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Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Palomar Health Introduces ClearBalance® Interest-Free Payment Plan for Patients
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Palomar Health is offering a new patient-friendly loan program called ClearBalance ® that gives patients an affordable option to pay their out-of-pocket hospital expenses over an extended period.
San Diego-based CSI Financial Services provides this interest-free loan program that features affordable monthly payments.
Palomar Health, the largest public health district by area in California, joins more than two dozen hospitals across the state that offer ClearBalance.
“Palomar Health specifically expressed to our team the importance of delivering the highest level of patient satisfaction throughout the entire experience, from care through billing,” CSI Chief Executive Officer Mitch Patridge says.
“More and more, patients are contending with higher deductibles and higher co-pays, and we’re proud to work with healthcare providers – such as Palomar Health – to make sure healthcare remains affordable for everyone,” Patridge adds.
Palomar Health Corporate Controller Tim Nguyen says the district selected ClearBalance because of the many patient needs that it satisfies.
“Our concern for the well-being of our patients does not end at the time of their discharge. We understand many of us are facing financial hardships and we would very much like to help our patients meet their financial obligations,” Nguyen states.
“We have heard from our patients on what they need in a loan program and are confident that the ClearBalance payment plan meets their needs with its flexible terms, no late fees and no interest payments,” Nguyen adds.
ClearBalance is a patient-centric program designed to help with unexpected medical bills by providing an affordable repayment option. ClearBalance gives patients the opportunity to receive a long-term payment option featuring low monthly payments with no interest or late fees.
CSI Chief Operating Officer Janet Shanks says the company’s ability to provide interest-free loans for up to 72 months and its attentive customer service center are key ingredients to delivering unparalleled patient satisfaction.
“Our customer service team members are specially trained to ensure that each patient is treated with honesty, fairness and compassion,” Shanks says.
The ClearBalance program allows patients to easily qualify for a patient-friendly bank loan, Shanks says. Additional balances and family member accounts may be added and the patient will receive only one easy to read monthly statement, she adds
About CSI Financial Services
CSI Financial Services is the premier provider of patient loan programs. Since 1992, CSI has helped healthcare providers streamline the revenue cycle and efficiently resolve patient balances. Equally as important, the ClearBalance loan program helps healthcare providers increase patient satisfaction. CSI maintains its corporate office in San Diego, Calif., with regional sales offices throughout the United States. For more information about the ClearBalance program, visit www.ClearBalance.org or call Bruce Weintraub at 858.200.9208.
About Palomar Health
Palomar Health, formerly Palomar Pomerado Health, is the largest public health district by area in California. It currently operates two hospitals, two skilled nursing facilities, two outpatient health buildings and other facilities. It is one of the largest employers in San Diego County with about 4,000 employees and more than 800 affiliated physicians.
In summer 2012, Palomar Health will open a new 740,000-square-foot, 11-story, state-of-the art hospital in Escondido with 288 beds and significant room to expand in the future. To learn more about Palomar Health visit www.pph.org
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
ConnectVirginia.org Launches--Engaging Both Health Care Providers & Patients
RICHMOND, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
ConnectVirginia, the Statewide Health Information Exchange for the Commonwealth of Virginia, announced today that its website, ConnectVirginia.org, is now available to citizens, health care providers, and other stakeholders. ConnectVirginia provides a secure, confidential electronic system to support the exchange of patient medical records among participating health care providers in Virginia and beyond.
According to ConnectVirginia Executive Director Sandy McCleaf, MBA, the website serves several important purposes including stakeholder engagement. Ms. McCleaf shared, “ConnectVirginia.org serves as a place where consumers and providers of health care services can learn why health information exchange is so important and how they can participate if they choose to do so. In addition, we are operating ConnectVirginia in an open and transparent manner, so the website is a means for the public to stay informed about learning opportunities, public meetings, governance and policy aspects.”
State Health Commissioner Karen Remley, MD, MBA, FAAP, commented, “ConnectVirginia allows for consumers and providers of health services to be empowered to make good decisions based on secure, timely, accurate, comprehensive and easily accessible information for coordination of care. I encourage and invite all Virginians to visit ConnectVirginia.org to learn more about this important initiative.”
ConnectVirginia.org will also serve as the launching point for ConnectVirginia’s DIRECT Messaging, a secure messaging service for provider-to-provider communication.
For more information, please visit www.ConnectVirginia.org or email info@ConnectVirginia.org. Media inquiries can also be submitted to media@ConnectVirginia.org.
About ConnectVirginia
ConnectVirginia is the Statewide Health Information Exchange for the Commonwealth of Virginia. It provides a safe, confidential, electronic system to support the exchange of patient medical records among health care providers, both here in Virginia and beyond. This initiative is being led by Community Health Alliance, Inc., a Virginia-based not-for-profit company, and a governing body of health care professionals and executives from across the Commonwealth.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Myca Health Adds New Primary Care Clients Serving 10,000 Patients to its Hello Health® Community
NEW YORK, Jan. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Myca Health Inc. announced today that in the past month primary care practices serving over 10,000 patients have contracted to implement the Hello Health® Patient Management platform. The company recently signed agreements with family practice, internal medicine, pediatric and integrative medicine practices in five states. Hello Health is a free Patient Management platform integrating an electronic health record, an online patient health portal and a suite of secure, web-based communication tools designed to connect patients with their health information and their physician. Primary care physicians generate incremental income from the platform through Hello Health's revenue-sharing patient subscription model.
"We are very pleased to welcome more primary care practices to the Hello Health community," said Nat Findlay, CEO and founder of Myca Health. "Our message to overworked and financially-challenged practices that they do not have to settle for a traditional electronic health record, even if it is free, is resonating. Hello Health is unique in today's market not only for its ability to add much needed revenue to a practice but by building a cloud-based platform that engages patients with their health information and their care team."
"The promise of a free EMR first got our attention," said Mike Segarra MD, a partner in North Brunswick Pediatrics, a four-doctor pediatric practice in New Jersey. "And as we reviewed the Hello Health platform in depth we recognized the potential to bring a new level of convenience and access to our patients. We look forward to offering online scheduling, prescription renewals, lab requests and even virtual visits to our practice. That we can generate incremental revenue as we enhance the service we provide our patients and their families while reducing the workload on our staff is truly remarkable."
Hello Health includes training, implementation and patient communications as part of its no-cost business model for established primary care practices. Practices generate income through revenue sharing of the patient subscription dues and online consultations including video visits billed directly to patients.
Recently Myca Health released version 5.0 of the Hello Health platform which is Surescripts® certified for prescription routing. Additional features improve task management, claims and billing and document management leveraging the breadth of the Hello Health platform as the operating system of today's family practice, internal medicine or pediatric office.
About Myca Health Inc.
At Myca Health we question why electronic medical records cannot only be free but a source of revenue for practices and why EMRs do not engage patients more in their care. We think its time for a technology platform to help doctors regain control of their practices. Our Hello Health solution provides a Patient Management platform that integrates an EMR for the practice, a personal health portal for patients, and a suite of online communication tools to connect patients, health information and providers together. All on a single, elegant cloud-based platform that is revenue generating for practices and empowering for patients. Hello Health is marketed in the U.S. by Hello Health, Inc. a subsidiary of Myca Health, Inc. For more information, please visit myca.com and hellohealth.com.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Health plan forgets patients, says AMA
Anna Bligh's radical plan to abolish the maligned Queensland Health has been slammed by the Australian Medical Association of Queensland for ignoring basic patient services.
The Premier yesterday unveiled details of her government's plan in what she said was the largest decentralisation of the public sector in the state's history.
The shake-up was fast tracked after a former Queensland Health executive claiming to be a Tahitian prince embezzled more than $16 million from the department.
Ms Bligh said the plan was a "once-in-a-generation opportunity" to start from scratch. She has committed to implementing the changes within 100 days of taking office after the next state election.
''Today's plan outlines a bold vision for the future of health in this state from July 2012; as part of the national health reform project, healthcare will be managed locally by local networks," she said.
''But now we will split the old Queensland Health into two new government entities, each under a separate director-general."
Health and Hospitals Queensland, with a staff of about 1750, will lead policy development and innovation in the delivery of hospital and clinical services.
The Health Corporate Services Authority, with a staff of more than 4200, will be responsible for providing corporate services to support frontline staff and overseeing finance, human resources and information and communications technology.
AMAQ state president Richard Kidd said he was disappointed that a "new beginning in health" did not include improving health services for patients.
"What we actually need is more doctors, more nurses, more beds,'' Dr Kidd said. ''If you look at an area like South Brisbane, they need another 900 beds today, just to bring them up to the national average, which isn't very good anyway," he said.
"Also the lies continue. The Premier said Queensland has the shortest elective waiting list in Australia. The reason for that is that we are dishonest about what we call the waiting list."
Dr Kidd said there was a "waiting list for the waiting list" and that thousands of patients were being turned away for procedures such as cataract and varicose-vein surgery and paediatric ear, nose and throat surgery.
"We have people referred for cataract surgery whose letters have been rejected by public hospitals, with the comment that, because the public hospital can't see the patient in a timely way, they won't see the patient at all," he said.
"If we're going to talk about a new beginning for health, let's talk about how we're going to get these basic services back there."
Deputy Opposition Leader Tim Nicholls said Labor had had 20 years to fix Queensland Health and the only way to fix the problem was a change of government.
"This is a panicked and desperate move by a government that has run out of ideas," he said.
"We will not be forced into adopting this government's response, particularly on the eve of an election. The employees of Queensland Health haven't been properly consulted, the public hasn't been consulted … we will not be held accountable for their report."
Mr Nicholls said Queensland Health would improve under an LNP government because ministers would be held accountable.
"We will change the culture of Queensland Health by changing government. Not one minister has been held accountable for the failure of Queensland Health.
''Having two dysfunctional departments, replacing one dysfunctional department is not going to deliver better health services.''
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