Milliman Care Guidelines and TriZetto Offer New Powerful, Integrated Healthcare Tools

SEATTLE, May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Healthcare payors can now use Milliman's CareWebQI® interactive software tools within The TriZetto Group's CareAdvance Enterprise® 4.6 application.  A newly developed interface embeds guideline-based decision-making in the CareAdvance™ application workflow.

The interface goes beyond a simple integration of the evidence-based Milliman Care Guidelines® clinical content to seamlessly incorporate CareWebQI's consistent point-and-click care management, documentation of variances from best practice, guideline customization and more.  The result is reporting on real-time client data that helps identify gaps in care, resource delays and other variances.

The CareAdvance system also directly integrates content from the Chronic Care Guidelines product, giving TriZetto's clients a powerful tool to address the growing number of patients with challenging chronic conditions.

As part of this strategic alliance partnership, TriZetto's CareAdvance application team worked closely with Milliman Care Guidelines clinical and software developers to create a certified interface that care management clinicians will find easy to use.

The Milliman Care Guidelines Strategic Alliances team uses a structured integration certification program that certifies and supports CareWebQI interactive software and content integrations, ensuring overall quality and client satisfaction.  This integration with TriZetto has achieved the "Certified Integration" designation.

"The CareAdvance application integration with CareWebQI software provides TriZetto's customers with interactive access to evidence-based clinical guidelines, enabling timely support for nurses and ultimately members," said Jeffrey Rideout, M.D., TriZetto's Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of Cost and Quality of Care.  "Our combined solution can improve quality of care for our customers through timely access to relevant clinical guidance and can reduce cost through improved workflow for nurses."

"This integration is part of our long-term strategy of tightly integrating the Care Guidelines content and interactive software with industry-leading workflow tools from our Strategic Alliance Partners," said Lynn Nemiccolo, Milliman Care Guidelines Vice President of Product Management.

"Our long-standing strategic partnership with TriZetto led its CareAdvance team to design and build one of the best interfaces we've seen with Care Guidelines interactive software and content.  Our mutual clients will get a lot of value from this integration," she added.

About TriZetto

Founded in 1997, TriZetto is the leading privately held healthcare information technology company to the healthcare payer industry, with its technology touching half of the U.S. insured population. TriZetto's vision for the industry, Integrated Healthcare Management, is the systematic application of processes and shared information to optimize the coordination of benefits and care for the healthcare consumer.  The company's offerings include enterprise and component software, hosting, outsourcing services and consulting that help payers implement and optimize their operations and minimize the risk of bringing to market new products that drive competitive differentiation.    

About Milliman Care Guidelines

Milliman Care Guidelines LLC, A Milliman Company, is located in Seattle, and independently develops and produces evidence-based clinical guidelines and software used by more than 1,700 clients, including more than 950 hospitals, seven of the eight largest US health plans, and 25 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid audit contractors.  Covering the continuum of care, the seven-product Care Guidelines series is updated annually by an experienced team of clinicians and are used to support the care management of a majority of US health plan members.  For more information, visit www.careguidelines.com.

About Milliman

Milliman Care Guidelines is a wholly owned subsidiary of Milliman, Inc., which is among the world's largest independent actuarial and consulting firms.  Founded in Seattle in 1947 as Milliman & Robertson, the company now has 52 offices in key locations worldwide.  Milliman employs more than 2,400 people.  The firm has consulting practices in healthcare, employee benefits, property and casualty insurance, life insurance, and financial services.  Milliman serves the full spectrum of business, financial, government, union, education, and nonprofit organizations.  For further information, visit www.milliman.com.

SOURCE Milliman Care Guidelines