Amisys Synertech and Verilet Finalize Strategic Alliance.Business Editors ROCKVILLE, Md. & SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 29, 2004 Using Verilet's @bovehealth, Amisys Synertech Provides Access to Web-Based Solutions for 80 Health Plans and Their 13 Million Members Amisys Synertech Inc., the new market leader of advanced software products, world-class outsourcing (1) Contracting with outside consultants, software houses or service bureaus to perform systems analysis, programming and datacenter operations. Contrast with insourcing. See netsourcing, ASP, SSP and facilities management. and claims processing services for healthcare payers, and Verilet, Inc., a leading healthcare information technology provider that Web-enables health plans, have finalized See finalization. their joint marketing and sales effort to offer integrated IT products to Amisys Synertech customers. In addition to this base of 80 health plans serving more than 13 million members, there are plans to offer similar services to dozens of other health plans this year. Under terms of the licensing agreement, Verilet's @bovehealth will be sold by Amisys Synertech as the preferred Web solution for Amisys Synertech's products and services, including AMISYS Advance, AMISYS 3000 and the Synertech System Suite. The @bovehealth suite of products provides next-generation, online business solutions for healthcare plans, providers, members, employers and brokers. It allows healthcare organizations to connect directly with customers by providing secure access to information from their legacy system via the Internet. "This alliance enables healthcare organizations to quickly deploy customizable browser browser Software that allows a computer user to find and view information on the Internet. The first text-based browser for the World Wide Web became available in 1991; Web use expanded rapidly after the release in 1993 of a browser called Mosaic, which used interfaces that save money and time by redirecting costly phone, mail and fax transactions to their Web sites, and by simplifying interactions with providers, members, employers and brokers," said Jim Ribelin, vice president, product management for Verilet. "We see an incredible market potential for these types of services as health plans continue to look to the Internet to improve communications and streamline business processes." Health plans are already reaping the benefits of the agreement between Amisys Synertech and Verilet to integrate product upgrades and deliver flexible, customizable solutions with browser interfaces for the many complex situations and issues facing health insurers today. "The Amisys Synertech and Verilet alliance is beneficial to companies like HealthPlus of Michigan because we can now access the technology and services of two leading health care technology organizations with confidence that their platforms will work together," said Tracy Smith
Tracy Smith is a CBS News Correspondent. Smith is a former Channel One News Anchor and Correspondent. She is married to CBS Sunday Morning Producer John D'Amelio. , manager of information technology, HealthPlus of Michigan. "As one organization advances its technology, the other follows with updates, which streamlines our efforts to update our Web-based business processes. This means we can provide the latest technology and functionality to our members, providers and employers in a more timely and efficient manner." The @bovehealth system architecture incorporates the latest industry-standard technology, including Java, Oracle and XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. . The system also includes tools to automate To turn a set of manual steps into an operation that goes by itself. See automation. manual tasks and offers the intelligence to provide a 360-degree view of a health plan's data. "The combination of @bovehealth with our advanced products and services really provides health plans with business process systems that are easy to implement and use," said Homer Homer, principal figure of ancient Greek literature; the first European poet. Works, Life, and Legends Two epic poems are attributed to Homer, the Iliad and the Odyssey. Fiuzat, vice president, product management and marketing, for Amisys Synertech. About Amisys Synertech Inc. Amisys Synertech Inc. (www.amisyssynertechinc.com) advances health plan business through its industry-leading products and services. The company delivers comprehensive, mission-critical information management software products and Web capabilities that meet the needs of nearly every healthcare payer model. Amisys Synertech also provides leading 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 and application hosting for health plans, supporting a multimillion-member base through its claims processing and consumer-directed services. Amisys Synertech has offices in Rockville, Md., Harrisburg, Pa., Bloomington, Minn., 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. and Alpharetta, Ga. About Verilet, Inc. Verilet is a healthcare technology company based in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. that Web-enables health plans. Its @bovehealth suite of products can be deployed quickly, on a private-label basis, and connects employer groups employer group Association of employers Managed care An entity with a current group benefits agreement in effect with a health plan to provide covered health care services to its employee-subscribers and eligible dependents. , plan members, brokers and medical providers to the health plan via the Web. @bovehealth replaces costly phone, fax and paper driven transactions with instantaneous in·stan·ta·ne·ous adj. 1. Occurring or completed without perceptible delay: Relief was instantaneous. 2. access to the health plan's administrative system. The @bovehealth suite also offers a data warehouse solution and member health risk assessment component. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.verilet.com. |
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