Vendors

This page is a listing of vendors who provide services and goods to healthcare businesses.  The list has not been pre-screened, so it is not a list of “approved” vendors, it is a place to start your own screening process.  I appreciate your feedback about any vendors listed or missing from this page.  Contact me at marypatwhaley@gmail.com.

APPOINTMENT REMINDER SYSTEMS

Eppointments (email reminders w/scheduling software)

CREDITWORTHINESS PRODUCTS

Connance (formerly Healthcare Analytics)
Equifax Payment Predictor
Emdeon Payment Predictor
nTelagent
SearchAmerica (owned by Experian)
ZACC


DRUG REP & MEDICAL SALES REP APPOINTMENT SETTING SYSTEMS

RepAccess


EMPLOYEE BACKGROUND CHECKS

Allison Taylor
BackgroundCheck (iPhone App – go to the iTunes Store)
Public Data Works


ELIGIBILITY PRODUCTS

A-Claim
Availity (free, but health plans have access to your entire claims data)
ClaimLogic
ConfirmPay
Emdeon (formerly WebMD)
Gateway EDI
MedData/MedConnect
PayerPath (owned by Allscripts)
RealMed
RelayHealth (McKesson Clearinghouse)
Zirmed

EXPENSE MANAGEMENT

Expense Management Network (for larger practices and hospitals)


EXTERNAL FINANCING FOR PATIENTS – MEDICAL CREDIT CARDS AND INSTALLMENT LOANS

Access One (primarily hospitals)
American Benefit Credit (broker)
CareCredit (GE) (has now pulled out of many specialties, but supports existing customers)
Caremark Visa (discount credit card – open to Caremark pharmacy enrollees)
CarePayment (hospitals and large practices)
Citi Health Card
CSI Financial Services
HelpFinancial (primarily hospitals)
Medical Advantage Plan (MedAssist)
MedKey Medical Credit Card (VA and NC so far)
My Medical Loan (surgery only)

FINANCIAL HARDSHIP PRODUCTS

Emdeon (patient screening of patients to validate registration information, determine the likelihood of payment, screen for possible Medicaid coverage and qualify charity care eligibility)

MedAssist (set up an internal charity plan and help the patient apply for Medicaid, SSI & SSD)


INTERFACE PRODUCTS (lets different applications and entities talk)

ExchangeLink for Healthcare by Covisint

Mirth (free, open source HL7 interoperability software)

PAYMENT PORTALS

A-Claim
ConfirmPay
Emdeon eCashiering
Gateway EDI
instamed
ipayx (Internet Payment Exchange)
Medfusion
mpaygateway
netdeposit
nTelagent
RealMed
Zirmed

POSTAGE

Data-PAC (machine)
FP Mailing Solutions (machines)
Hasler (machine)
Neopost (online postage and machines)
Pitney-Bowes
Postage.com (online postage)
Stamps.com (online postage)

TRANSCRIPTION

C-Bay Transcription
Digital Transcription Services, Inc.
Fast Chart, Inc.
MRecord
GMT
Optiscript
Transcription Solutions, LLC
WebChart


WEBSITE DESIGN FOR MEDICAL PRACTICES

AUK, LLC



Software Companies That Went Bankrupt

Acermed (2007) – In January 2008, Ophthalmic Imaging Systems of Sacramento, Calif.,  bought Acermed and renamed it Abraxas Medical Solutions with Acermed’s former chief executive Michael Bina as president.
Dr.Notes (Florida – 2007)
MedcomSoft (Canada – 2008)