QCSI Announces Agreement with Delta Dental Plan of Arizona; Major Dental Plan Selects QCSI's AccuDen for Dental Care Administration System.PHOENIX--(BW HealthWire)--May 27, 1999-- QCSI QCSI Quality Care Solutions, Inc. Thursday announced that Delta Dental Plan Delta Dental Plan, n.pr an active member organization of the Delta Dental Plans Association (a not-for-profit organization), formed and guided by state dental societies to provide prepaid dental care to the public on a group basis. of Arizona is using QCSI's AccuDen(TM) in its new in-house claims processing center. AccuDen, the leading dental care administration system, delivers lower cost of operation and management of transactions through workflow tools. Lynn Klein, director of operations at Delta, said, "We researched software companies who could assist us with developing an information, reporting and claims processing system that would re-engineer and revolutionize our company. "We partnered with QCSI to engineer a product that is state-of-the art, and to boost our companies to the forefront of technology in the dental industry. We are utilizing the AccuDen system to assist us in reducing costs while increasing efficiencies and productivity, while continuing to provide excellent service to our constituents." "We worked with Delta Dental Plan of Arizona over the past several months to develop AccuDen as the best dental payer system in the country," said Gregory S. Anderson, QCSI's president and chief executive officer. "As a result of this collaboration, AccuDen offers the full reporting and support that allows dental plans to lower personnel costs, track profitability by plan and keep up with regulatory requirements." Today's dental plan executives need fast, easy and comprehensive reporting tools that allow them to spot quickly the trends and patterns in their business. Whether it is tracking profitability by line of business or simply identifying costs by line of business, group or diagnosis, AccuDen gives executives the tools they need to manage profitability. AccuDen is a fully functional dental care administration system that delivers full reporting to the Current Dental Terminology (CDT CDT abbr. Central Daylight Time CDT Central Daylight Time CDT n abbr (US) (= Central Daylight Time) → hora de verano del centro; (BRIT ) level. It provides modules to fit the needs for HCFA HCFA abbr. Health Care Financing Administration HCFA, n.pr See Health Care Financing Administration. , HEDIS HEDIS Health Plan Employer Data & Information Set Managed care An initiative by the National Committee on Quality Assurance to develop, collect, standardize, and report measures of health plan performances. and NCQA NCQA National Committee on Quality Assurance, see there regulatory compliance. Some of AccuDen's capabilities include enrollment, eligibility determination, pre-determinations, claims processing and settlement, claims inquiry and resolution, business intelligence, customer relationship management and a National Provider File link. The software solution is built using the Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Distributed interNet Applications Architecture from backbone to desktop. Its modular design allows for easy expansion or right sizing to meet the changing needs of a dental plan. The platform uses the latest digital encryption and authentication technologies for certifiable cer·ti·fi·a·ble adj. 1. That can or must be certified. Used of infectious, industrial, and other diseases that are required by law to be reported to health authorities. 2. operations on a need-to-know and right-to-know basis. The open COM+ component architecture and distributed application framework supports large numbers of users and allows for plug-and-play components to facilitate standards-based integration and operation. AccuDen is fully year 2000 ready. About QCSI Founded in 1993, QCSI provides healthcare information solutions that enable all healthcare constituents to access and process transactions quickly, securely and at lower cost. QCSI's solutions include state-of-the-art software products and outsourced information management for the health and dental care industry. The company is based in Phoenix with customers that include indemnity, managed dental care, commercial 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, , 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. administration and provider organizations nationwide. |
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