Standard Register, a Dayton, Ohio-based provider of document and workflow management solutions, has signed a five-year agreement with Atlanta-based MedAssets Supply Chain Systems.
Sage Software Healthcare of Tampa, Fla., has announced that South Jersey Healthcare in southern New Jersey has chosen the Sage Intergy EHR electronic health records system to offer its physicians through the healthcare system’s eHealth Connection EHR grant program. In addition, the company has announced that the Michigan CardioVascular Institute has selected Sage Intergy practice management (PM) and EHR system.
MedAvant Healthcare Solutions, a Santa Ana, Calif.-based provider of healthcare technology and transaction services, has announced an agreement with Claimsnet.com, a Dallas-based provider of electronic transaction and paper claim handling services, to provide a private-label, real-time portal for Claimsnet providers.
Healthcare Management Systems, Inc. of Nashville, Tenn., has announced that Yalobusha General Hospital in Water Valley, Miss., will use a full suite of HMS financial solutions and electronic health record technology at the hospital and its two rural health clinics.
athenahealth, based in Watertown, Mass., has announced that University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio, will be implementing the company’s on-demand revenue cycle management solution to UH’s University Hospitals Medical Practice and University Hospitals Management Services Organization.
McKesson, based in Atlanta, has announced that the Baptist Healthcare System in Louisville, Ky., has contracted with the company for management of its physician revenue cycle.
QHR Technologies, Inc., of Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, has signed an agreement to acquire the financial software division of Winnipeg-based Momentum Healthcare, Inc., which provides customized financial software to medium to large healthcare facilities.
The Hypercom Corporation of Scottsdale, Ariz., has announced that its HBNet subsidiary will provide high-speed transaction transport services for the RDM Corporation, a leading developer of specialized software and hardware products for electronic payment processing and Remote Deposit Capture solutions.
The Amacore Group, a Lake Mary, Fla.-based provider of health-related membership benefit programs and insurance programs to individuals, families and employer groups, has rolled out Amacore Elite Dental, a new dental insurance plan offered in association with Group Dental Insurance.
Northern Trust, a Chicago-based provider of investment management, asset management and fund administration, fiduciary and banking solutions, has been selected as the global custodian for the North Shore-LIJ Health System, the nation’s third-largest not-for-profit secular healthcare system, with an estimated $1 billion in invested funds.
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Pittsburgh has announced plans to open two retail stores in Pennsylvania targeted at customers in the individual, senior and small business insurance markets.
AtStaff, Inc., of Durham, N.C., has announced that the University of Illinois Medical Center has selected the company’s ClairVia patient and staff management solutions, including Demand Manager, Demand-Driven Patient Assignment and Staff Manager.
Medfinders, Inc., of Arlington, Texas, the parent company of Nursefinders, has signed a three-year agreement with Abilene Regional Medical Center to provide the Abilene, Texas-based hospital with its SingleSource Managed Staffing Program.
UMB Healthcare Services of Kansas City, Mo., a division of the UMB Financial Corporation, has acquired the health spending accounts of California-based Benefit Administrators, a division of E.G. Lee & Company Insurance Services, Inc. The arrangement includes 315 Health Savings Accounts and 308 Medical Savings Accounts with total assets of $3.6 million.
Vestica Healthcare of Mequon, Wis., has announced that NorthernBridges, a managed care organization that provides the Wisconsin Family Care Benefit to members in northwestern Wisconsin, has chosen the company to provide administrative and informational technology services for claims processing, customer support and care management operational activities.
The IntelliDOT Corporation of San Diego has announced that its Bedside Medication Administration (BMA) product now enables hospitals to comply with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ requirement to report National Drug Code (NDC) numbers for drugs administered in outpatient settings.
US Express Leasing, which provides financing to healthcare equipment and software users, has formally changed its name to Tygris Vendor Finance, The announcement is the culmination of events that began last spring, when USXL became the vendor financing division of Tygris Commercial Finance. The company has offices in Chicago, Stamford, Conn. and Parsippany, N.J.
Innovation, the Johnson City, N.Y.-based developers of PharmASSIST pharmacy automation solutions, has signed a discounted service agreement with Irving, Texas-based Apexus, the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) awarded prime vendor for the 340B Program.
The MedCurrent Corporation, a Los Angeles-based provider of physician practice management solutions, has announced that Pueblo Radiology Medical Group, with 22 radiologists in four centers in Santa Barbara and Ventura, Calif., is among the first imaging centers to use Verify, the company’s Web-based insurance eligibility verification tool.
Greenbranch Publishing of Phoenix, Md., and Betsy Nicoletti, of Medical Practice Consulting of Springfield, Vt., have launched Codapedia, billed as the largest collaborative online encyclopedia for medical coding and reimbursement for physician services.