CHICAGO, April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Vitria(R) , a leading provider of business process integration solutions, will be exhibiting as a silver sponsor at the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association’s 2004 National Medical Management Forum, beginning today in Chicago, Illinois. At the show, Vitria will showcase Vitria:SmartResponse(TM), its solution for healthcare payers, which significantly reduces medical management administration costs by further automating intake, determination, responses and inquiries without the need to replace existing legacy systems.
The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association National Medical Management Forum is being held Wednesday, April 14 through Friday, April 16, 2004 at the Fairmont Hotel in Chicago. The forum will focus on key workgroup concerns such as disease management, behavioral health and utilization management. Attendees, which will include Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plan medical management operations professionals, medical directors, government program directors, compliance managers, provider relations and network managers, case care and utilization managers, will all have the opportunity to learn about the latest products and services available to enhance operations. The conference will also host an Exhibition Fair and Reception featuring over 57 companies and providing a central place for attendees to learn about the various products and services available to Blue Plans.
Launched in November of 2003, Vitria:SmartResponse fully automates a wider range of authorizations and referrals than is possible with utilization management systems alone, including automation of both administrative and clinical aspects of most determinations. Vitria:SmartResponse integrates with a payer’s existing custom or packaged medical management systems so that clinicians can continue to use their familiar software interfaces. Due to the number of transactions that are automatically determined by Vitria:SmartResponse, fewer transactions need be evaluated manually and more complete, accurate data is provided when evaluation is required.
Vitria at BCBSA 2004 National Medical Management Forum
Visit Vitria at booth #221 at the BCBSA 2004 National Medical Management Forum. The Exhibition Fair and Reception will be held on Wednesday, April 14 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. CDT and on Thursday, April 15 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. CDT and from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. CDT. For more information on the conference, visit http://www.bcbs.com/.
About Vitria’s Healthcare Solutions
Vitria’s healthcare solutions, based on the award-winning Vitria:BusinessWare(TM) business process integration platform, streamline healthcare administration, simplify deployment, reduce costs and improve business competitiveness. Leading healthcare companies are using Vitria solutions, including Availity, Aventis, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Arizona, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma, Cardinal Health, Guardian, Humana, Mennonite Mutual Aid, and PacifiCare Health Systems.
About Vitria
Vitria Technology, Inc., a leading provider of award-winning business process integration products and solutions, combines technology leadership with industry expertise in healthcare and insurance, financial services, telecommunications and manufacturing to dramatically improve strategic business processes across systems, people and trading partners. With 23 offices around the world, Vitria’s customer base includes blue chip companies such as AT&T, Bell Canada, Bell South, The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, BP, BT, DaimlerChrysler Bank, Generali, Nissan, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, PacifiCare Health Systems, Reynolds & Reynolds, Royal Bank of Canada, Schneider Logistics, Sprint, Trane, and the U.S. Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs. For more information call +1-408-212-2700, email info@vitria.com or visit http://www.vitria.com/.
NOTE: Vitria and BusinessWare are registered trademarks of Vitria Technology, Inc. All other names may be trademarks of the companies with which they are associated.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements: This press release includes forward-looking statements, including statements relating to new products, goals and future business opportunities that are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those referred to in the forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to: failure to meet financial and product expectations of analysts and investors; risk related to market acceptance of Vitria’s products and alliance partners’ products; deployment delays or errors associated with these and other products of Vitria and partners; hardware platform incompatibilities; the need to maintain and enhance certain business relationships with system integrators and other parties; the ability to manage growth; activities by Vitria and others regarding protection of proprietary information; release of competitive products and other actions by competitors; risks associated with possible delisting from the stock market on which Vitria’s securities are listed; and economic conditions in domestic and foreign markets. These and other risks related to Vitria are detailed in Vitria’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2003, filed with the SEC on March 12, 2004. Vitria does not undertake an obligation to update forward-looking statements.
Vitria Technology, Inc.
CONTACT: Fred Bateman of The Bateman Group, +1-415-503-1818, orfbateman@bateman-group.com, for Vitria
Web site: http://www.vitria.com/
