BALTIMORE, June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- ViPS, Inc., a major provider of business intelligence solutions for healthcare and life science companies, today announced a multi-year licensing agreement with Horizon NJ Health, New Jersey’s largest managed care organization serving the publicly insured, for ViPS’ MCSource(TM) care management decision support system.
Horizon NJ Health, and its parent company Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (Horizon BCBSNJ), both have long-standing experience using MCSource. Their past experience was a key factor in the decision to license the software for the Medicaid service administrator.
“Horizon BCBSNJ’s extensive and highly favorable experience with ViPS software significantly influenced our decision to implement MCSource at Horizon NJ Health,” said President and Chief Executive Officer, Karen Clark, Horizon NJ Health.
MCSource is a fully integrated suite of healthcare information technology products that supports health plans in such tasks as disease management, predictive risk modeling, quality improvement, provider profiling and other requirements. MCSource is built on a high-performance data warehouse that consistently reformats and edits data for maximum ease and flexibility in analysis and reporting.
“We are pleased to be aligned with Horizon NJ Health,” stated Jenny Morgan, ViPS president and chief executive officer. “We are confident that this powerful technology tool will help it coordinate more and better services to the publicly insured throughout the state.”
“ViPS shares our commitment to delivering responsive, efficient and patient-centered healthcare to those most in need,” added Horizon NJ Health’s Chief Medical Officer, Philip Bonaparte. “We have emphasized outreach and prevention programs to serve the specific needs of our members and to assure that members receive appropriate and timely services. MCSource will be a valuable new tool to give us more access to better information than ever before.”
About Horizon NJ Health
Horizon NJ Health is New Jersey’s largest managed health care organization serving the publicly insured, providing health services to 280,000 people in all 21 New Jersey counties. Headquartered in West Trenton, NJ, Horizon NJ Health is a subsidiary of Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (Horizon BCBSNJ). Horizon NJ Health’s Web site is located at http://www.horizonnjhealth.com/.
About Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, with headquarters in Newark, is New Jersey’s largest health insurer, providing coverage to more than 2.9 million people. Horizon BCBSNJ’s Web site is located at http://www.horizonblue.com/. Horizon BCBSNJ is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association.
About ViPS, Inc.
ViPS delivers innovative business intelligence that simplifies the business of health - providing advanced care, claims, risk and performance management solutions as well as fraud prevention and clinical trial solutions. A privately held firm headquartered in the Baltimore-Washington, DC metro area, the company operates three business units under the names ViPS Government Solutions, ViPS HealthPayer Solutions and ViPS BioMedical Services and serves commercial and government clients, from large health plans, major managed care organizations and global pharmaceutical organizations to leading federal agencies and contractors. For more information, visit http://www.vips.com/, email webinfo@vips.com or call 888-289-8477.
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