Press Releases

TAMPA, Fla. – June 28, 2012 – HealthPlan Services (HPS), the nation’s leading technology and administrative services provider for the insurance and managed care markets, affirms its Go-To-Exchange strategy in the wake of today’s Supreme Court ruling upholding the entire Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Go-To-Exchange provides comprehensive management of the administrative and technical needs of health plans participating in state exchanges. A critical technology component is ExchangeLink, which facilitates the technical connections necessary to link carriers to exchanges.

“HPS has been actively engaged with industry groups and State and Federal agencies to stay informed on the technology needs required for exchange connections. HPS will now move forward to complete the integration necessary to successfully administer the new members that purchase health insurance via the public exchanges,” said HPS Senior Vice President of Healthcare Reform Dennis Prysner.

“Our early actions and development of thought leadership around the complexities of exchange integration and QHP administration have positioned us as a leader in reform readiness. We look forward to working with our healthcare carrier partners as we prepare for open enrollment on Oct. 1, 2013,” said Jeff Bak, HPS President and CEO.

About HealthPlan Services

HealthPlan Services (HPS) is the largest independent provider of service and technology solutions to the insurance and managed care industry. Since 1970, HPS has offered customized administration and distribution services to insurers of individual, small group, voluntary and association plans, as well as valuable solutions to thousands of brokers and agents. HPS’ proprietary, scalable technology provides innovative consumer-facing solutions that are turnkey self-service tools for insurance carriers and distribution partners. HPS offers an ever-expanding array of services to a diverse and growing client base, and administers products that include medical (PPO, HMO, indemnity, consumer-driven), dental, vision, life, disability, cancer, critical illness, accident, long term care, limited medical, as well as various other ancillary insurance. HPS is committed to providing extraordinary service to its customers. HPS is a company of Water Street Healthcare Partners, a strategic private equity firm focused exclusively on healthcare. For more information about HPS, visit www.healthplan.com.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — June 27, 2012 — Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Essentia Health has successfully implemented its ProVation^® Medical Software to enhance workflow efficiencies and quality of care within its gastroenterology and pulmonary services. This deployment marks a significant milestone – the 1,000^th implementation of the specialized documentation and coding solution.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — June 20, 2012— Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that O’Bleness Memorial Hospital has selected its ProVation® Order Sets, powered by UpToDate® Decision Support, software as its electronic order set solution.

CENTENNIAL, Colo. – June 18, 2012 – Just Associates, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in data integrity and data quality solutions for healthcare organizations, is celebrating a decade of delivering to hospitals and healthcare organizations the innovative services and solutions that drive quality care by mastering patient identity and improving data integrity.

CENTENNIAL, Colo. – June, 5, 2012 – Just Associates, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in data integrity and data quality solutions for healthcare organizations, has appointed Monica Mosis, RHIA, as its senior consultant. In this role, Mosis will work with Just Associates’ clients on a wide range of data integrity projects.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — May 31, 2012 — Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Memorial Medical Center of West Michigan has selected its ProVation^® Order Sets, powered by UpToDate^® Decision Support, software as its electronic order set solution.

TAMPA, Fla. – May 30, 2012 – HealthPlan Services (HPS), the nation’s leading technology and administrative services provider for the insurance and managed care markets, announced today the launch of “benefit crossroads” to provide consumers with a single online source for top-rated individual insurance plans. It combines medical, dental, vision, life, Medicare advantage, PDP and Medicare supplement plans from the nation’s leading carriers with advanced online search and education tools and trusted advisors to guide consumers toward insurance that is tailored to their specific needs.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – May 29, 2012 — Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Austin Health has selected its ProVation® Medical Software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – May 25, 2012 — Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that the Center for Ambulatory Surgery has selected its ProVation^® Medical Software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding.

CENTENNIAL, Colo. – May 21, 2012 – Just Associates, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in data integrity and data quality solutions for healthcare organizations, has appointed Karen Proffitt, MS, RHIA, CHP as its vice president of consulting services.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – May 16, 2012 – Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that it has signed an agreement with MEDITECH to offer integration between MEDITECH version 5.64 (Client/Server and MAGIC) and ProVation® Order Sets, powered by UpToDate® Decision Support. This integration enables hospitals to author order sets via the ProVation software, then make finished order sets available to physicians in MEDITECH’s Physician Care Manager application through an automated process.

WALTHAM, Mass. — (May 15, 2012) — Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that new research published in the Singapore Medical Journal found that use of UpToDate® led to changes in investigations, diagnosis or management 37% of the time. The study, “Utility of the Electronic Information Resource UpToDate for Clinical Decision-Making at Bedside Rounds,” also revealed that UpToDate, an evidence-based, physician-authored clinical knowledge system which clinicians trust to make the right point-of-care decisions, provided a satisfactory answer 75% of the time.

TAMPA, Fla. – May 14, 2012 – HealthPlan Services (HPS), the nation’s leading technology and administrative services provider for the insurance and managed care markets, has appointed Kristin Baca as its Executive Vice President (EVP) and Chief Operating Officer (COO).

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – May 14, 2012 – Mosaica Partners, a nationally recognized health information consulting and advisory firm, has been selected to assist the State of Arizona in updating its health information exchange (HIE) strategic and operations plans.

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – (May 8, 2012) – Heat Biologics, a clinical-stage immunotherapy company, and Colonial Technology Development Co., which grows and builds medical and technology companies, announced today that Taffy Williams, Ph.D., will transition from being Heat’s president to being its senior advisor. Heat CEO Jeffrey Wolf will take on the additional role of president from Williams, the founder of Colonial Technology who has helped guide Heat’s growth for the past four years.