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NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Emdeon, a leading provider of revenue and payment cycle management solutions for the healthcare industry, announced today the launch of an important effort to monitor business efficiency in healthcare. Emdeon unveiled the U.S. Healthcare Efficiency Index(TM) (www.ushealthcareindex.com) to establish a national reference for tracking and measuring the transition from a paper-based and phone-based system to an electronic one. "Through the Index, we are bringing together industry leaders from all aspects of healthcare to raise awareness of potential savings and create a national measure of business efficiency in the industry," said George Lazenby, Chief Executive Officer of Emdeon. Among the leaders joining the effort is Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Founder of the Center for Health Transformation. "We at the Center for Health Transformation are proud to collaborate with Emdeon on the U.S. Healthcare Efficiency Index," Gingrich said. "Replacing the waste and inefficiency of paper-based administration is critical ...

Fernando Marques Oliveira to Head Sao Paulo Office GREENWICH, Conn., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- General Atlantic LLC (GA), a leading global growth equity firm, today announced that Fernando Marques Oliveira has joined the firm as a managing director and head of its Sao Paulo office and Latin American program. Mr. Oliveira will lead GA's investment activity in Brazil and more broadly in Latin America as part of the firm's continued strategy to invest in growth companies in that region. Mr. Oliveira has been an active investor in the private equity industry in Brazil since 1997, most recently as a director of ...

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NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Emdeon, a leading provider of revenue and payment cycle management solutions for the healthcare industry, has been named the electronic data interchange (EDI) provider for Maryland hospitals by the Maryland Hospital Association (MHA). Emdeon was selected through a competitive bidding process conducted by the MHA's HIPAA Transaction Project working through sub-committees of the MHA's Council on Financial Policy. MHA cited Emdeon's leading payer network, proven technical ability to process patient eligibility and benefits verifications ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Emdeon, a leading provider of revenue and payment cycle management solutions for the healthcare industry, recently received two competitive industry awards in recognition of excellence in innovation and business intelligence strategies. Emdeon was awarded the Business Intelligence Excellence Award for 2008 presented by Business Objects, an SAP company known for its industry-leading business intelligence software, in recognition of the Emdeon IT department's development of Emdeon Vision(SM). Emdeon Vision is a progressive solution utilizing Business Objects' business intelligence platform to ...