HMS Teams with Halfpenny Technologies to Strengthen Payer-Provider Collaboration, Promoting Seamless Care Management
22 December 2017 - 1:11AM
HMS, a leading provider of cost containment and health management
solutions to the U.S. healthcare market, today announced the launch
of a strategic partnership with Halfpenny Technologies, a leader in
clinical data exchange and business intelligence solutions, to
strengthen payer-provider coordination and promote seamless care
management.
The partnership enhances the power of the HMS Essette care
management platform by automating its interface with Halfpenny’s
interoperable technology. This enhancement creates an
interconnected health network that enables payer and provider care
teams to securely exchange patient data across disparate systems
and external sources in real time.
“At HMS, our health management goals are to improve quality of
care for plan members, reduce operational costs for payers and help
our clients meet evolving coordinated-care demands,” said HMS Chief
Medical Officer Gary Call, M.D. “This can only be accomplished when
managed care and care delivery organizations have a 360-degree view
of the population, which this technology provides.”
The new partnership opens unlimited integration points with a
wide variety of providers, streamlining the sharing of real-time
EMR data to empower the role of the “care traffic controller.”
HMS’ Essette clients can now take advantage of Halfpenny’s
secure, cloud-based Clinical Data Exchange system. The seamless
integration provides a real-time data feed that enables care
managers to integrate care systems among payers and providers,
coordinate with third-party EMRs, and instantly access documents
and images relevant to member care. It also saves care managers
valuable time by eliminating the need to update the same medical
record in multiple platforms.
The resulting efficiencies help bridge the healthcare
information divide by coordinating the care experience, avoiding
unnecessary procedures and ensuring better health outcomes.
“We’re excited to partner with such a strong leader in the
health management space,” said Tim Kowalski, Halfpenny
Technologies’ president and CEO. “HMS serves most of the nation’s
top health plans and managed care organizations, all of which are
facing complex patient care management challenges. Seamless
clinical data exchange is a key step in helping these organizations
overcome these challenges. We look forward to driving value across
the health care continuum, enhancing the interests of payers,
providers and health plan members alike.”
Partnership benefits are available to HMS’ clients and
prospective clients immediately.
About HMSHMS is a leading provider of cost
containment solutions to the U.S. healthcare market. Our solutions
improve financial and health outcomes for organizations at risk.
Using innovative technology and powerful data analytics, we help
clients reduce costs, increase quality, and achieve regulatory
compliance. As a result of our services, clients save billions of
dollars annually. Visit us at www.hms.com or follow us on Twitter
at @HMSHealthcare.
About Halfpenny Technologies Halfpenny
Technologies is a leading provider of healthcare interoperability
solutions enabling meaningful clinical data exchange. Our
cloud-based, fully-managed solutions provide hospitals, labs,
health plans, pharmacies, and HIEs with a secure, vendor-neutral
infrastructure that supports care coordination, care management,
regulatory requirements and data analysis within and between
healthcare organizations. To learn more, visit
www.halfpenny.com.
Contact:Elizabeth Bonet, HMS972
894 8405elizabeth.bonet@hms.com
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