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Company and its Employees Recognized with Industry Awards from Digium, Business Objects and WEDI
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NASHVILLE, Tenn.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Emdeon, a leading provider of revenue and payment cycle management solutions for the healthcare industry, recently received two competitive industry awards in recognition of excellence in innovation and business intelligence strategies.
Emdeon was awarded the Business Intelligence Excellence Award for 2008 presented by Business Objects, an SAP company known for its industry-leading business intelligence software, in recognition of the Emdeon IT department's development of Emdeon Vision(SM). Emdeon Vision is a progressive solution utilizing Business Objects' business intelligence platform to offer providers and payers immediate, accurate status updates and visibility into the electronic claims cycle. Healthcare providers that utilize Emdeon Vision can transition from paper-based reporting to cost-effective, web-based delivery. This award specifically recognized Emdeon's enhanced database infrastructure and the use of innovation to significantly improve productivity.
As the recipient of the Digium® 2008 Innovation Award for Best ROI, Emdeon was honored for its Interactive Voice Response (IVR) solution created to help support the State of Maryland's Medicaid Plan. Emdeon's advanced, automated IVR system is used over 20,000 times daily to verify Medicaid eligibility, as a means to eliminate the need for traditional phone inquiries and greatly reduce associated administrative costs. Digium is the creator and primary developer of Asterisk®, the first open source telephony platform. Digium's annual Innovation Awards recognize measurable achievements in technological innovation from their Asterisk developers, customers and business partners.
In addition to the industry awards for innovation, the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) honored Emdeon's Deborah Meisner, Vice President of Shared Services, with its Distinguished Service Award. This award recognizes individuals who have provided significant leadership to the fulfillment of the mission, objectives, programs and activities of WEDI, whose purpose is to improve the quality of healthcare through the effective and efficient information exchange and management.
"Emdeon is committed to creating results-oriented, innovative solutions for our customers. Our receipt of these industry awards is affirmation we are fulfilling our mission to simplify the administration of healthcare," states Damien Creavin, Emdeon's Chief Information Officer. "Emdeon earned these honors on the merit of our solutions' effectiveness and value to customers, as well as our industry leadership."
About Emdeon
Emdeon is a leading provider of revenue and payment cycle solutions that connect payers, providers and patients to integrate and automate key business and administrative functions throughout the patient encounter. Through the use of Emdeon's comprehensive suite of products and services, its customers are able to improve efficiency, reduce costs, increase cash flow and more efficiently manage the complex revenue and payment cycle process. Emdeon is owned by General Atlantic LLC and Hellman & Friedman LLC. For more information, visit http://www.emdeon.com/.
SOURCE: Emdeon
CONTACT: Tommy Lewis, Emdeon, +1-615-565-2158, tommy.lewis@emdeon.com
Web site: http://www.emdeon.com/
