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Halfpenny Technologies and Orange Health Solutions/MZI Healthcare to speak at Executive War CollegeBLUE BELL, Pa. --(Business Wire)-- Orange (News - Alert) Health Solutions / MZI HealthCare and Halfpenny Technologies announced today they will be co- presenting "What Does Value Mean? How ACOs, Bundled Payments, Capitation, and Narrow Networks Will Change Labs' Relationships with Providers" at the 19th Annual Executive War College on Lab and Pathology Management to be held April 29-30, 2014 at the Sheraton Hotel in New Orleans. Pam Maxwell, the Chief Growth Officer for the new combined company of Orange Health Solutions / MZI HealthCare, along with Halfpenny Technologies' Senior VP of Sales & Marketing, Jack Redding and Chief Technology Officer, Charles Halfpenny will provide unique insight into the driving forces behind the deliverance of high quality patient care within emerging healthcare models such as ACOs (Accountable Care Organizations) as it relates to laboratory diagnostic testing. "A key goal of an ACO is to provide efficient, timely, coordinated care for their patients, especially the chronically ill, while avoiding unnecessary duplication of services," stated Tim Kowalski, President and CEO of Halfpenny Technologies. "Clinical laboratory information is a critical piece necessary to obtain their goals. Analysis of laboratory results can also demonstrate the efficiency of an ACO's care management program. It's important for labs to understand how best to work with ACOs to improve patient care." About Orange Health Solutions / MZI HealthCare The combined offerings of Orange Health Solutions and MZI HealthCare enable providers and payers to capitalize on the opportunities presented by ACOs and other risk-sharing and value-based models. Orange's virtual services include population health management, actionable analytics and medical cost management. The product suite of MZI gives its clients benefit administration and claims adjudication capabilities, allowing them to more effectively manage th health care spending of their patient populations. The business combination represents a unique value proposition by offering a single source vendor across payment and benefit administration, population health technology and service offerings. To learn more about Orange Health Solutions / MZI HealthCare visit the web site: www.orangehealth.net. About Halfpenny Technologies Halfpenny Technologies Inc. provides clinical laboratories, hospitals, health plans, health information exchanges and EHR vendors with a cloud based, secure, scalable, vendor-neutral clinical data exchange platform. Our proven track record of providing advanced features, rapid implementation, reliable technology infrastructure and LOINC mapping enables laboratories and hospitals to win new clients and better compete in the HITECH era; health plans to improve HEDIS reporting and STAR (News - Alert) ratings, increase revenue and support population-based initiatives; and EHR vendors to include CPOE and results delivery in their solutions and meet Meaningful Use certification requirements. To learn more about Halfpenny Technologies visit the web site: www.halfpenny.com. About Executive War College 2014 This year's 19th Annual Executive War College Conference will be held on April 29-30 at the Sheraton Hotel in New Orleans. Attendees at the world's largest summit meeting on pathology and laboratory management, will spend two days listening to the industry's top leaders discuss invaluable strategies for positioning your lab toward financial and operational success in spite of current tumultuous healthcare challenges. The conference is hosted by Dark Daily, an online resource hub for laboratory and pathology news, trends, and products. To learn more about the conference visit the website: www.executivewarcollege.com. |
