Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania Selects Zix Corporation for Company-wide e-Messaging Security Program.Business/Health Editors, High-Tech Writers DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 29, 2003 Leading regional healthcare provider opts for multiple ZixCorp services to ensure 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 among employees and partners Zix Corporation Zix Corporation (NASDAQ: ZIXI) is an American company based in Dallas, Texas that provides email encryption to health care organizations, financial institutions and government agencies. (ZixCorp(TM)), (Nasdaq:ZIXI), a global provider of secure e-messaging services, today announced that Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania This mountainous area of Pennsylvania includes the Pocono Mountains, the Endless Mountains and former anthracite coal mining cities and towns, including Carbondale, Scranton, Pittston, Wilkes-Barre, Nanticoke and Hazleton. U.S. Presidents Harry Truman and George W. , the leading healthcare payor serving the northeastern and north central portions of the state, has selected a suite of ZixCorp's easy-to-use secure e-messaging services for an enterprise-wide deployment. Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania purchased ZixVPM(TM) (Zix Virtual Private Messenger(TM)), ZixPort(TM), ZixMail(TM) and ZixAuditor(TM) services to ensure a comprehensive secure email program See e-mail program. that complies with the security mandates of the 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 of 1996 (HIPAA). ZixVPM is a company-wide gateway solution that provides policy-driven secure email for both inbound and outbound communications. ZixPort, an integrated secure messaging portal, mirrors the look and feel of Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania's existing Web site. ZixMail, a desktop solution, will be distributed to key company partners for easy transfer of protected information including billing and actuary actuary One who calculates insurance risks and premiums. Actuaries compute the probability of the occurrence of such events as birth, marriage, illness, accidents, and death. information. ZixAuditor is an assessment service that will identify and monitor compliance activity and keep company policies up to date with traffic patterns. ZixCorp services will secure the e-messaging needs of Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania's employees. Don White, director of IT operations for Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania, says the company chose ZixCorp services for their convenience and easy deployment. "We looked at other options, but none achieved the level of maturity that ZixCorp's services have," said White. "I liked that we're able to implement our security plan in a quarter of the time it would have taken with other solutions. We'll be up and running in less than a week instead of months, as others were promising. ZixCorp made it simple for us; all the work was on them, not us. We didn't even have to come up with our own HIPAA lexicons. No one else came close in making our total security program so easy to deploy." Daniel S. Nutkis, vice president, strategy and products at ZixCorp, emphasizes that ZixCorp services are the right solution in the healthcare community for both large-scale firms and regional organizations. "Our standard service offerings are easy-to-use, comprehensive, and backed by the ZixResearch Center(TM)," he said. "Our significant expertise in the healthcare industry and our ability to tailor our solutions to precise customer needs makes ZixCorp the choice of healthcare companies who must meet HIPAA requirements while realizing cost savings in their corporate e-messaging security programs. Like other ZixCorp customers in the healthcare community, Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania realizes that ZixCorp services can scale to the right size quickly and efficiently and enable these companies to become compliant with HIPAA regulations in time for the April 2003 deadline." About Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania is a non-profit health insurer licensed by the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
abbr. preferred provider organization PPO Managed care Preferred provider organization, see there Infectious disease Pleuropneumonia-like organism, see there product), First Priority Health Plus (a POS (1) See point of sale and packet over SONET. (2) "Parent over shoulder." See digispeak. POS - point of sale product) and First Priority Health (an HMO HMO health maintenance organization. HMO n. A corporation that is financed by insurance premiums and has member physicians and professional staff who provide curative and preventive medicine within certain financial, product). For more information, please visit www.bcnepa.com. About Zix Corporation Zix Corporation (ZixCorp(TM)) is a global provider of comprehensive, easy-to-deploy secure e-messaging solutions and services. From assessment and verification tools, to desktop and enterprise services, ZixCorp's cost-effective solutions enable organizations to leverage email as a business-critical application to securely exchange sensitive and highly confidential information Noun 1. confidential information - an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job" steer, tip, wind, hint, lead . Additional information about ZixCorp can be found at www.zixcorp.com. |
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