MEDecision Solutions Deployed by HCSC to Create Integrated Care Management System Across its Four Health Plans
WAYNE, Pa. - June 26, 2007 - MEDecision, Inc. (Nasdaq: MEDE), a provider of software, services and clinical content to health care payers, today announced that Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC) has completed deployment of the MEDecision Collaborative Care Management solution suite as part of a single, integrated patient care management program for its health plans in Illinois, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.
Collaborative Care Management will allow HCSC to apply a comprehensive set of medically established clinical rules and protocols to a compilation of claims data, health care provider records and self-reported patient information, and identify best-practice intervention and prevention treatment opportunities. It will also enable HCSC to identify opportunities to reduce care redundancies and recognize best outcomes among physicians to encourage optimum care levels.
We are excited and proud to work with HCSC on its care management efforts, said John H. Capobianco, MEDecision president and chief operating officer. Moving four plans representing more than 11 million members to one consolidated platform in about 18 months is an accomplishment that may be unique in our industry. HCSC's vision and determination will benefit its membership greatly.
MEDecision's Collaborative Care Management suite is comprised of a number of technical solutions designed to optimize data analysis, automate workflow processes and electronically connect patients, health care organizations and physicians to give each a shared view of a patient's current and historic medical information. MEDecision believes that this greater breadth and depth of patient data can lead to better clinical decisions, increased operational efficiencies and better overall health care.
About Health Care Service Corporation
Health Care Service Corporation, a Mutual Legal Reserve Company, is the largest non-investor-owned health insurer in the United States and the fourth largest health insurer in the country overall, with 11.5 million members in its Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans in Illinois, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. HCSC has a rating of AA- from Standard and Poor's, A2 from Moody's and A+ from A.M. Best Co. HCSC is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.
About MEDecision
Founded in 1988, MEDecision provides health care payer organizations with software, services and clinical content that allow them to increase administrative efficiency and improve the overall quality and affordability of their members' health care. A provider of Collaborative Care Management, MEDecision's technologies analyze data, automate payer 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.
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