CEO & Co-Founder, Ned Moore, Discusses Why Provider Management is a Critical Health Plan Asset
Philadelphia, PA, July 15, 2010 – Portico Systems, the leader in Integrated Provider Management (IPM) solutions, presents an on-demand webcast on how to better engage with customers, providers and members using integrated provider management.
The webcast shares commentary from Portico CEO and Co-Founder Ned Moore, featured guest Robert Booz, Managing VP of Gartner, Inc., and Chris Brehm, Director of Provider Information & Credentialing at CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield.
Moore
speaks to the benefits of integrated provider management and the tools available to payers to improve communications between plans, providers and members. Brehm shares examples of how CareFirst uses Portico’s solutions to handle their provider management needs and responds to the changes impacting the healthcare industry. She also discusses how Portico’s solutions help CareFirst to save resources, ensure accuracy, reduce cycle times, decrease training times and reduce staffing needs. Booz explains why provider management is important in today’s market and the pressures of healthcare reform.
ABSTRACT:
Health insurance companies are under immense pressure to reduce costs, address customer demands and adjust to changes due to governmental reform and regulations. Health plans must make significant changes to their business processes and systems to better adapt to reform. This webcast provides examples of how a leading health plan is adapting and preparing for changes ahead. It will also provide commentary from a featured Gartner analyst on trends in the healthcare industry.
WHO: Ned Moore, CEO & Co-founder, Portico Systems
Robert Booz, Managing VP, Gartner, Inc.
Chris Brehm, Director of Provider Information & Credentialing, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
WHAT: On-Demand Webcast Presentation: “Improving Healthcare through Integrated Provider Management”
WHERE:
www.porticosys.com/porticosys/IPM_webcast
About Portico Systems
Portico Systems’ innovative solutions enable health plans to reduce administrative, medical and IT costs. Portico’s exclusive focus on provider operations and 500+ staff-years of provider experience has allowed Portico to design the only modular end-to-end provider platform. Portico, a portfolio company of Safeguard Scientifics, Inc., invites you to explore our website (http://www.porticosys.com/) to learn how our commitment to customer service, quality and technology innovation can accelerate the evolution of your health plan’s provider operations. Read our blog, Portico Pulse, at blog.porticosys.com. Portico Systems is a partner company of Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. (NYSE: SFE) www.safeguard.com.