Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield Selects Tumbleweed To Facilitate HIPAA Compliance And Reduce Spam.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers REDWOOD CITY Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 5, 2003 Tumbleweed tumbleweed, any of several plants, particularly abundant in prairie and steppe regions, that commonly break from their roots at maturity and, drying into a rounded tangle of light, stiff branches, roll before the wind, covering long distances and scattering seed as (R) Communications Corp. (Nasdaq:TMWD) Integrated Anti-Spam Capabilities Allow Arkansas Blue Cross to Turn 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, Compliance Expenses Into Cost Savings Tumbleweed(R) Communications Corp. (Nasdaq:TMWD), a leading provider of mission-critical communications software (communications, software) communications software - Application programs, operating system components, and probably firmware, forming part of a communication system. These different software components might be classified according to the functions within the Open Systems for businesses and government organizations using the Internet, announced today that Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield Blue Shield A US not-for-profit health care insurer that is a reimbursement intermediary for physicians. Cf Blue Cross. , a mutual Insurance Company, has chosen Tumbleweed to help protect patient data and facilitate HIPAA compliance. Arkansas Blue Cross is the tenth Blue plan to select Tumbleweed, the secure messaging market share leader in the health care industry. Tumbleweed's comprehensive solution combines policy-based secure messaging with powerful anti-spam capabilities. After an extensive review of requirements and competitive products, Tumbleweed was chosen as the best solution for identifying and protecting both Protected Health Information protected health information Health informatics Any individually identifiable health informatlon that is used or circulated by an entity that falls under the governance of HIPAA; the privacy regulations mandate safeguards for protected health information, and the (PHI) and proprietary Arkansas Blue Cross business information transmitted via e-mail. Arkansas Blue Cross' requirements included a PHI protection solution which wouldn't require their partners to install any software, would allow partners to reply and have that information transparently encrypted, and would allow Arkansas Blue Cross to keep patient data under control and on the premises. "We talked to other Blue plans who were using Tumbleweed's solutions for the same purposes we were investigating; and all of them gave Tumbleweed's products stellar reviews for functionality and ease of use," said Edward Steele, Manager of Infrastructure Management at Arkansas Blue Cross. "This enables us to meet regulatory requirements and realize long-term cost savings at the same time." "Healthcare organizations face several challenges in terms of optimizing e-mail hygiene, including compliance with HIPAA regulations, confidentiality of proprietary information, blocking spam and viruses, and enabling automation of business processes," said Matt Cain Matthew Thomas Cain (born October 1 1984 in Dothan, Alabama) is a starting pitcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball. He is ft in ( m) tall and weighs lb ( kg). , Vice President of the META Group. "Solutions such as Tumbleweed's that address all of these problems in a tightly integrated solution offer a lower total cost of ownership than deploying and managing multiple, separate point products." "Tumbleweed's solutions for secure messaging were the first to combine content and identity filtering with multiple encryption methods to help enterprises comply with industry regulations and their own privacy and security policies," said Bill Bradford, Tumbleweed's Vice President of Marketing. "Having the Arkansas Blue Cross join more than 75 healthcare organizations in trusting us for HIPAA compliance illustrates our continued leadership." For more information on Tumbleweed's solutions for the Healthcare industry, visit the web site at http://www.tumbleweed.com. About Tumbleweed Communications Tumbleweed Communications Corp. provides messaging security solutions for enterprise and government customers of all sizes [1]. Organizations use their products to block security threats, protect information, and conduct business online. Corp. Tumbleweed is a leading provider of mission-critical communications software for businesses and government organizations using the Internet. Tumbleweed provides the security, control, protection and integration necessary to conduct business transactions through e-mail. Using Tumbleweed's e-mail firewall and secure messaging applications, businesses can stop spam and malicious code before they enter the corporate network, regulate corporate traffic to ensure policy compliance, and secure and automate communications with customers, suppliers, and partners. Tumbleweed is trusted by hundreds of blue-chip customers including Amgen Inc., Bank of America
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