Georgia Providers to Accelerate Medicaid Communications Through Secure,
Web- based Compuware Covisint Solution
DETROIT, June 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Compuware Corporation
(Nasdaq: CPWR) today announced that the Georgia Department of Community
Health (DCH), the state agency which provides healthcare to more than two
million Georgia residents under the Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids(TM)
programs and the State Health Benefit Plan, will collaborate with Compuware
Covisint to offer a state-wide, Web-based program for processing Medicaid
communications between the state and health care providers who choose to
use the Covisint program.
"DCH recognizes the power of technology to streamline communication
between the state and health care providers," said Dr. Rhonda Medows,
Commissioner, Georgia Department of Community Health. "The collaboration
between DCH and Compuware Corporation is just one example of the steps we
are taking across the healthcare industry to integrate technology into our
everyday business practices."
DCH will make the Covisint network available to any Georgia healthcare
provider regardless of their technical sophistication: a fax machine or an
Internet connection is the minimum requirement. Georgia health care
providers will be able to access the secure Web portal, complete with
state-approved Medicaid web-forms, and document imaging and workflow, which
is staffed by Covisint's 24x7 technical support.
"Covisint's core value proposition is clear: we enable secure
information access and distribution," said Bob Paul, President and Chief
Operating Officer of Compuware Covisint. "DCH benefits through rapid
time-to-value and the confidence that the right information is available to
the right people at the right time. We are extremely pleased to work with
the Department in providing this value to Georgia which is serious about
improving the healthcare system."
"In every other aspect of society, we see the speed, accuracy, and
efficiency of technology, but in healthcare we continue to cling to
outdated, paper processes of care and administration," said Former House
Speaker Newt Gingrich, founder of the Center for Health Transformation.
"Thankfully we are slowly moving healthcare into the 21st century, and it
is through pioneering partnerships like that between Compuware Covisint and
the state of Georgia that we will begin to transform healthcare into a
highly collaborative, efficient system."
Covisint's collaborative healthcare framework consists of portal,
messaging, unstructured data-management and security services. These
capabilities help healthcare entities--regardless of size, location or
technical sophistication--collaborate and communicate effectively. More
information about Covisint's healthcare offering is available at
http://www.covisint.com.
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performance of critical business systems while enabling CIOs to align and
govern the entire IT portfolio, increasing efficiency, cost control and
employee productivity throughout the IT organization. Founded in 1973,
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doug.anter@compuware.com, 313-227-0127
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