Strategic Partners

Careington

Since 1979, Careington International Corporation has provided affordable solutions to more than eight million members nationwide. An established leader in the PPO and discount dental market, Careington remains dedicated to improving the health and well-being of individuals nationwide. Careington's dental products and other health, lifestyle and wellness solutions are designed to complement individual, traditional health insurance or stand alone to provide substantial savings for uninsured or underinsured individuals – especially in the dental community. For more information, call (800) 441-0380 or visit www.careington.com

Galaxy Health Network

Leading Experts in Medical Cost Containment

Managed Care, Inc. was founded and began operations in November of 1993 through the purchase of the assets of AUGNET, a California-based Preferred Provider Organization with some 300 hospitals, 20,000 physicians and 100 ancillary providers. In 1998, Managed Care, Inc. changed the name of its provider network to Galaxy Health Network.

Today, Galaxy Health Network (www.galaxyhealth.net), based in Arlington, Texas, has grown its provider base to over 500,000 physicians, 2,700 hospitals and 47,000 ancillary providers – all directly contracted, and brings together Managed Care Professionals with over five decades of collective experience for the purpose of providing expert assistance and guidance in the containment of medical costs.

At the very core of its business, Galaxy Health Network does what it does best - Provider Network Management. By subjecting each of its providers to thorough screening, credentialing and re-credentialing processes coupled with random quality assurance and service questionnaires that are used to spot check for potential problems before they happen, Galaxy members are assured access to the highest quality provider network available today. Additionally, Galaxy Health Network provides fee-for-service negotiations and acts as the monitoring, tracking, reporting and repricing agency for its clients.

As a privately held company, not owned by insurance companies, TPAs or hospitals, Galaxy Health Network provides exceptional service with unsurpassed flexibility, customer support and professionalism.

SunCoast RHIO

The SunCoast RHIO is owned and operated by SunCoast RHIO, Inc., a Florida Corporation and has been in existence since 2008. The SunCoast RHIO offers Health Information Exchange and other services to doctors and hospitals and other caregivers through an information clearinghouse. We offer technology support, and installation assistance for various healthcare technology products for private practices as well as clinics and hospitals. This includes Electronic Health Records (EHR) and Personal Health Records.

eCast

With 27+ years of providing medical technology to physicians and provider groups, eCast Software has the experience to help your practice prepare for the upcoming Meaningful Use requirements. eCast provides a total office solution with a CCHIT Certified EMR, an award winning PMS, document management, and eCast RCM medical billing services. eCast EMR Version 7.8.2 for eCast Corporation is a CCHIT Certified, web-based EMR solution. Interface with your existing PMS or; eCast Advance and eCast Admin offer practices a choice of best-fit PMS solutions. Integrate with eCast EMR or interface with your existing PMS system. eCast Medical Billing, an AdvancedBiller Partner, provides 10+ years in revenue cycle management. PMS and EMR software is included. DocManager - Web-based document management, an easy, affordable way to manage you paper documents. Bulk scanning services available.

eCast Software provides solutions for a variety of specialties including family, internal, cardiology, podiatry, gastroenterology, long-term care, pediatrics and more. 200+ templates are included with the system. Templates are customizable by practice or eCast.

Specialties: Allergy, Bariatrics, Cardiology, Chiropractic, Derm, ENT, Endocrinology, Family Med, GI, Geriatrics, ID, IM Sub-Specialty, Internal Med, Long-Term Care, Multi-Spec., Neurology, OB/Gyn, Occ Med., PT, Pediatrics, Plastic Surg., Podiatry, Psychiatry, Psychology, Pulmonology, Rheumatology, Urgent Care, Urology.

Physicians' Alliance of America

Physicians' Alliance of America, a non-profit group purchasing organization, was founded in 1992 by a handful of physicians worried about the rising costs of operating a practice. The stated mission of Physicians' Alliance is to help our member practices improve their bottom lines, and by providing preferred pricing and terms on a full range of goods and services practices use every day, we do just that. Our thousands of member physicians collectively save millions of dollars every year thanks to their PAA membership.

On January 1, 2009, we implemented our vaccines rebate program. With this program, member practices have the opportunity to earn rebates from PAA by purchasing vaccines through our contracts. Members reaching preset net sales figures are eligible to receive these rebates. These are in addition to, and totally separate from, any manufacturer rebates.

Non-Profit Group Purchasing Organization

Physicians' Alliance was founded by physicians for physicians. To this day we are the only non-profit group purchasing organization still run by a Board composed entirely of practicing physicians. Our Board members face the very same challenges our members do.

Thank you for your interest in Physicians' Alliance. Please remember that membership in Physicians' Alliance is FREE and participation is voluntary. Our members choose which of our valuable agreements they want to access. We recommend all of them as each one has value, but it is left to the member to decide which agreements they want to use.

If you’d like to get started on saving your practice money, please go to www.physiciansalliance.com, click on the "Join Today" link and complete the short, secure form. It will be emailed to us and we will quickly get to you the information you need to take full advantage of our agreements.

PriMedx Solutions

Some of the largest professional liability companies in the US converged to create an informational program to help their insured clients better understand the maze of information on the requirements for EMRs, as well as to be advocates - specifically as it relates to Medical Risk Management and Patient Safety.

These Companies have long-standing and trusted relationships with their 20,000+ partner physicians; and, since they launched this information program, the physicians have communicated back to them that they are overwhelmed and ill-equipped to handle the adoption of an EHR.

These Companies determined that they needed to offer more.

PriMedx Solutions, LLC was formed to make resources available to its insured doctors that they do not have on their own. PriMedx has been able to leverage its client base to offer robust and certified systems at a lower cost.

PriMedx is headquartered in New York and has offices in New Jersey and Florida.

Mission of PriMedx Solutions

To distribute unbiased information on Health Information technology and to offer an interoperable EHR system combined with a suite of related and integrated products that meet the requirements of “Meaningful Use” and help physicians to integrate the entire back-office with the clinical process. PriMedx Solutions seeks to ease the adoption of the EHR process for healthcare providers.

Hits Consulting Group

Hits Consulting Group (HITS CG) specializes in helping smaller-sized medical practices take control over their technology systems so they can maximize profitability and better serve their patients. As the medical profession moves from paper to electronic health records (EHRs), doctors need to make critical infrastructure decisions and enact conversion plans that will have long-lasting consequences on their practices. HITS CG facilitates this process, providing end-to-end support beginning with infrastructure consulting, software selection, and implementation for a successful transformation from paper to electronic records the first time.

Converting to an EHR system should not disrupt your practice’s day-to-day operations. We help you manage the process, taking the administrative and infrastructure responsibilities off your plate so you can continue with your work. Save time, money, and resources with HITS CG today.

Secure EDI

Secure EDI is an information technology company that is pioneering electronic solutions for enhancing the efficiency and the quality of health and dental care. Based on proven platforms, Secure EDI assures seamless interfaces among healthcare and dental providers and payers.

Secure EDI capabilities range from support for real time adjudication of claims and electronic funds transfer to a full range of informatics. The result is increased efficiency and enhanced quality across multiple needs. Automated services from Secure EDI offer the surest path forward for reducing costs, increasing quality and enhancing strategic decision making.

All of Secure EDI services are available 24/7 featuring real-time response, ease of use, self-directed tutorial training, integration with clearinghouse functions, quick data access, compatibility with legacy systems, single entry point for up to 400 health plans and support for comprehensive analytic and management information tools. Payers and providers can elect to implement an end-to-end solution from Secure EDI or integrate selected functions with existing systems.

Dell Healthcare IT

Dell has executed an agreement with iMedicor to integrate with its other healthcare IT vendors to create what they call “The Dell Healthcare IT Eco-system”. The Eco-system is a new initiative backed by the new management of The Healthcare and Life Sciences division at Dell. For more information, please visit www.dell.com.

Emdeon eRx Network

eRx Network (now Emdeon) is a leading provider of third-party claims management and analysis services, Medicare and Medicaid billing services and e-Script physician communication services to the retail pharmacy industry. Among other services, eRx Network carries prescription refill requests from most of the major pharmacy chains to over 200,000 physicians. For more information, please visit www.emdeon.com/erxnetwork.

Microsoft HealthVault

Microsoft HealthVault is a personal health application platform designed to put consumers in control of their health information. HealthVault provides a security-enhanced foundation on which a broad ecosystem of providers can build innovative health and wellness solutions such as personal health records, disease management, fitness, weight loss and other Web applications. HealthVault can be used to collect and store health information that would otherwise reside in disparate systems and transfer the in www.healthvault.com formation between a variety of providers’ health services and systems. It enables the reuse and free flow of interoperable and transportable personal health information. For more information, please visit www.healthvault.com.

Clients

NJ-HITEC

The New Jersey Health Information Technology Extension Center (NJ-HITEC) is a federally recognized Regional Extension Center program funded through the recovery act and supported by the New Jersey Institute of Technology. In coordination with State efforts, NJ-HITEC fully supports the effective implementation of the New Jersey Health Information Technology Plan. Under the guidance and oversight of the Office of the National Coordinator and administered by the New Jersey Institute of Technology, NJ-HITEC’s program will assist 5,000 New Jersey area primary care providers by providing hands on staff, services and technology. With the assistance and support of the New Jersey community colleges, NJ-HITEC will host and promote local presentations across the state to educate consumers and providers as to the value of using electronic health records.

NJ-HITEC’s service offering includes education and training activities, membership in the regional extension center, assessment of current office practices, workflows and technical capabilities; recommendations of appropriate EHR solutions that meet end-user specific needs; coordination of services to implement, adopt, and use new technologies appropriately and the assurance that every member of the regional extension center can meaningfully use these systems.

California Health Information Partnership and Services Organization (CalHIPSO)

CalHIPSO is one of 62 federally-designated Regional Extension Centers around the country and provides REC services to all of California except Los Angeles and Orange County. It is a nonprofit, vendor-neutral organization that offers a variety of programs and services designed to help clinical providers transition from a paper-based practice to one that successfully uses electronic health records.

CalHIPSO is working with ten Local Extension Centers (LECs) to ensure the availability of local technical assistance, guidance, and information on best practices to support safety net providers in Northern and Southern California in the attainment of Stage 1 meaningful use of EHRs. The strength of CalHIPSO is the breadth of partnerships that build on existing, trusted, regional support infrastructure needed to achieve Stage 1 meaningful use. CalHIPSO works collaboratively to ensure that stakeholders work together efficiently. We provide comprehensive linkages between providers and facilities, local HIT service providers, statewide stakeholder coalitions, local and statewide health information exchanges, and the State of California. We are also aligned with the State of California’s most recent draft of its HIT&E Strategic Plan.

CalHIPSO is responsible for a wide range of activities including enrolling providers for REC services; EHR vendor contracting; assisting with EHR selection and implementation; HIT (Health Information Technology) workforce development, supporting providers to achieve Stage 1 Meaningful Use of EHRs and earn incentive payments; and providing education and training resources on HIT.