Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska Selects Unified SeeBeyond Solution to Address Integration Needs and Enhance Customer Satisfaction.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 3, 2001 SeeBeyond's Experience and End-to-End Integration Offerings To Help Meet 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. of Nebraska's Business Objectives SeeBeyond (Nasdaq:SBYN), the leading global provider of eBI solutions, today announced that Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska (BCBSNE BCBSNE Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska ), a leading provider of health care coverage in Nebraska, selected SeeBeyond to address BCBSNE's enterprise-wide integration needs. With critical integration initiatives requiring immediate attention, SeeBeyond solutions will enable BCBSNE to seamlessly connect and access essential information. SeeBeyond will support BCBSNE's migration from its current IMS-based mainframe systems to its new distributed relational database systems. The comprehensive SeeBeyond solution will support key eBusiness objectives by providing the integration between the Web and existing legacy data, and will also help manage and centrally administer all interfaces. This will enable BCBSNE's legacy and contemporary systems to remain synchronized as they work in parallel. "Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska is committed to providing products and services that meet our customers' health insurance needs now and in the future," said Terry Groves, senior vice president of Information Services See Information Systems. for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska. "By contracting with SeeBeyond, BCBSNE will be able meet the challenges of system migration, 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, , and eBusiness." "With more than eleven years of experience, SeeBeyond continues to bring innovative, end-to-end integration solutions to the healthcare industry," said Scott Harper, vice president of Healthcare for SeeBeyond. "eBusiness Integration is clearly a significant part of meeting the challenges inherent in meeting HIPAA mandates, and BCBSNE's selection of the SeeBeyond solution further confirms our leadership in this area." About Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska is a not-for-profit mutual insurance company, and an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
About SeeBeyond As the leading global provider of eBI(TM) solutions, SeeBeyond (Nasdaq:SBYN) enables the seamless flow of information within and among enterprises in real time. The SeeBeyond eBI 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 1,580 customers worldwide, including ABN Amro, Barnes & Noble.com, 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, 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, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, Meriter Health Services, Pfizer and Sprint. Key global business and technology consulting partners include Accenture, EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. , Computer Sciences Corporation, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, KPMG KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (accounting firm) KPMG Kaiser Permanente Medical Group KPMG Keiner Prüft Mehr Genau (German) KPMG Kommen Prüfen Meckern Gehen Consulting and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Software partners include BroadVision, Oracle, Retek, SAP and Siebel Systems. SeeBeyond has global headquarters in Monrovia, Calif. and sales and marketing headquarters in Redwood Shores, Calif. For more information, please visit www.seebeyond.com. eBI is a trademark of SeeBeyond Technology Corporation SeeBeyond Technology Corporation (formerly Software Technology Corporation) was a software company listed on the NASDAQ stock market (NASDAQ: SBYN). On 28 June 2005 the sale of the company for $387m to Sun Microsystems was announced; the deal was completed by August. . All other trade names are the property of their respective owners. |
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