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GHN-Online and Purchase Commander Will Deliver Web-based, EDI-compliant Purchasing Systems for ASCs and Physician Specialty Hospitals
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- GHN-Online, the healthcare industry's leading provider of real-time, revenue-cycle management solutions, and Purchase Commander, pioneering SaaS-based enterprise-level purchasing systems for healthcare facilities, announced today a partnership to deliver advanced purchasing solutions for GHN-Online's Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs) and Physician Specialty Hospitals. This partnership provides GHN customers with a fast, easy and affordable purchasing solution to manage and control the entire purchasing process via a 100% Web-based portal. The partnership will also develop cost-per-case solutions, which will proactively manage spend categories of surgical procedures at time of initial scheduling. The announcement was made at the 8th Annual Conference of Physicians Hospitals of America (La Quinta Resort; Oct. 2-4) where GHN-Online and Purchase Commander are exhibiting (Booth #213).
"Our partnership with Purchase Commander further extends GHN's capabilities for transparent and accelerated revenue recovery by giving ASCs an e-procurement solution that helps to better manage and control purchasing transactions," said Azadeh Farahmand, president and CEO of GHN-Online. "Having delivered the industry's first Web-based claims management tool, GHN is perfectly aligned with Purchase Commander's SaaS (Software as a Service) business model, which is quickly becoming the preferred method for software solution delivery." GHN and Purchase Commander will build upon their core products and integrate the latest version of Purchase Commander into GHN Online's Visum(TM) solution for revenue cycle management.
"GHN set the industry standard in Web-based claims management and their customers are poised to leverage a solution like Purchase Commander for enhanced facility and money management," noted Ted Matson, managing partner of Purchase Commander's Western Division. "Purchase Commander represents the single data platform so highly desired within the healthcare purchasing space, but until now, has been out of the reach of most healthcare organizations," continued Alex Scott, managing partner of Purchase Commander's Eastern Division.
Optimized to meet the unique needs of healthcare organizations, Purchase Commander is used at more than 1,000 facilities, which report gross purchasing savings of 13 to 26 percent. As an SaaS-based solution, it requires no acquisition costs or additional investments in IT infrastructure and has complete Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) for seamless ordering capabilities.
About GHN-Online, Inc.
GHN-Online, Inc., healthcare's leading provider of real-time claims management and end-to-end transaction processing solutions, delivered the industry's first Internet-based preadjudicated claims management tools. HIPAA-compliant and enterprise-class, GHN offers the simplest and fastest claims-to-cash solution, anywhere(TM). With an open architecture that easily integrates all stakeholders in the healthcare reimbursement model, GHN solutions drive a 100% claims acceptance rate. GHN's intuitive and format-agnostic capabilities enable instantaneous, complete and accurate electronic claims transactions for thousands of healthcare payers and providers throughout North America. Founded in 1999, GHN-Online is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. For further information contact info@ghnonline.com or call 214.696.5717. URL: www.ghnonline.com.
About Purchase Commander, LLC
Purchase Commander is a state-of-the-art healthcare purchasing solution delivered via Software as a Service (SaaS). It aggregates all suppliers on a single desktop application, allowing users to eliminate common purchasing errors; provides lowest cost item ordering among competing suppliers; manages 100% of all rebates; and provides powerful analytics for instant comparative data of all purchasing transactions. Today, over 1,000 facilities utilize this fast, easy and affordable purchasing management solution. Purchase Commander is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. For further information contact info@purchasecommander.com or call 866.787.9992. URL: www.purchasecommander.com.
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