[April 06, 2007]

Medical Informatics Engineering is First EMR Vendor to Receive CORE Certification

FORT WAYNE, Ind. --(Business Wire)-- Medical Informatics Engineering (MIE) is the first EMR vendor certified by the CAQH Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange (CORE) this week, after demonstrating that its WebChart EMR can successfully interoperate with participating health plans and healthcare providers.

CAQH, a nonprofit alliance of leading health plans, networks and trade associations, has developed standard business rules for information exchange that enable healthcare providers to electronically access health insurance eligibility and benefit information in a matter of seconds. These rules build on the HIPAA eligibility (X12 270/271) transaction.

Providers currently call health plans to obtain and verify insurance information, or they use online interfaces provided by individual health plans. This time-consuming process requires medical practices to devote significant staff resources to confirming insurance coverage.

Providers utilizing the MIE WebChart EMR can now automate the process of securing health plan information. In advance of a patient appointment, the WebChart EMR will generate an ANSI-270 message to the patient health plan. Within seconds, the health plan will issue a comprehensive ANSI-271 response that includes verification of health insurance eligibility and information on plan coverage, deductibles and co-pays. This information will automatically populate the EMR and become part of the patient medical record. This transaction not only saves provider and health plan administrative staff time, it enables the practice to collect co-pays at the time of service and can reduce eligibility-related bad debt and claims denials.

"CORE Certification underscores our commitment to interoperable electronic communication," stated MIE executive vice president Peter Norder. "We were in the first group to receive CCHIT(SM) Certification for our WebChart EMR, and now we are the very first EMR vendor to receive CORE Certification."

"Interoperability is a critical building block in our minimally invasive EHR strategy," added Norder. "We develop and deploy EHR solutions that improve efficiency while minimizing practice upheaval, IT investment and custom integration requirements."

In addition to MIE, nearly 20 leading health organizations have begun voluntarily exchanging patient administrative data in accordance with the CORE rules, including Aetna, Inc., Mayo Clinic, and WellPoint, Inc. and its 14 Blue Cross and Blue Shield-licensed subsidiaries.

About MIE

Founded in 1995, Medical Informatics Engineering (MIE) delivers customized EMR, RIS/PACS, and medical-document management solutions designed to support and improve practice workflow. The MIE Minimally Invasive(TM) WebChart EHR portfolio is scalable, flexible and configurable - helping avoid the upheaval normally associated with the transition to an EHR. MIE can accommodate individual preferences, with clinicians choosing the optimal mix of paper-based computerization and tablet-PC-based EHR exams. WebChart improves staff efficiency by automating repetitive tasks and eliminating redundant operations. WebChart design features robust interoperability and DICOM-compliance (for secure viewing of diagnostic imaging) built on an affordable Web-based platform.

About CAQH

CAQH is a catalyst for healthcare industry collaboration on initiatives that simplify and streamline healthcare administration. CAQH solutions help promote quality interactions between plans, providers and other stakeholders, reduce costs and frustrations associated with healthcare administration, facilitate administrative healthcare information exchange and encourage administrative and clinical data integration. Visit www.caqh.org for more information about CORE.

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