Covansys and Weiser Enter Into Alliance; Leading IT Consulting and Accounting Firms Join Forces To Provide Healthcare Clients with Superior Services.Business/Technology Editors and Health/Medical Writers FARMINGTON HILLS Far·ming·ton Hills A city of southeast Michigan, an industrial suburb of Detroit. Population: 81,400. , Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 19, 2002 Covansys Corporation This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. (Nasdaq: CVNS CVNS Concert Virtual Network Service CVNS Aircraft Carrier Navigation System CVNS Cardiovascular Neurological Services CVNS Continuous-Valued Number System ), a global consulting and technology services company, today announced a strategic healthcare alliance with Weiser International LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , a management consulting Noun 1. management consulting - a service industry that provides advice to those in charge of running a business service industry - an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects firm headquartered in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , and a subsidiary of M.R. Weiser & Co.LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol . The two companies' services complement each other, enabling them to offer expanded capabilities that will provide healthcare clients with increased efficiencies, reduced costs, and improved patient care. Weiser specializes in consulting for operational and performance based improvements, assessing needs and providing focused solutions for its clients. Covansys' expertise lies in 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, education and implementation, advanced technical capabilities, and Internet solutions. As a direct result of this alliance, both companies will now be able to offer and provide their healthcare clients with end-to-end solutions, ranging from IT implementation to accounting. "Aligning our services and expertise with that of Weiser will better enable Covansys to provide our healthcare clients with the highest level of consulting services available, allowing them, in turn, to offer their clients increased efficiencies, reduced costs and improved patient care" said Mark Gross, vice president of Covansys' Global Health Division. Covansys, a market leader in the healthcare and HIPAA consulting markets, was named among the nation's top 10 HIPAA consultants in Healthcare: Healthcare Business Drivers, Strategies and Management Issues, a September 2001 Gartner Group report. Covansys is a premier resource for healthcare industry leaders, and has supported numerous healthcare entities in conducting HIPAA awareness training and implementation, and meeting individual technological demands. Weiser is committed to helping healthcare providers foresee and solve operational and financial issues. The company guides healthcare providers and payors concerning issues including managed care negotiations and strategies; mergers, acquisitions and affiliations; analyses of Medicare and Medicaid Medicare and Medicaid U.S. government programs in effect since 1966. Medicare covers most people 65 or older and those with long-term disabilities. Part A, a hospital insurance plan, also pays for home health visits and hospice care. rate setting issues; business and strategic planning; accounting, auditing and tax services; and management information systems. To further enhance its services to the dynamic healthcare industry, Weiser also formed the Health Care Alliance with four leading healthcare professional services firms that include Moss Adams LLP on the west coast, BKD LLP in the Heartland, Plante & Moran LLP in Michigan and Ohio, and Dixon Odom PLLC PLLC Professional Limited Liability Company PLLC Polk Life and Learning Center (Bartow, FL) PLLC Partners of Limited Liability Corporation in the southeast to better meet the needs of a rapidly changing healthcare environment. "In our continuing efforts to provide our clients with cost effective solutions to business issues, we believe that the alliance with Covansys gives us the ability to recommend a world class solution provider for HIPAA and IT implementations" said Douglas A. Phillips, Chairman of Weiser. About Covansys Corporation Headquartered in Michigan, Covansys Corporation (Nasdaq: CVNS) is a global consulting and technology services company specializing in industry-specific solutions, strategic outsourcing and integration services. Our clients gain competitive advantage by leveraging our unique on-site, offsite, offshore delivery capability to achieve rapid deployment, world-class quality and reduced costs. Since being founded in1985, Covansys has successfully delivered an array of innovative and cost-effective business and technical solutions to leaders in the private and public sector. Our 4,400 employees offer a professional heritage spanning Old World legacy systems and the New Economy's leading-edge technologies. Covansys has 30 locations, including six development centers worldwide. Covansys offers one of the largest offshore capabilities among U.S.-based technology services providers, and two of the company's three wholly owned development centers in India are SEI CMM(R) Level 5 certified. Covansys was named one of the top 500 solution providers in North America in 2001 by VARBusiness magazine. Visit our web site: www.covansys.com. About M.R. Weiser Established in 1921, M.R. Weiser & Co.LLP is one of the oldest and most prominent accounting and consulting firms in the New York metropolitan area New York–Northern New Jersey–Long Island is the most populous metropolitan area in the United States and the third most populous in the world, after Tokyo and Mexico City. . With offices in New York City, Long Island and Edison, N.J., Weiser has a staff of over 280 professionals working with clients in the healthcare, manufacturing, distribution, real estate, financial services, apparel, not-for-profit, entertainment and textile rental industries. The firm also has recognized international service and forensic accounting Forensic accounting, sometimes called investigative accounting, involves the application of accounting concepts and techniques to legal problems. Forensic accountants investigate and document financial Fraud and white-collar crimes practices. Today, the firm is ranked as one of the top 25 accounting and consulting firms in the country. |
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