At 2009 NaviNet Healthcare Forum, Industry Leaders to Discuss How Health Information Exchange Helps Reduce Healthcare Costs and Improves Quality of Care.Presentations from Milliman, Inc. and Leading Industry Analyst Firm Highlight Technologies to Address Healthcare Challenges CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- NaviNet (formerly NaviMedix), America's largest real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. healthcare communications network The transmission channels interconnecting all client and server stations as well as all supporting hardware and software. , welcomes healthcare visionaries, leading national, regional and Blues health plans and industry analysts to Boston for the 2009 NaviNet Healthcare Forum, to be held September 15 at Marriott Copley Place Copley Place is an enclosed shopping mall located in the Back Bay section of Boston, Massachusetts. It is part of a complex that includes office buildings, two hotels, and a parking garage. . The Forum will bring together stakeholders Stakeholders All parties that have an interest, financial or otherwise, in a firm-stockholders, creditors, bondholders, employees, customers, management, the community, and the government. , ideas and technologies to start a conversation about how the industry can best collaborate to create better healthcare for America. The NaviNet Healthcare Forum, an immersive event that fosters candid can·did adj. 1. Free from prejudice; impartial. 2. Characterized by openness and sincerity of expression; unreservedly straightforward: In private, I gave them my candid opinion. conversations, creative thinking and idea sharing, will feature presentations by John Phelan, Ph.D., a senior industry analyst in the Management and Technology Practice from Milliman, Inc., and Maureen O'Neil, principle research analyst, Insurance Industry Advisory Services advisory services advisory services provided to the public, in their capacity as owners and managers of animals, are an important part of veterinary science. They may be provided by government bureaux, by commercial companies who deal in pharmaceuticals or animals or animal , Gartner, Inc. Sessions will focus on health information exchange and the optimal use of technologies to reduce healthcare costs and improve quality of care. The Forum agenda will highlight the issues of health information exchange and what drives the technology that leads to overall improvements in healthcare delivery. Last month, NaviNet launched the NaviNet Health Information Exchange (HIE hie intr. & tr.v. hied, hie·ing or hy·ing , hies To go quickly; hasten. [Middle English hien, from Old English h ), a solution that enables physicians, clinicians, hospitals, ancillary Subordinate; aiding. A legal proceeding that is not the primary dispute but which aids the judgment rendered in or the outcome of the main action. A descriptive term that denotes a legal claim, the existence of which is dependent upon or reasonably linked to a main claim. care providers, health plans, state governments and existing HIEs to exchange information in real-time within NaviNet's established, secure and trusted national network to achieve "meaningful use." NaviNet facilitates national health information exchange via a network of more than 770,000 providers, leading payers and other healthcare organizations across the country. For more than a decade, NaviNet has helped health plans solve real business problems with a unique combination of innovative technology, comprehensive knowledge of provider-payer work flows, years of experience in healthcare communications and access to the largest electronically enabled provider network in the country. The 2009 NaviNet Healthcare Forum will feature special presentations designed to help health plans utilize technology to reduce costs, improve provider satisfaction and improve care delivery: * Provider Portal Cost Savings: Milliman, Inc., is one of the premier global consulting and actuarial ac·tu·ar·y n. pl. ac·tu·ar·ies A statistician who computes insurance risks and premiums. [Latin firms with a specialty in healthcare, insurance and benefits. John Phelan, Ph.D., will provide perspective on the potential for operational cost savings payers may achieve from their provider electronic transaction initiatives. * Strategic Provider Network Management and Healthcare Reform: Gartner's Maureen O'Neil will discuss a recent Industry Research note on provider network management, offering health plans recommendations on ways to prepare for healthcare reform by optimizing payer-provider communications. About NaviNet NaviNet (formerly NaviMedix) is America's largest real-time healthcare communications network, securely linking more than 770,000 providers and the nation's patients, industry partners and leading health plans. NaviNet's advanced solutions, services and expertise streamline business processes and drive industry-leading innovation. In a time when access to healthcare is a critical issue, NaviNet fosters collaboration and helps government, plans and providers improve quality of care and reduce costs. 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