David N. Rogers Joins MedContrax as General Manager of HPIS/med-ecom Services.Business Editors ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 20, 2000 MedContrax(TM) Inc., the leading healthcare contracting information and network solution provider, today announced the appointment of David N. Rogers as General Manager of its HPIS/med-ecom services division. As general manager, Rogers is responsible for driving the strategy and managing the operations of HPIS/med-ecom and will report directly to Randy Hoggle, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and President of MedContrax. Rogers has more than 33 years of experience in the healthcare industry and is nationally recognized for his leadership and accomplishments as a healthcare supply chain contracting, sales and 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. administration expert. Before joining MedContrax, Rogers established and served as General Manager of HEALTHCOM(R), a for-profit arm of the NWDA NWDA North West Development Agency (England) NWDA Northwest Digital Archives NWDA National Water Development Agency (India) NWDA National Wholesale Druggists Association (National Wholesale Druggist An individual who, as a regular course of business, mixes, compounds, dispenses, and sells medicines and similar health aids. The term druggist may be used interchangeably with pharmacist. Association). Rogers established HEALTHCOM'S reputation as a resource center for pharmaceutical manufacturers, wholesalers and retail chains. He was instrumental in converting the healthcare industry to EDI and developing standards for Web formats. Prior to working with HEALTHCOM, Rogers spent 29 years with Bristol-Myers Squibb Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY), colloquially referred to as BMS, is a pharmaceutical corporation, formed by a 1989 merger between pharmaceutical companies Bristol-Myers Company, founded in 1887 by William McLaren Bristol and John Ripley Myers in Clinton, NY (both were , rising through the ranks from field sales to market research, forecasting and pricing to Director of Administrative Services, where he spearheaded development and implementation of the innovative sales forecasting Sales forecast A key input to a firm's financial planning process. External sales forecasts are based on historical experience, statistical analysis, and consideration of various macroeconomic factors. systems that are in use at Bristol-Myers Squibb today. "David's contracting and sales administration experience in the healthcare industry make him an extremely valuable addition to the MedContrax management team," said Randy Hoggle. "His background in the pharmaceutical and supply chain arena and his understanding of contract process integration, along with our technical expertise, are critical to the success of the HPIS/med-ecom division." By acquiring HPIS/med-ecom in August of this year, MedContrax expanded its contract processing, data integration and information management services offerings to include medical/surgical sales tracking. The HPIS/med-ecom services division is dedicated to solving specific problems relative to transaction processing Updating the appropriate database records as soon as a transaction (order, payment, etc.) is entered into the computer. It may also imply that confirmations are sent at the same time. Transaction processing systems are the backbone of an organization because they update constantly. and reporting in the healthcare industry--providing information to distributors and manufacturers in a variety of markets, including medical/surgical and clinical laboratory supply. "HPIS/med-ecom is uniquely positioned to help customers reduce supply chain costs by providing them with outsourcing solutions to manage the complex practice of processing distributor rebates and sales tracking," said Rogers. "I am excited about the opportunity to lead this division and to be a part of the MedContrax team." Rogers is past chairman of the Ordernet Chargeback Chargeback The charge a credit card merchant pays to a customer after the customer successfully disputes an item on his or her credit card statement. Notes: Customers dispute charges to their credit card usually when goods or services are not delivered within the Advisory Committee of the NWDA and a member of the Health Industry Business Communication Council. He received a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and an M.B.A. from the University of Evansville. About MedContrax MedContrax Inc. is a privately held healthcare contracting information and network solution provider with special expertise in healthcare data integration and synchronization (1) See synchronous and synchronous transmission. (2) Ensuring that two sets of data are always the same. See data synchronization. (3) Keeping time-of-day clocks in two devices set to the same time. See NTP. applications. MedContrax solutions enable healthcare trading partners to achieve improved operating efficiencies and innovate their business. MedContrax is headquartered in Rockville, Md., with facilities in Philadelphia, Hartford, Chicago and San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. . For more information about MedContrax, visit their Web site at www.medcontrax.com. |
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