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Jeff Farris, PDX-NHIN-Rx.com President, said, "We are proud to partnerwith Health Market Science, the recognized leader in providing prescriberinformation to the healthcare industry." Matt Reichert, COO of HMS stated,"The initial goal of our relationship is to enable PDX-NHIN customers tostreamline their claims adjudication processes by leveraging the accuracy andcompleteness of our data."
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After determining that state license numbers would be required to performadequate linking to the NPI data and that obtaining this information in areasonable and timely manner from hundreds of different primary sources wasextremely challenging, PDX-NHIN selected HMS as its preferred provider of theprescriber database due to the breadth, depth and accuracy of the HMSPrescriber Master File(TM) and HMS's recognized leadership position inpharmacy.
The HMS Prescriber Master File(TM) will be provided through NHIN in amanner that will allow PDX customers to access this data using PDX DistributedProcessing, a feature of the PDX Pharmacy System that allows access todatabases in real-time. Pharmacies can then select and add missing prescriberrecords to their local database or select and update missing information onprescriber records on their local systems.
Pharmacy and PBM customers should contact Craig Ford with HMS for detailsconcerning licensing the HMS Prescriber Master File(TM). As PDX customerscontract with HMS for the HMS Prescriber Master File(TM), NHIN will implementthe Prescriber file in a PDX-accessible format for those customers.
About Health Market Science
Health Market Science (HMS) is the leading provider of accurate HealthcareProvider data in the United States. Founded in 1999 to create innovativeapproaches to solving complex healthcare data integration challenges and basedin King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, HMS serves over 150 healthcare customers.Specifically in the company's pharmacy segment, HMS currently provides data toover 15,000 pharmacies and more than 45,000 pharmacists nationwide use HMSdata and web-based access tools such as HMS Provider Online(TM) on a dailybasis. HMS also provides data and services to the top 10 pharmacy chains andPBMs in the United States. (www.healthmarketscience.com)
About National Health Systems, Inc.
National Health Systems is the parent company of PDX, Inc., and NationalHealth Information Network, Inc. PDX was established in 1985 and continues tobuild on its commitment to retail pharmacy and patient care. Providingexcellence in pharmacy software technology, PDX addresses the requirements ofhigh volume prescription filling and the pressing demands of third partyprocessing. Over 11,000 retail drug stores use PDX software technology tofill, bill, and track prescriptions. NHIN was established in 1990 to meetpharmacies' need for centralized data. Today, NHIN is an industry leader inaccounts receivable submission and reconciliation services-working with over300 processors and processing over 9.7 million claims a month, with a 99.7%payment rate. NHIN also provides standardized drug, third party plan, andprescriber file and maintenance services. (www.pdxinc.com)
About Rx.com
Located in Fort Worth, Texas, Rx.com Partners, LP -- an affiliate ofNational Health Systems -- provides an integrated suite of technology andservices to the Pharmacy industry including retail-based mail order andtraditional central fill s
