ClaimTrust, a Murfreesboro, Tenn.-based provider of revenue cycle tools and services for hospitals, has announced that Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranton, Pa., will implement the company’s InSight Denials solutions to increase billing effectiveness, improve cash flow and generate new net revenue.

MedPlus, the Cincinnati-based healthcare information technology subsidiary of Quest Diagnostics, has released version 5.5 of ChartMaxx, an upgraded document management and imaging solution that includes an optional RAC Manager.

VHA, Inc., based in Irving, Texas, has launched VHA DataLYNX, a new component of the company’s SupplyLYNX analytics platform, which is designed to help hospitals gain control of their supply spending by improving the quality of their item masters and reporting.

Click4Care, a Columbus, Ohio-based provider of care management software for payers, has launched the next-generation Utilization Management module for its software platform.

MedeAnalytics, an Emeryville, Calif.-based developer of healthcare performance management solutions, has launched Patient Access Services (PAS), a Web-based workflow application that provides real-time intelligence during the patient registration process.

The TriZetto Group, Inc., based in Newport Beach, Calif., has launched QNXT Essentials, a software and services package specifically designed to meet the care administration needs of health plans with fewer than 50,000 members.

A.D.A.M., Inc., an Atlanta-based developer of consumer health information and benefits technology solutions, has announced a partnership with Canopy Financial, a San Francisco-based provider of banking technology solutions, to integrate A.D.A.M.’s health and wellness content into Canopy’s HealthDirect consumer-directed healthcare (CDH) platform.

Express Scripts, Inc., a St. Louis-based provider of integrated pharmacy benefit management (PBM) services, has announced an agreement with Greatwater Software, Inc., of Orlando, Fla., to allow patients in physician offices to review options for reducing prescription costs through GreatWater’s PatientPoint kiosk platform.

Allscripts-Misys Health Solutions of Chicago has announced that Memorial Hospital at Gulfport, in Gulfport, Miss., has selected the Allscripts Electronic Health Record and Practice Management solution, along with Allscripts Revenue Cycle Management.

Sg2, based in Skokie, Ill., has launched the Sg2 INSIGHT system, a clinical performance management system that includes the new Sg2 Value Index, a proprietary scoring system that allows hospitals to compare their performance to other hospitals across the country.

DocSite, a Raleigh, N.C.-based developer of point-of-care decision support solutions, has announced that its Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) customers are now receiving their 2008 PQRI incentive bonuses from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Eldorado Computing, Inc., a Phoenix-based provider of health benefit and claims management platforms, has announced that the American Postal Workers Union Health Plan has selected the company’s Javelina platform to manage claims and benefits for more than 84,000 employees and their families.

FD, the New York-based communications segment of FTI Consulting, Inc., has collaborated with Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, LLP, an international litigation and business law firm, to release a white paper titled “The Potential Impact of the Elimination of Preemption on Medical Device Companies and How to Prepare for Increased Product Liability Litigation.”

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