Cooperative Electronic Medical Information Network creates partnership between four major healthcare coverage providers.NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 8, 1996--Primary care physicians and specialists in the Northeast who treat patients covered by CIGNA CIGNA CG (Connecticut General Life Insurance Company) INA (Insurance Company of North America) Healthcare, Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Shield A US not-for-profit health care insurer that is a reimbursement intermediary for physicians. Cf Blue Cross. , Oxford Health Plans or Prudential and its subsidiaries can now be electronically linked through a single, cooperative administered network for eligibility and referrals information. "The four payers will now provide electronic access for patient eligibility and referral authorization, and provide that information directly and electronically to participating physicians or medical offices," explained Fred Goad, Chairman and Co-CEO of ENVOY-NEIC. The system operates through a single point-of-service device, similar to a credit card terminal Several types of credit card terminals are available to merchants nowadays. Most have the same basic purpose and functions. They allow a merchant to swipe or key in required credit card information and transmit such data to the merchant service provider. , at each physician's office. "Essentially, medical office personnel are freed from the phone, which saves time and money for each physician," explained Mr. Goad, "but even more importantly, the information is immediate, accurate, easily accessed and provides the physician with a permanent printed record of the transaction." The program called "Northeast Networked," is provided by ENVOY-NEIC, the healthcare industry's largest electronic data interchange See EDI. (application, communications) electronic data interchange - (EDI) The exchange of standardised document forms between computer systems for business use. EDI is part of electronic commerce. company. "ENVOY-NEIC's systems lower the costs traditionally associated with healthcare transactions, plus they improve the administrative accuracy and effectiveness of the physicians who link with our network," explained officials. "We win; the doctors win; and consequently, the patients receive higher quality healthcare, which we think also belongs solidly in the win column." "Northeast Networked" is available initially in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , New Jersey and Connecticut. Selected physicians in the initial roll-out of the program will be provided with the new service at no charge. As the program grows, it is anticipated it will be offered in other states in the Northeast. ENVOY-NEIC, headquartered in Nashville, Tenn., was founded in 1981 and has been instrumental in developing and applying electronic data interchange technology to the healthcare markets, including physicians, pharmacies, dentists Dentists can refer to one of the following:
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