Integrated Healthcare Management Fuels Efficient Benefits Administration
July 30 2008 - 7:30AM
Business Wire
The TriZetto Group�s (NASDAQ: TZIX) 26th Annual Benefits
Administration Client Conference, held this month in Chicago,
provided a forum for more than 150 representatives from 65
organizations to discuss Integrated Healthcare Management (IHM) in
benefits administration and the opportunities this approach
presents for benefit administrators in today�s challenging national
economy. IHM is the systematic application of processes and shared
information to optimize the coordination of benefits and care for
the healthcare consumer. This emerging industry imperative is
playing a major role across all aspects of the healthcare system,
including benefits administration. �This was an excellent
conference,� said Ed O�Brien, president of Creative Plan
Administrators in East Hartford, Conn. �The IHM message is an
important one, and I left the event with a lot of great ideas and
information from other clients who are implementing IHM strategies
and experiencing greater success in the market. The fact that
TriZetto is integrating affordable approaches to help us create IHM
initiatives of our own is a tremendous benefit for clients such as
me.� Today�s benefits administrators are best positioned to
capitalize on the IHM directive, using TriZetto�s affordable tools
and integrated functionality through the new release of the
QicLink� 4.10 system and the products and services available
through the exclusive TriZetto Premier Partnership Program� (PPP).
In addition to workshops about the concept of IHM, PPP and the new
functionality and advanced Microsoft� .NET framework of the QicLink
4.10 application, several TriZetto clients shared their experiences
in moving forward with IHM-based strategies supported by the
QicLink product and offerings of one or more of TriZetto�s premier
partners. Jeff Knox, chief technology officer for Mutual Assurance
Administrators in Oklahoma City, is currently in the process of
final testing of the QicLink 4.10 product release, prior to full
implementation in late summer. �As the first licensed client
scheduled to move to the new technology, we are happy with the
functionality and migration testing we have completed so far.
TriZetto has been very committed to supporting our success, and we
have been impressed with the input and attention we have received
during this process, from Rick Fitzgerald, TriZetto�s senior vice
president and chief operating officer of benefits administration,
on down. Once we have our infrastructure in place to support the
release, we look forward to completing our migration,� stated Knox.
�It is through IHM that benefits administrators will be able to
make the transformation from paying claims to the broader realm of
managing risk and positively impacting the design, delivery, cost
and quality of healthcare,� said Joe Manheim, senior vice president
of TriZetto benefits administration and CareAdvance�. �By
continuing the evolution of our QicLink and other systems, offering
high scalability and extensive interoperability, we�re enabling
easier integration with new applications and services as they
become available, thereby carrying benefits administrators farther
down the road toward IHM.� Further information on TriZetto�s
QicLink application for benefits administration can be obtained by
emailing trizetto@schwartz-pr.com, or an interview with TriZetto�s
Manheim may be requested from Schwartz Communications at
781-684-0770 or trizetto@schwartz-pr.com. About TriZetto TriZetto
is Powering Integrated Healthcare Management�. With its technology
touching more than half of the U.S. insured population, TriZetto is
uniquely positioned to drive the convergence of health benefit
administration, care management and constituent engagement. The
company provides premier information technology solutions that
enable payers and other constituents in the healthcare supply chain
to improve the coordination of benefits and care for healthcare
consumers. Healthcare payers include national and regional health
insurance plans, and benefits administrators that provide
transaction services to self-insured employer groups. The company�s
payer-focused information technology offerings include enterprise
and component software, hosting and business process outsourcing
services, and consulting. Headquartered in Newport Beach, Calif.,
TriZetto can be reached at 949-719-2200 or at www.trizetto.com.
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