MEDecision Signs Agreement with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana
BCBSLA Becomes the Latest Major Health Plan to Deploy MEDecision Collaborative Care Management Solutions
WAYNE, Pa. - November 19, 2007 - MEDecision, Inc. (Nasdaq: MEDE), a provider of collaborative care management software, services and clinical content to health care payers, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to deliver its Collaborative Care Management software to Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana (BCBSLA).
"We are delighted to have this opportunity to join forces with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana," said MEDecision Founder and CEO David St.Clair. "We believe our core care management and health information exchange offerings will be key in helping BCBSLA achieve its goal of better health for all Louisianans."
"Our primary concern is quality health care for our members," said Ob Soonthornsima, senior vice president and chief information officer at Blue Cross. "By making health care information available to our customers and their providers, we enable them to focus more time and energy on the best and most appropriate care."
Collaborative Care Management is designed to give health care organizations advanced resources to increase administrative efficiencies and improve the overall quality and affordability of health care. It includes technologies to optimize data analysis, automate workflow processes and electronically connect patients, health plans and physicians to give each a shared view of a patient's current and historic medical information. MEDecision believes this fosters better clinical decision making, reduces costs and produces more favorable medical outcomes.
For more information, please visit www.MEDecision.com.
About Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana is Louisiana-owned and operated. Marking its 73rd anniversary this year, the company is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. It is a tax-paying mutual company, owned by its policyholders. Headquartered in Baton Rouge, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana also has district offices in Alexandria, Houma, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Monroe, New Orleans and Shreveport. The company's subsidiaries include HMO Louisiana, Inc. and Southern National Life Insurance Company, Inc.
About MEDecision
MEDecision provides health care payer organizations with collaborative care management software, services and clinical content that allow them to increase administrative efficiency and improve the overall quality and affordability of their members' health care. Highlighted by the Patient Clinical Summary (PCS(TM)), a payer-based, electronic health record, MEDecision's technologies analyze data, automate workflow processes and electronically connect patients, providers and payers to give each a common view of the patient's medical history, helping to foster better clinical decision making. MEDecision believes that, in the aggregate, its customers insure or manage care for approximately one in every six people in the U.S. with health insurance. For more information, please visit www.MEDecision.com.
CONTACTS:
Tracey Kohler Costello
MEDecision
(610) 540-0202
Tracey.Costello@MEDecision.com
Laura Paden
TECHMarket Communications
(818) 597-0480
Laura@TECHMarket.com
John Maginnis
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana
(225) 295-2405
John.maginnis@bcbsla.com
