HMS Announces New Release for Care Management Platform
October 04 2016 - 8:21AM
HMS Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ:HMSY) today announced the release of
Version 3.9 (v3.9) of Essette, its newly acquired web-based care
management platform. The Essette Suite, which includes case
management, utilization management, and population health
management modules, assists risk-bearing healthcare organizations
to identify, engage, and better manage patient populations toward
improved financial and clinical outcomes.
True to form, v3.9’s built-in interfaces boost
integration with best-of-class healthcare technology and enhanced
user experience design, as evidenced by the launch of EssetteBI
(Business Intelligence). The v3.9 dashboard, developed in response
to user feedback and successfully beta-tested by a client
representing a network of hospitals, doctors and clinics, was
engineered to accelerate and simplify trend analysis.
EssetteBI provides healthcare organizations with
the insights and resources they need to make prompt, actionable,
and data-driven decisions.
“Since many organizations who adopt the
integrated experience increase efficiency without the need to hire
more staff, EssetteBI offers customers a potential cost savings.
Now, when combined with the enormous amount of existing reportable
data captured by the software, data visualizations included in the
new BI module give users the ability to more easily sift through a
tabular report and find outliers. No longer reliant on IT teams to
create graphical reports to illustrate the data, users will also
avoid the costly and time consuming drain on developer resources,”
said Bill Lucia, HMS Chairman and CEO.
Grant Gaudette, software architect and Chief Technology Officer
for Essette, an HMS company, noted other important features of
v3.9, such as the EssetteHL7 plugin. He explained, “With so many
proprietary EMR vendors vying for control of the marketplace, the
challenge has been getting relevant data into the hands of the
people who need it most. With v3.9, we now offer a standard,
plug-and-play model to get clinical data from the EMR into Essette.
Adding that data access to Essette Population Management
(EssettePM) campaigns and the rest of the highly configurable
Essette workflow is a huge win for our customers.”
Additional Key v3.9 Technology
and Enhancements:
- Optimization of the Member Shared Assessment Question
functionality (to better identify answers current in individual CM,
PM, and UM assessments)
- The ability to “Copy an Auth” a feature that helps UM users
avoid duplicate data entry and, as a result, save valuable
time
- Insignia Patient Activation Measure (PAM)® integration to
EssetteCM (Care Management), featuring PAM logic and workflow
cleverly dressed in the familiar, user-friendly Essette User
Interface
- EssetteUM (Utilization Management) supports both MCG CareWebQI™
and McKesson InterQual® providing the ability to support both sets
of evidence based guidelines and, as a result, to have concurrent
views
About HMS
HMS Holdings Corp., through its subsidiaries,
provides coordination of benefits, payment integrity, and care
management solutions for payers. The Company serves state Medicaid
programs; health plans, including Medicaid managed care, Medicare
Advantage and group and individual health lines of business;
federal government health agencies, including the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Veterans Health
Administration; government and private employers; and other
healthcare payers and sponsors, including child support agencies.
As a result of the Company’s services, customers recover billions
of dollars annually and save billions more through the prevention
of improper payments.
About Essette, an HMS CompanyImproved health and lowered costs
require an integrated approach. One that’s flexible, affordable and
promotes care across the continuum. Essette® web-based care
management software offers a robust alternative to ‘shrink wrapped’
applications. Incredibly powerful and user-friendly, Essette
software—built upon a refreshingly efficient platform—is rapidly
becoming the preferred choice for healthcare organizations seeking
a simple means of delivering high-value, collaborative care.
Whether the need is for real-time monitoring and reporting of data,
interface ability with “core systems,” analytics, exchanges and
external EMRs, or the added expertise of clinical consultants, the
Essette suite provides customers with integrated solutions that
combine technology with creative thought and integrity. Learn more
about Essette software solutions by visiting
http://www.essette.com.
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