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The effort involved successfully testing and moving electronictransactions for more than 11,000 health care provider sites, 450 vendors, 40clearinghouses, and more than 200 health plans and other health claim systemsacross the nation. The transition empowers providers with a secure, real-timeweb portal for health information exchange, fostering improved communicationand decision-making before, during, and after the patient visit.
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"The completion of the THIN migration marks the beginning of a new chapterfor health information exchange in our core regions," said Mary Anne Orenchuk,Vice President of Professional Services for Availity. "We are eager tocontinue to serve the growing needs of our customers in all markets, whileenhancing our information exchange capabilities across the health carespectrum."
"As Health Care Service Corporation continues to pursue its strategy ofreducing our members' health care costs by helping to improve their health,the work we're doing with Availity can significantly support the relationshipbetween our members and their health care providers, so that healthinformation can more easily be used to prevent and treat illness, and can helpmake the delivery of care less costly," said Paul Handel, MD, HCSC's ChiefMedical Officer.
The migration follows a 2006 collaboration between HCSC, Blue Cross andBlue Shield of Florida (BCBSF), and Humana, to integrate the assets of THINwith those of Availity. The joint venture between these health plans hasfacilitated an increase in the development of real-time health caretransactions - reconciling the insurer's and patient's share of payment beforethe patient leaves the office. This collaboration has also expanded theavailability and flow of information, as more providers and health careconstituents capitalize on real-time electronic transactions via Availity'ssecure web portal. Today, Availity is one of the nation's largest EDIclearinghouses as well as one of the most advanced health informationexchanges in the country.
"We want to thank Availity for making our collections easier by providingour facility with faster claims status and accurate patient eligibility andbenefits," said Laura Gonzales, El Paso Specialty Hospital, El Paso, Texas."Keep up the outstanding work!"
"We absolutely love Availity," said Terri McBride, Deerbrook FamilyClinic, Humble, Texas. "It saves us time when verifying eligibility andbenefits and seeking authorizations and referrals. It has become so easy to doall of these things since incorporating Availity into our daily work schedule.We cannot thank you enough!"
The Availity Health Information Network harnesses the power of theInternet to assist health care professionals in tangible and timesaving ways.Availity combines dynamic innovation in health information exchange with anin-depth understanding of the health care industry, and builds collaborativerelationships that ultimately benefit all health care stakeholders, includinghealth care professionals, health plans, and patients. This approach to healthcare delivery enables health care constituents to focus on their patientsinstead of their paperwork, streamlining workflow, reducing costs, andultimately improving the patient experience in all of the markets it serves.
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