CareGain and UMB Offer Integrated End-to-End Platform for Healthcare
November 13 2006 - 10:04AM
Business Wire
CareGain, Inc., a Fiserv Health company, and UMB Healthcare
Services announced today a partnership to offer CareGain�s
patent-pending defined-care platform as part of the UMB Healthcare
Services� health savings account (HSA) platform. CareGain�s turnkey
technology platform provides a management system for health
reimbursement arrangement (HRA), HSA and flexible spending account
(FSA) plans that fully integrates with existing claims processing
and payment systems. As an HSA custodian and BIN sponsor for
multipurpose debit cards, UMB provides an integrated, wholesale
approach for health plans, third-party administrators (TPAs) and
software companies. The partnership will allow all health plans
that use the defined-care platform to create a branded HSA product.
�UMB is pleased to partner with CareGain to provide this innovative
payment program,� said Dennis Triplett, president, UMB Healthcare
Services, a division of UMB Financial Corporation. �Combined with
CareGain�s technology, UMB�s white label, fully integrated product
provides a payment system solution that enables a direct to
provider payment option.� UMB and CareGain will make the offering
available immediately. CareGain�s platform is an end-to-end
integrated solution between the health care industry and the
banking industry. It provides one single platform for enrollment,
account management, claims processing, payments and decision
support tools. �Partnering with UMB allows us to provide an
integrated HSA model to members and providers,� stated Madan
Moudgal, chief operating officer for CareGain. �Together we will
offer the market an accurate end-to-end payment system solution for
a direct-to-provider payment option. By introducing our new hosted
ASP model, we can decrease the time to market and costs for plans
looking to take a leadership stake in consumer directed health
care.� About UMB Financial Corporation UMB Financial Corporation
(Nasdaq:UMBF) is a multi-bank holding company headquartered in
Kansas City, Mo., offering complete banking, asset management and
related financial services to both individual and business
customers nationwide. Its banking subsidiaries own and operate 141
banking centers throughout Missouri, Illinois, Colorado, Kansas,
Oklahoma, Nebraska and Arizona. Subsidiaries of the holding company
and the lead bank, UMB Bank, n.a., include an investment services
group based in Milwaukee, Wis., a trust management company in South
Dakota and single-purpose companies that deal with brokerage
services, consulting services and insurance. UMB was named one of
Business Week's "Web Smart 50" companies in 2005. www.umb.com.
About CareGain CareGain, Inc. enables health plans to flexibly,
rapidly and cost-effectively create and administer consumer
directed health plans, while leveraging their own internal systems
and infrastructure. Their platform enables sophisticated plan
designs through the use of multiple account structures. CareGain
was founded in 2001 and became a division of Fiserv Health in
December 2005. CareGain is based in East Windsor, N.J., and is a
Solutions Partner of America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP).
CareGain can be found on the Internet at www.caregain.com. About
Fiserv Health Fiserv Health provides a full array of integrated
health plan management, claims processing and administration
services for self-funded medical, dental, vision and disability
plans. Fiserv Health also offers health plan management, pharmacy
benefits management and business process outsourcing services to
self-funded commercial and government employers and health plans.
Fiserv Health Specialty Solutions offers a complementary suite of
business products and services to health care payers and PPO
organizations. The business unit includes CareGain; ppoONE, a claim
repricing and data management organization; JW Hutton, a
subrogation and overpayment recovery organization; and BP Inc., a
managing general underwriter for stop loss products. Find out more
at www.fiservhealth.com. About Fiserv Inc. Fiserv Inc.
(Nasdaq:FISV), a Fortune 500 company, provides information
management systems and services to the financial and health
benefits industries. Leading services include transaction
processing, outsourcing, business process outsourcing, software and
systems solutions. The company serves more than 17,000 clients
worldwide and is the leading provider of core processing solutions
for U.S. banks, credit unions and thrifts. Fiserv was ranked the
largest provider of information technology services to the
financial services industry worldwide in the 2005 and 2004 FinTech
100 surveys. Headquartered in Brookfield, Wis., Fiserv reported
more than $4 billion in total revenue for 2005. For more
information, please visit www.fiserv.com. CareGain, Inc., a Fiserv
Health company, and UMB Healthcare Services announced today a
partnership to offer CareGain's patent-pending defined-care
platform as part of the UMB Healthcare Services' health savings
account (HSA) platform. CareGain's turnkey technology platform
provides a management system for health reimbursement arrangement
(HRA), HSA and flexible spending account (FSA) plans that fully
integrates with existing claims processing and payment systems. As
an HSA custodian and BIN sponsor for multipurpose debit cards, UMB
provides an integrated, wholesale approach for health plans,
third-party administrators (TPAs) and software companies. The
partnership will allow all health plans that use the defined-care
platform to create a branded HSA product. "UMB is pleased to
partner with CareGain to provide this innovative payment program,"
said Dennis Triplett, president, UMB Healthcare Services, a
division of UMB Financial Corporation. "Combined with CareGain's
technology, UMB's white label, fully integrated product provides a
payment system solution that enables a direct to provider payment
option." UMB and CareGain will make the offering available
immediately. CareGain's platform is an end-to-end integrated
solution between the health care industry and the banking industry.
It provides one single platform for enrollment, account management,
claims processing, payments and decision support tools. "Partnering
with UMB allows us to provide an integrated HSA model to members
and providers," stated Madan Moudgal, chief operating officer for
CareGain. "Together we will offer the market an accurate end-to-end
payment system solution for a direct-to-provider payment option. By
introducing our new hosted ASP model, we can decrease the time to
market and costs for plans looking to take a leadership stake in
consumer directed health care." About UMB Financial Corporation UMB
Financial Corporation (Nasdaq:UMBF) is a multi-bank holding company
headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., offering complete banking, asset
management and related financial services to both individual and
business customers nationwide. Its banking subsidiaries own and
operate 141 banking centers throughout Missouri, Illinois,
Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Arizona. Subsidiaries of
the holding company and the lead bank, UMB Bank, n.a., include an
investment services group based in Milwaukee, Wis., a trust
management company in South Dakota and single-purpose companies
that deal with brokerage services, consulting services and
insurance. UMB was named one of Business Week's "Web Smart 50"
companies in 2005. www.umb.com. About CareGain CareGain, Inc.
enables health plans to flexibly, rapidly and cost-effectively
create and administer consumer directed health plans, while
leveraging their own internal systems and infrastructure. Their
platform enables sophisticated plan designs through the use of
multiple account structures. CareGain was founded in 2001 and
became a division of Fiserv Health in December 2005. CareGain is
based in East Windsor, N.J., and is a Solutions Partner of
America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP). CareGain can be found on
the Internet at www.caregain.com. About Fiserv Health Fiserv Health
provides a full array of integrated health plan management, claims
processing and administration services for self-funded medical,
dental, vision and disability plans. Fiserv Health also offers
health plan management, pharmacy benefits management and business
process outsourcing services to self-funded commercial and
government employers and health plans. Fiserv Health Specialty
Solutions offers a complementary suite of business products and
services to health care payers and PPO organizations. The business
unit includes CareGain; ppoONE, a claim repricing and data
management organization; JW Hutton, a subrogation and overpayment
recovery organization; and BP Inc., a managing general underwriter
for stop loss products. Find out more at www.fiservhealth.com.
About Fiserv Inc. Fiserv Inc. (Nasdaq:FISV), a Fortune 500 company,
provides information management systems and services to the
financial and health benefits industries. Leading services include
transaction processing, outsourcing, business process outsourcing,
software and systems solutions. The company serves more than 17,000
clients worldwide and is the leading provider of core processing
solutions for U.S. banks, credit unions and thrifts. Fiserv was
ranked the largest provider of information technology services to
the financial services industry worldwide in the 2005 and 2004
FinTech 100 surveys. Headquartered in Brookfield, Wis., Fiserv
reported more than $4 billion in total revenue for 2005. For more
information, please visit www.fiserv.com.
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