Sunquest Information Systems, Inc., a market leader in laboratory and diagnostic information systems, will be exhibiting its latest best-of-suite Laboratory Information System (LIS), anatomic pathology software, and comprehensive business management solutions at the Arab Health 2008 Conference being held at the Dubai International Exhibition Centre from January 26-29, 2009. Sunquest solutions enable hospitals and laboratories [...]

SHPS, a leading provider of health improvement and health benefits solutions, received seven awards for its healthcare communications in the 2008 National Health Information Awards program. Organized by the Health Information Resource Center (HIRC), a national clearinghouse for consumer health programs and materials, this awards program recognizes the nation’s best consumer health information.
SHPS received a [...]

Health Net of the Northeast, Inc., a subsidiary of Health Net, Inc. announced that the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has awarded an accreditation status of “Excellent” for service and clinical quality for Health Net of the Northeast’s commercial line of HMO and POS products in Connecticut, New Jersey and New York. The accreditation [...]

Health Net Federal Services, LLC, the government operations division of Health Net, Inc. released the following statement today in response to the Department of Defense’s release of the TRICARE contract awards:
“Health Net Federal Services is disappointed not to be selected by TRICARE Management Activity (TMA) for the Managed Care Support Contractor in the TRICARE North [...]

BWise, a global leader for governance, risk and compliance (GRC) software solutions and Tauw Group, engineers and consultants specializing in the improvement and management of the natural environment, built-up environment and infrastructure, announced today their partnership to bring joint services to the market. By joining forces, Tauw Group and BWise can help organizations realize better [...]

Zurich North America Commercial’s Accident & Health (A&H) group and Presidio Reinsurance Group announced today their formation of a strategic relationship to provide a broad range of risk-relief programs to the health care market.
As industry leaders with a long-term commitment to the accident and health industry, Zurich and Presidio will leverage their extensive portfolio of [...]

June 29th, CommuniCare Health Centers (CCHC) received a $1.447 million capital improvement grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to fund construction of the organization’s new community health center in Kyle, Texas.
“This grant will make it possible for us to build a new health center and expand services to help the medically [...]

UnitedHealthcare by AmeriChoice has been selected by Mississippi’s State and School Employees Health Insurance Management Board to be the state’s partner in its Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
When the new policy begins in January 2010, UnitedHealthcare will be the exclusive health plan for approximately 65,000 children throughout Mississippi who are enrolled in CHIP.
“Particularly in these [...]

Collaboration within the health care system and administrative efficiencies are fundamental elements to any number of today’s health care reform proposals in Washington, DC. New tools from Highmark to conduct real-time claims processing and real-time member liability estimation are driving collaboration and streamlining medical claims processing right in health care provider offices.
Real-time claims processing and [...]

The TriZetto Group, Inc. announced that Neighborhood Health Plan (NHP) and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (CareFirst) were the winners of the first annual Integrated Healthcare Management (IHM) Power Awards in the categories of Operational Excellence and Innovation, respectively. The awards honor innovative customers that are demonstrating tangible success in the pursuit of IHM, the systematic application [...]