Florida Healthcare Company Wins Tech 100 Award, Again; Hygeia's Medical Claim Early Warning Notification Tool Helps Win Award.MIAMI Miami, cities, United States Miami (mīăm`ē, –ə). 1 City (1990 pop. 358,548), seat of Dade co., SE Fla., on Biscayne Bay at the mouth of the Miami River; inc. 1896. LAKES, Fla. -- Hygeia Corporation, a leading Florida company providing medical cost containment cost containment, n the features of a dental benefits program or of the administration of the program designed to reduce or eliminate certain charges to the plan. products for the domestic and international patient market, has received another prestigious CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. 100 award from IDG's CIO magazine. The annual award program recognizes 100 organizations around the world that exemplify the highest level of operational and strategic excellence in information technology (IT). According to Abbie Lundberg, Editor in Chief of CIO magazine, "This year's winners are particularly remarkable for their ability to translate IT innovation into business value and solid ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). ." Hygeia, which won a CIO 100 in 2004, joins an elite group of honorees that have received this award two or more times. "For the 2006 award, we were recognized for our ability to rapidly create new technology applications because of a modular development strategy," explained Rod Hamilton, Hygeia's Chief Information Officer. "One of the specific products that helped us win the award was an early warning notification system for high dollar claims that we built for a client with an extremely short turn around time by easily combining previously designed modules with new components. Other recipients of this award include Dell, FedEx, Intel, Royal Bank of Canada Bank of Canada Canada's central bank, established under the Bank of Canada Act (1934). It was founded during the Great Depression to regulate credit and currency. The Bank acts as the Canadian government's fiscal agent and has the sole right to issue paper money. and Marriott International. Within the healthcare category, winners include AIG AIG addressee indicator group (US DoD) AIG American International Group, Inc AiG Answers in Genesis (religious group in defense of Scripture) AIG Artificial Intelligence Group AIG Australian Industry Group , ING Group, Baptist Health, Pfizer and AFLAC AFLAC American Family Life Assurance Company AFLAC American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus AFLAC Apologies For Lack of Audi Content (Audi listservs) . For more information about the CIO 100 Award, visit http://www.cio.com/archive/081506/cio100.html. About Hygeia Corporation Hygeia is a Health Service Intermediary that builds relationships and manages transactions between Healthcare Payers with U.S. claims exposure, and U.S. Providers. Through a suite of medical cost containment solutions for international assistance companies, TPAs, insurers and reinsurers, Hygeia focuses on delivering lower net costs by targeting four key areas: reducing billed charges, increasing level of discount, reducing administrative costs, and ensuring discount security. For more information, visit http://www.hygeia.net. About the IDG IDG International Data Group IDG Integrated Drive Generator IDG Installation Design Guide IDG Internet Discussion Group IDG Inset Dielectric Guide IDG International Dangerous Goods (mail, shipping) , CIO Magazine Published in more than 15 countries, including Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany and Japan, CIO Magazine has received more than 160 awards to date. This leading publication has provides technology and business leaders with analysis and insight on information technology trends and a keen understanding of IT's role in achieving business goals since 1987. |
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