April 18, 2005

ikaSystems Presents Case Study on Comprehensive Enterprise-Wide System and Outsourcing Options to Reduce Administrative Costs

ikaSystems Presents at Health Care Claims Management Summit

ikaSystems Corporation, a leading provider of web-based, enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions for the healthcare industry today  announced its participation in the Health Care Claims Management Summit in Las Vegas, Nevada. Managed care professionals will convene at the summit—held on April 17-20, 2005 at Harrah’s in Las Vegas, Nevada—to hear case studies, proven strategies, and innovative methodologies from healthcare leaders on how to drastically improve claims processing and cut costs.

ikaSystems, together with business partner US Healthcare Holdings (USHH)—a full-service managed care outsourcing and management company headquartered in Evansville, Indiana—presented on how small and mid-size managed care organizations can leverage ikaSystems’ off-the-shelf technology with proven outsourced business processes offered by USHH. “The partnership between ikaSystems and USHH offers critical operating and economic advantages for small and mid-size carriers,” says James F. Marzano, Jr., CIO at ikaSystems. ikaSystems and USHH are dedicated to working with small and mid-size carriers to “provide the technology, business processes, and cost savings necessary to challenge large established payers,” he adds.

Marzano presented the topic Enterprise Wide Technology and Business Process Outsourcing Solutions to Minimize Administrative Costs. The session targeted how carriers can implement cutting edge, affordable technology by using proven outsourced processes offered by ikaSystems to immediately create lower administrative costs and more competitive premiums. ikaSystems and USHH also exhibited hands-on solutions at the summit.

During the current wave of HMO consolidation, ikaSystems’ central focus is providing managed care organizations with enterprise-wide, off-the-shelf technology in a single, comprehensive system that addresses the key transactions in the managed care cycle.