Amisys Synertech Inc. Announces General Availability of AMISYS Advance Release 1.00.04.Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers/High-Tech Writers ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 8, 2003 On time delivery and product enhancements provide advantages to current and future customers and a viable future alternative for the healthcare payer information management system market Amisys Synertech Inc. today announced the general availability of AMISYS Advance Release 1.00.04 for its enterprise-wide and mission-critical system. This highly robust and functional payer software application assists health plans with administrative functions, such as claims processing, membership, enrollment, capitation and HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191) Also known as the "Kennedy-Kassebaum Act," this U.S. law protects employees' health insurance coverage when they change or lose their jobs (Title I) and provides standards for patient health, enablement. "The release of AMISYS Advance 1.00.04 is a very significant milestone for our company," said Kevin Brown The name Kevin Brown can refer to several different people, including the following:
"AMISYS customers will not need to incur the high cost of changing products and will avoid the onerous prospect of a lengthy implementation process and high-risk conversion to a new product. Furthermore, competing systems do not provide the functional depth of AMISYS Advance. We have served our customers for an average of 10 years and we intend with AMISYS Advance to provide this same long-term value," Brown added. Brown further commented that "we are firmly back in the business of offering a comprehensive managed care information system product that can be provided to the customer in three different delivery modes: a turnkey license, an application hosting arrangement or wrapped together with a wide range of Business Process Outsourcing Business process outsourcing (BPO) is the contracting of a specific business task, such as payroll, to a third-party service provider. Usually, BPO is implemented as a cost-saving measure for tasks that a company requires but does not depend upon to maintain its position in services. Only Amisys Synertech can provide offerings with this kind of breadth, scalability and flexibility." AMISYS Advance is the evolutionary replacement for AMISYS 3000. All of the 24 comprehensive interfaces in this enterprise-wide solution have been successfully migrated to the new release. AMISYS Advance runs on the Unix operating platform with an Oracle database and offers the same industry-leading functionality and high auto-adjudication rates as AMISYS 3000. During benchmark testing, AMISYS Advance reached the same functionality levels as AMISYS 3000. Existing customers will continue to realize the benefits, value and HIPAA enablement capabilities from their AMISYS investment. "We achieved the transition from AMISYS 3000 to AMISYS Advance in the 15-month time frame we set for our ourselves and customers," said Kathy McCarthy, chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of AMISYS. "We are proud of how the development progressed and the improved product that is the end result. The AMISYS staff has built a solid platform that meets customers' current business needs and is one we can continue to build upon as we anticipate and solve health plans' information technology challenges," McCarthy added. AMISYS Advance was available to be shipped to customers on June 30. Future enhancements for Release 2, such as a Web-native GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. front-end written in Java, will be marketed to the industry next year. AMISYS partnered with HP, Transoft and AXIOM Systems to ensure a smooth transition. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. McCarthy, HP has a solid reputation for quality servers and service, making it the logical hardware fit for AMISYS, and builds on years of partnership between AMISYS and HP. As a HP reseller, AMISYS can deliver hardware solutions specifically configured for AMISYS products. Transoft is a leading application transformation company that has more than 15 years of experience in COBOL COBOL: see programming language. COBOL in full Common Business-Oriented Language. High-level computer programming language, one of the first widely used languages and for many years the most popular language in the business community. migration. AXIOM's AXIS product is a powerful client server, health-care-focused application that is able to handle intense imports, exports, conversions and archiving of data. AMISYS Advance provides: Benefit plan design and management; membership enrollment and eligibility; claims adjudication The legal process of resolving a dispute. The formal giving or pronouncing of a judgment or decree in a court proceeding; also the judgment or decision given. The entry of a decree by a court in respect to the parties in a case. and payment; dental claims processing (including orthodontia or·tho·don··tia n. See orthodontics. orthodontics, orthodontia that branch of dentistry concerned with irregularities of teeth and malocclusion. ); pharmacy claims processing; InterPlan Teleprocessing ("long distance" processing) An early IBM term for data communications. Services (ITS); coordination of benefits; stop loss; provider contract management, pricing and credentialing; financial applications; capitation; premium billing and accounts receivable accounts receivable n. the amounts of money due or owed to a business or professional by customers or clients. Generally, accounts receivable refers to the total amount due and is considered in calculating the value of a business or the business' problems in paying ; 1099 financial reporting; medical management, correspondence generator (now using Microsoft(R) Word); customer service/phone log; inquiry; reporting; security; HIPAA enablement; indemnity manager and TPA (Transient Program Area) See transient area. TPA - Transient Program Area manager. AMISYS Advance hosting options are available exclusively through Synertech, the largest business process outsourcer to the health care payer industry and an ASP for health plans, both during the transition from AMISYS 3000 to AMISYS Advance and on a permanent basis. AMISYS will support AMISYS 3000 Release 11 through 2006 and Release 10 through June 2004. About Amisys Synertech, Inc. Amisys Synertech combines the industry leading products and services of AMISYS and Synertech. AMISYS (www.amisysllc.com) offers comprehensive information management software and Web capabilities to healthcare payers. AMISYS 3000 provides extensive functionality that meets the information needs of a wide variety of health plans. AMISYS Advance expands on the robust functionality of AMISYS 3000 on the HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. . AMISYS is based in Rockville, Md. and has an additional office in Dubuque, Iowa Dubuque is a city in the U.S. State of Iowa, located along the Mississippi River. Its population was estimated at 57,696 in 2006,[3] making it the eighth-largest city in the state. . Synertech (www.synertechsystems.com), established in 1986, is a leading business process outsourcer and application services provider to the healthcare payer industry. Synertech offers business process outsourcing; consumer-directed solutions; scanning and imaging; claims processing; Web-enabled services; and Medicare Retiree programs. Synertech supports a multimillion-member base, including more than 100,000 members of new consumer-directed health plans. Synertech, which is a Microsoft Certified Partner, is headquartered in Harrisburg, Pa., and has offices in Bloomington, Minn., and Alpharetta, Ga. |
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