NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Emdeon Business Services, a leading provider of revenue cycle management and clinical communication solutions, announced today that Miriam J. Paramore has been named Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy, effective immediately.
Ms. Paramore is a nationally known expert in the business of healthcare and health information technology. Most recently, Ms. Paramore was a Partner with Commonwealth Leverage, a business development and investment company focused on health information technology, eHealth and healthcare services. During her 24-year career in the industry, she has held several executive management positions including CEO of a healthcare information clearinghouse, CEO of a healthcare technology consulting company and General Manager of Operations for a physician/hospital receivables company.
“Miriam is a respected expert with a proven executive track record across payer, provider and vendor organizations,” said George Lazenby, CEO, Emdeon Business Services. “Over the years, I have been impressed with Miriam’s deep understanding of our business, her national thought leadership and her passion for transforming healthcare through the effective use of information. She is a great addition to our senior management team and will help to focus our resources where we can have the most strategic impact on the healthcare industry.”
“I am honored to assume this new role at Emdeon Business Services because I believe in Emdeon’s ability to help lower the cost of healthcare by improving efficiency,” states Ms. Paramore. “Emdeon is the clear market leader in connecting healthcare stakeholders and moving financial and administrative information in a secure, real-time manner. Further, Emdeon’s healthcare information network serves as a ready-made national platform upon which we can begin to affect not only cost, but also the quality of care.”
Ms. Paramore is a member of the Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Board of Directors and the CareSource Management Group Board of Directors. Additionally, she is the Chair of the HIMSS Financial Systems Steering Committee and the immediate-past Chair of the Louisville Health Information Exchange. She also serves on the eHealth Advisory Committee for the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Ms. Paramore is a frequent speaker at healthcare industry events.
About Emdeon Business Services
Emdeon Business Services is a leading provider of revenue cycle management and clinical communication solutions that enables payers, providers and patients to improve healthcare business processes. Our solutions are designed to simplify the business and improve the delivery of healthcare for providers, payers and patients. Emdeon Business Services is owned by General Atlantic LLC and Hellman & Friedman LLC. For more information, visit www.emdeon.com .
CONTACT: Tommy Lewis of Emdeon Business Services, +1-615-565-2158,
tommy.lewis@emdeon.com
Web site: http://www.emdeon.com/
