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November
16, 2007
ikaSystems wins prestigious
Healthcare Innovation™ Award for "Solution with the Greatest Market
Potential"
Southborough, Mass….. ikaSystems
a leading provider of web-based ERP systems for the managed care
industry proudly announces receipt of the prestigious award for
Solution with the Greatest Market Potential at the Gartner Healthcare IT Summit
in Miami, Florida. The Healthcare Summit attracts top level
healthcare executives for three days of analyst presentations and
vendor case studies. Senior healthcare executives vote for the
Healthcare Innovation™ Award. ikaSystems’
clients presented five case studies over a period of two days.
The presenters covered the following solution topics: Pay for
Performance in a Medicaid Health Plan by Passport Health Plan;
Streamlining the Medicare Sales Process by UPMC; Medicare Enrollment
Made Easy by Freedom Health Plan; Sales and Underwriting Automation
Provides Benefits Across the Enterprise by Presbyterian Health Plan;
and A Successful Claims Migration by Parkview Health Plan; Client
presenters were able to articulate the positive outcomes of their
automation through a discussion of actual savings, improvements in
operational efficiency, the ability to grow business without adding
staff and improved sales productivity. ikaSystems was nominated in
three of five categories of awards: Best Demonstration of Return on
Investment/Value, Best Case Study Presentation and Solution with the
Greatest Market Potential.
“Winning in the category of Solution with the Greatest Market Potential
is a testament to our technology platform, application portfolio,
domain expertise, and loyal and growing client base”, commented Mr.
Ravi Ika, President and CEO of ikaSystems. “We could not be more
honored to win this award.”
“As a former analyst, this was the first time I was able to
participate in the case studies. I was so impressed with the passion
and success of the ikaSystems’ clients. They clearly have a
compelling story”, says Cynthia Burghard, VP of Market Intelligence
for ikaSystems.
Healthcare IT Summit is produced by Vision Events, a Gartner,
Inc. (NYSE: IT) company. Award recipients were selected by attendees
at the event.
About Gartner Healthcare Summit
The Gartner Healthcare Summit is widely regarded as the industry’s
most comprehensive healthcare IT and business conference. The only
healthcare event to feature the insights of the world-renowned
Gartner healthcare analyst team, the Summit offers a uniquely
interactive forum designed to facilitate dialogues between Senior IT
and Business Executives from both payer and provider organizations
and the world’s leading healthcare Technology Providers.
About ikaSystems
ikaSystems (www.ikasystems.com)
is a leading provider of Web-based ERP solutions for the managed
care industry. Based in Southborough, MA, ikaSystems offers a broad
spectrum of software solutions, outsourcing, and consulting
services. The ikaEnterprise system is ikaSystems ' flagship product.
It is a full-service, comprehensive system that automates all the
key transactions in the managed care cycle. The system consists of
five stand-alone, self-service Web portals that are tightly
integrated with business intelligence and transactional systems:
core claims adjudication, integrated medical management that
incorporates disease and utilization management, medical and
business intelligence, prospective HEDIS®, utilization analytics
reporting. This integrated solution provides a Web-based
infrastructure for healthcare organizations, insurance carriers and
third party administrators.
For Further Information contact:
ikaSystems Corporation
Cynthia Burghard
VP, Market Intelligence
774-76-1618
cburghard@ikasystems.com
or
Sales Contact
sales@ikasystems.com
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