HTMS and Managed Care Executive Group Launch Fourth Annual "Industry Pulse" Survey
Initiative seeks to gauge healthcare payer attitudes and priorities during this time of change
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- HTMS, an Emdeon company, in cooperation with the Managed Care Executive Group (MCEG), today announced the launch of their fourth annual Industry Pulse survey. Designed to identify the issues and concerns considered important by healthcare payers across the country, the annual survey will be open for responses September 11-24, 2012, and can be accessed at the HTMS Industry Pulse website.
With an emphasis on strategic and operational priorities, the survey will gauge the pulse of the healthcare payer community against the backdrop of uncertainty surrounding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) and other initiatives.
"It has, without a doubt, been a dramatic year for healthcare—with the Supreme Court ruling in June and all of the pre-election political debate regarding reform," says Nancy Wise, vice president of planning and strategy for HTMS, an Emdeon company. "Payers are among the stakeholders that will be most affected by changes yet to come. Our Industry Pulse survey is specifically designed to capture payer's thoughts on where they think the healthcare industry is headed."
"Unquestionably, the results of the upcoming November election will have an effect on health plans," says Ferris Taylor, strategy and planning director for MCEG. "The impact and anticipated outcomes of the survey scenarios will provide a good indicator on the thoughts of the healthcare industry as it actively prepares to tackle the changes to come."
HTMS will analyze the Industry Pulse Survey data and release its findings at AHIP's Fall Forum, December 3-5, 2012, in Chicago. A white paper containing comprehensive survey results and analysis also will be available December 4, 2012, on the Industry Pulse website.
About The Managed Care Executive Group
The Managed Care Executive Group (MCEG) is a national organization that provides a forum for the open exchange of information, innovative ideas, and experience among senior health plan leaders. MCEG was formed in 1988 to create a comfortable forum for the exchange of ideas, the development of valuable peer relationships and the opportunity to explore the innovation that will transform organizations and the industry.
About Emdeon
Emdeon is a leading provider of revenue and payment cycle management and clinical information exchange solutions, connecting payers, providers and patients in the U.S. healthcare system. Emdeon's product and service offerings integrate and automate key business and administrative functions of its payer and provider customers throughout the patient encounter. Through the use of Emdeon's comprehensive suite of products and services, which are designed to easily integrate with existing technology infrastructures, customers are able to improve efficiency, reduce costs, increase cash flow and more efficiently manage the complex revenue and payment cycle and clinical information exchange processes. For more information, visit www.emdeon.com.
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