Netsmart Technologies Signs Multi-Year Agreement to Provide Software and Services to Kalamazoo Community Mental Health and Subs
June 07 2006 - 11:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Multi-faceted Provider Cites Comprehensive Range of Capabilities as
Key Factor in Selection GREAT RIVER, N.Y., June 7
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Netsmart Technologies, Inc.
(NASDAQ:NTST), a leading provider of enterprise-wide software for
health and human services organizations, today announced that it
has been awarded a contract totaling more than $2 million by
Kalamazoo (Mich.) Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Services (KCMHSAS). The five-year agreement includes licensed
software, professional services, application service provider (ASP)
services and software maintenance. The agency will use Netsmart's
Avatar software suite as its enterprise solution to facilitate key
processes, including client scheduling and tracking, clinical
assessment, treatment planning and claims authorizations. Avatar
modules to be used by KCMHSAS include Avatar Practice Management,
Avatar Clinical Workstation and Avatar Managed Services
Organization (MSO). KCMHSAS will also utilize CareLink, Netsmart's
ASP-based provider portal for authorizations, claims and state
reporting data. In addition, Netsmart will provide KCMHSAS with a
full range of project management, support and training services.
"We were looking for a software provider that could address a wide
range of needs and grow with us into the future. In addition to the
basic Avatar functionality, we also hope to leverage Avatar Mobile
for clinicians in the field and InfoScriber for e-prescription
capabilities," said Jeff Patton, executive director of Kalamazoo
Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. "Netsmart has
the breadth of capabilities, the industry expertise and the
financial stability to make them ideal partner." KCMHSAS serves
more than 7,000 consumers in a four-county area of Western Michigan
with mental health and developmental disabilities, children with
serious emotional disorders and their families, and individuals
with severe substance use disorders. "Kalamazoo has laid the
foundation for an infrastructure designed to result in improved
service delivery to their clients and enhanced communication and
integration with other key stakeholders," said James Gargiulo,
Netsmart executive vice president, Clients and Solutions. "We're
pleased to be the partner of choice for KCMHSAS and many other
Michigan behavioral and public health organizations as they chart
the path to quality care and operational efficiency." For more
information about Netsmart Technologies solutions, call 1-800-
421-7503 or visit http://www.ntst.com/ About Netsmart Technologies,
Inc. Netsmart Technologies, Inc., based in Great River, N.Y., is an
established, leading supplier of enterprise-wide software solutions
for health and human services providers, with more than 1,250
clients, including 30 systems with state agencies. Netsmart's
clients include health and human services organizations, public
health agencies, mental health and substance abuse clinics,
psychiatric hospitals, and managed care organizations. Netsmart's
products are full-featured information systems that operate on a
variety of operating systems, hardware platforms, and mobile
devices, and offer unlimited scalability. Statement on Behalf of
Netsmart Technologies, Inc. Statements in this press release may be
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as
"anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "intend" and similar
expressions, as they relate to the company or its management,
identify forward-looking statements. These statements are based on
current expectations, estimates and projections about the company's
business based, in part, on assumptions made by management. These
statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve
risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict.
Therefore, actual outcomes and results may, and probably will,
differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such
forward-looking statements due to numerous factors, including those
described above and those risks discussed from time to time in
Netsmart's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In
addition, such statements could be affected by risks and
uncertainties related to product demand, market and customer
acceptance, competition, pricing and development difficulties, as
well as general industry and market conditions and growth rates,
and general economic conditions. Any forward-looking statements
speak only as of the date on which they are made, and the company
does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking
statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this
release. Information on Netsmart's website does not constitute a
part of this release. DATASOURCE: Netsmart Technologies, Inc.
CONTACT: Dave Kishler, Netsmart Technologies, +1-614-764-0143, Ext.
7252, Web site: http://www.ntst.com/
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