Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana Selects SeeBeyond for Complete End-to-End Solution; SeeBeyond Demonstrates Best Solution for HIPAA Compliance.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2002 SeeBeyond (Nasdaq:SBYN), the leading global provider of eBusiness Application Integration (eAI) solutions, today announced that Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Shield A US not-for-profit health care insurer that is a reimbursement intermediary for physicians. Cf Blue Cross. of Montana, the leading provider of healthcare coverage in Montana, selected the comprehensive SeeBeyond infrastructure to enable a real time environment and to help BCBSMT BCBSMT Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana become compliant with the recently-announced Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1996. According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) website, Title I of HIPAA protects health insurance coverage for workers and their families when (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, ). Transitioning from an environment of point-to-point interfaces, the SeeBeyond(TM) process-driven Business Integration Suite will seamlessly connect BCBSMT's back-end legacy systems, web servers and data warehouses to assist in improving profitability, customer service and process quality. The SeeBeyond solution will also support the handling of BCBSMT's X12 transactions in a HIPAA-compliant manner. "The complete, unified SeeBeyond solution will clearly allow BCBSMT to take advantage of opportunities to improve business operations and drive rapid return on investment through seamless application integration, while enabling dynamic B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business connectivity," said Rick Yearry, Summit Data Center, BCBSMT. "Furthermore, SeeBeyond provides the most complete solution to best support our HIPAA compliance initiative helping BCBSMT to continue serving Montanans with a variety of health care plans and quality service." "Industry expertise, along with a solid understanding of the challenges plaguing the healthcare industry, enables SeeBeyond to continue to provide healthcare organizations with a competitive edge, encompassing the strategic eAI infrastructure and capabilities necessary to satisfy HIPAA requirements. With numerous recent high profile wins in the payer space, many of the leading Blues and payer organizations have selected SeeBeyond as their first choice for a comprehensive solution to their integration needs," said Scott Harper, vice president of Healthcare for SeeBeyond. About Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana BCBSMT is an independent, locally operated licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
About SeeBeyond As the leading global provider of eBusiness Application Integration (eAI) solutions, SeeBeyond (Nasdaq:SBYN) enables the seamless flow of information within and among enterprises in real time. The SeeBeyond solution suite offers a rapidly deployable and infinitely scalable infrastructure for seamless application integration, dynamic business-to-business connectivity and robust business processes optimization. SeeBeyond has more than 1,625 customers worldwide, including ABN Amro, Bausch & Lomb, Blue Shield of California Blue Shield of California is a not-for-profit health insurance provider headquartered in San Francisco, California. An independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, Blue Shield of California is an incorporated, wholly owned subsidiary of California Physicians' , Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana CODE, OF LOUISIANA. In 1822, Peter Derbigny, Edward Livingston, and Moreau Lislet, were selected by the legislature to revise and amend the civil code, and to add to it such laws still in force as were not included therein. , CareGroup, Inc., Children's Hospital of Philadelphia The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is one of the largest and oldest children's hospitals in the world. "CHOP" has been ranked as the best children's hospital in the United States by U.S. News & World Report and Child Magazine in recent years. , DuPont, General Motors, Hewlett-Packard, Meriter Health Services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract , Pfizer and Sprint. SeeBeyond has global headquarters in Monrovia, Calif. and sales and marketing headquarters in Redwood Shores, Calif. For more information, please visit www.seebeyond.com. Note to Editors: SeeBeyond is a trademark of SeeBeyond Technology Corp. All other trade names are trademarks of their respective owners. |
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