Advantages of Electronic Health Records for Medicaid Populations Examined in Joint Webinar By Keystone Mercy Health Plan, Memphis Managed Care and MEDecision
Posted on: Monday, 17 September 2007, 09:00 CDT
MEDecision, Inc. (Nasdaq:MEDE), a provider of collaborative care management software, services and clinical content to health care payers, will conduct a joint Webinar with Keystone Mercy Health Plan (Keystone Mercy) and Memphis Managed Care Corporation (Memphis Managed Care) to discuss the benefits of deploying electronic health records in Medicaid environments.
The Webinar, "Deploying Electronic Health Records for the Medicaid Population," will detail how Keystone Mercy, Pennsylvania's largest Medicaid plan, is currently providing a clinically validated, payer-based electronic health record -- the MEDecision Patient Clinical Summary (PCS™) -- to Philadelphia-area emergency room physicians.
It will also analyze how Memphis Managed Care, a participant in Tennessee's TennCare Medicaid program, is planning to deliver the PCS to West Tennessee provider groups and independent practice associations participating in a state-supported, pay-for-performance program.
What: "Deploying Electronic Health Records for the Medicaid Population," a joint Webinar hosted by MEDecision, Inc., Keystone Mercy Health Plan and Memphis Managed Care
Who: Dr. Henry DePhillips, MEDecision Chief Medical Officer; Dr. Jay Feldstein, Keystone Mercy Health Plan Chief Medical Officer; and Dr. Clarence Davis, Memphis Managed Care Medical Director
When: Thursday, September 20, 2007, at 12:30 p.m. Eastern time (9:30 a.m. Pacific time)
How: To register for this free event, please visit www.MEDecision.com/webinars.asp
About Memphis Managed Care Corporation
Memphis Managed Care Corporation is a non-profit corporation based in Memphis, TN. It is sponsored by The Regional Medical Center at Memphis and UT Medical Group, Inc. and has over 230 employees based in Memphis and West Tennessee. Memphis Managed Care Corporation is pleased to serve over 2,000 participating providers in its network. For more information, please visit: www.mmcc-tlc.com.
About Keystone Mercy Health Plan
Keystone Mercy Health Plan is Pennsylvania's largest Medical Assistance (Medicaid) managed care health plan serving more than 274,000 Medical Assistance recipients in Southeastern Pennsylvania including Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties. Headquartered in Philadelphia, Keystone Mercy Health Plan is a mission driven, health care ministry of the Sisters of Mercy with more than 20 years of experience. Its corporate parent partners are Mercy Health System and Keystone First, a subsidiary of Independence Blue Cross. Keystone Mercy's mission is to help people get care, stay well and build healthy communities. Keystone Mercy has a special concern for those who are poor. For more information about Keystone Mercy Health Plan, please visit www.keystonemercy.com.
About MEDecision
Founded in 1988, MEDecision provides health care payer organizations with software, services and clinical content that allow them to increase administrative efficiency and improve the overall quality and affordability of their members' health care. A provider of Collaborative Care Management, MEDecision's technologies analyze data, automate payer workflow processes and electronically connect patients, providers and payers to give each a common view of the patient's medical history, helping to foster better clinical decision making. MEDecision believes that, in the aggregate, its customers insure or manage care for approximately one in every six people in the U.S. with health insurance. For more information, please visit www.MEDecision.com.
MEDecision is a trademark of MEDecision, Inc. The MEDecision logo and product names are also trademarks or registered trademarks of MEDecision, Inc. Other product and brand names are trademarks of their respective owners. MEDE-G
Source: Business Wire
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