HealthEdge to Present Keynote Address “Competing in the New Healthcare Economy: Five Steps to Achieving Success,” at the 2011 Healthcare IT Summit
Presentation will offer payors a methodology to guide business and technology transformation
Burlington, MA, November 8, 2011—HealthEdge®, provider of the only modern, enterprise-class software platform for healthcare payors, today announced that COO Ray Desrochers will present “Competing in the New Healthcare Economy: Five Steps to Achieving Success,” at the invitation-only Healthcare IT Summit to be held November 13-16, 2011 at the La Quinta Resort in Palm Springs, Calif. The session will explore how payors can remain competitive in the rapidly evolving healthcare market, and will examine the steps payors must take to reduce costs, address regulatory changes and support new healthcare business models.
“The healthcare industry is currently experiencing a period of unprecedented change,” said Desrochers. “Payors are searching for ways to address the many challenges that are associated with this new healthcare economy. This presentation will provide a roadmap for payors to follow as they work to reinvent their technology infrastructure to meet their organizations’ future business needs.”
The presentation will cover many of the business imperatives facing today’s payors, including value-based healthcare, next-generation consumer-based healthcare, payment reform and the development of new approaches including Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). Desrochers will discuss ways that payors can use next-generation technology to respond to both imminent and longer-term business challenges and to compete more effectively during a period of unprecedented industry transformation.
Payors are quickly recognizing that the requirements of the 21st century healthcare market cannot be met with out-of-date technology. HealthEdge’s HealthRules product suite is the only solution that provides payors with the flexibility to address current and future business goals. HealthRules’ real-time configurability, transparency and interoperability allow payors to quickly and easily support new business models, address regulatory changes, automate expensive manual processes and provide unparalleled levels of customer and provider service.
Desrochers will also present the results of a recently completed market survey during board room sessions with payor executives, and HealthEdge CTO Matt Kuntz will demonstrate how next-generation technology addresses emerging market initiatives. The HealthEdge sponsored survey of over one-hundred healthcare executives from around the country provides insight into many of the key challenges that are currently facing the healthcare industry.
About HealthEdge
HealthEdge provides the only modern, enterprise-class software platform for healthcare payors. Using the patented, award-winning HealthRules software suite, health plans, health insurance companies and other payors can finally respond to new business opportunities and market changes in hours, not months or years, while drastically reducing both IT and operational costs. Leveraging an investment of over $150 million, HealthRules is the most modern, scalable and cost-effective technology in the industry. HealthEdge is the only choice for payors to survive and thrive in the emerging healthcare economy. For more information, visit healthedge.com.