helping Springfield, Ill.-based Memorial Health System clean up its contract management process.
New York-based CIT has announced that it served as the exclusive real estate advisor to both Victory Memorial Hospital and its official committee of unsecured creditors in the sale of the hospital’s main campus in Brooklyn, N.Y. to Sunset LG Realty LLC for $44.9 million.
CES Partners Ltd. and Hersher Associates Ltd., both based in the Chicago area and considered to be among the nation’s top healthcare executive search firms, have formed a strategic alliance. The two organizations will remain separate entities and continue conducting executive recruitment under their own established brands, but they will partner and cooperate on select search assignments.
HealthEdge, a Burlington, Mass.-based provider of next-generation claims and benefit administration, business intelligence and portal solutions for healthcare payers, has announced a partnership with Infotech Global (IGI) to deliver its HealthRules product suite to the market.
Summit Healthcare, a Braintree, Mass.-based provider of system integration services, has announced that Holloway Credit Solutions in Montgomery, Ala. has selected the company’s Summit Scripting Toolkit (SST).
Connextions, Inc. of Orlando, Fla. has engaged Orlando-based Valencia Enterprises to help develop a training program for its in-house licensed insurance agents in response to new, more stringent guidelines published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on the marketing of Medicare Advantage coverage to seniors.