Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Selects SeeBeyond for Scalable Integration Platform.Business/Technology Editors and Health Writers REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 10, 2002 SeeBeyond's Comprehensive Integration Offerings Tailored To The Healthcare Industry To Help Meet 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, Compliancy com·pli·an·cy n. Compliance. Noun 1. compliancy - a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others complaisance, obligingness, compliance, deference Mandates SeeBeyond (Nasdaq:SBYN), the leading global provider of eBusiness and Application Integration (eAI) solutions, today announced that 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 North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. (BCBSNC BCBSNC Bluecross Blueshield North Carolina ) has selected SeeBeyond to address pending 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) regulations. SeeBeyond will also provide BCBSNC with integration and collaboration with the Blue Exchange, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association's enterprise wide healthcare transaction exchange. SeeBeyond will provide the necessary software and tool set to greatly simplify BCBSNC's efforts to become HIPAA compliant and to achieve a seamless, flexible enterprise-wide infrastructure to support internal and external business partnerships, as well as future designs of new business application systems and interfaces. "One of our biggest challenges in meeting the new federal requirements is making sure that all of our business systems can accept HIPAA-compliant electronic transactions from doctors, hospitals, employer groups and others," said Frank Jackson BCBSNC Vice President of Corporate Information and Technical Officer. "The SeeBeyond product allows us to do that without extensive reprogramming Reprogramming refers to erasure and remodeling of epigenetic marks, such as DNA methylation, during mammalian development[1]. After fertilization some cells of the newly formed embryo migrate to the germinal ridge and will eventually become the germ cells of our systems. By receiving, translating, editing and routing information in a way that our claims systems can understand, the SeeBeyond solution will significantly streamline the task we face in meeting these complex requirements." SeeBeyond will help translate the HIPAA EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) The electronic communication of business transactions, such as orders, confirmations and invoices, between organizations. Third parties provide EDI services that enable organizations with different equipment to connect. transactions into BCBSNC internal data format, allowing BCBSNC time to work on other complexities of HIPAA. With commercial off-the-shelf applications, such as CSC's PowerMHS, in addition to its older legacy systems, BCBSNC will use the SeeBeyond solution to access and exchange information in a rapid and secure manner. In the beginning, BCBSNC expects to be able to process over 3 million transactions per month using the SeeBeyond infrastructure. "HIPAA is more than a mandate; it's an opportunity for healthcare organizations to leverage their investment beyond compliance and build a comprehensive eBusiness infrastructure," said Scott Harper, vice president of Healthcare for SeeBeyond. "There is a growing trend among health plans which are discovering that the SeeBeyond solution improves business operations, drives rapid return on investment and helps enhance customer satisfaction through seamless application integration." About Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina is a leader in delivering innovative health care products, services and information to more than 2.5 million members, including 400,000 served on behalf of other Blue plans. The company offers its members the Blue Extras value-added programs, which provide discounts and information on a wide variety of health-related information at no additional cost. It also offers life, dental, long-term care long-term care (LTC), n the provision of medical, social, and personal care services on a recurring or continuing basis to persons with chronic physical or mental disorders. and disability insurance products. For 69 years, the company has served its customers by offering access to quality health care at an affordable price and has served the people of North Carolina through support of community organizations, programs and events that promote good health. About SeeBeyond As the leading global provider of eBusiness and Application Integration (eAI) solutions, SeeBeyond (Nasdaq: SBYN) provides a unified, comprehensive platform for business integration, enabling a Real-Time Information Network to facilitate the seamless flow of information. Delivering Visibility, Velocity and Value across global operations, the SeeBeyond(TM) Business Integration Suite helps organizations gain total business insight, real-time business performance and increased competitive advantage. SeeBeyond has more than 1,660 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, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, 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. , The Dial Corporation, DuPont, General Motors, Hewlett-Packard, Meriter Health Services, Pfizer and Sprint. For more information, please visit www.seebeyond.com. Note to Editors: SeeBeyond 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 brands or product names are trademarks of their respective owners. |
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