MHP Physician and Hospital Members to Pursue Incentives for
Meaningful Use of Healthcare Information Technology (HIT)
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Mississippi Health Partners (MHP), a managed care organization in
Jackson, Miss., has selected RelayHealth as its partner to enable
clinical collaboration among MHP’s more than 800 physician and 13
hospital members and facilitate electronic communications between
healthcare professionals and their patients. RelayHealth will also
support MHP’s objectives to securely exchange health information (HIE)
and to qualify for government incentives.
“By clinically connecting using RelayHealth, MHP will create a connected
healthcare community network across Mississippi that enhances the
patient’s healthcare experience, and will add exceptional value to our
portfolio of managed care services for our provider members,” said James
Fuzy, President and CEO of Mississippi Health Partners. “This will be a
way to differentiate ourselves strategically as a market leader while
improving patient care. Physicians will want to adopt the online tools
because they know that closer communication with patients and increased
continuity of care create more positive clinical outcomes.”
“Baptist Health Systems and St. Dominic Health Services are among the
MHP hospital members that compete with one another, but they and all of
our hospital members realize the importance of becoming collaborators
and of sharing clinical information electronically to enable a true
community-wide continuum of care,” Fuzy noted. “With the government
working on stage-two meaningful use rules, electronic connections matter
more than ever. Leveraging RelayHealth’s clinical collaboration
technology for health information exchange will make it easier for our
members to perform the required functions to coordinate and improve
patient care across a variety of settings and stakeholders.”
Branded “MHPConnect,” the MHP HIE is now accessible to member physicians
and their patients, enabling them to communicate securely about
non-urgent healthcare matters. During the initial phase, patients will
be able to send secure messages to their doctor and practice staff,
schedule appointments, request medication refills, and access patient
education resources. MHPConnect services include physician referral
requests, the delivery of lab and radiology results, and RelayClinical™
webVisit® consultations. Every patient encounter with an MHP
provider member will be recorded to a Web-based Personal Health Record
(PHR) which is automatically created when the patient registers to use
the online service.
A patient-centric approach is important for Mississippi, where a
significant portion of the patient population relies on Medicare or
Medicaid to cover healthcare expenses. RelayHealth’s HIE connectivity
service gives ALL patients who see MHP-affiliated physicians affordable
and improved access to routine healthcare services. “You’re not blocked
from access to RelayHealth just because you’re not an MHP-covered
patient,” said Fuzy. “We are offering this service for free to every
patient regardless of their insurance coverage.”
“MHPConnect is a great example of communities working together and
making a dramatic difference in transforming healthcare delivery,” said
Jim Bodenbender, president of RelayHealth Connectivity Solutions.
“RelayHealth powers hospitals and health systems nationwide for clinical
integration and secure health information exchange within their
organizations, their communities and beyond.”
About Mississippi Health Partners
Mississippi Health Partners (MHP) is a Jackson-based managed care
organization committed to providing access to quality healthcare at
lower costs for hundreds of Mississippi’s most successful companies and
their employees. The network includes more than 800 highly qualified
physicians and 13 hospitals. Mississippi Health Partners is owned and
managed by those same hospitals and physicians. For more information,
visit www.mhpartners.com.
About RelayHealth
RelayHealth, McKesson’s connectivity business, operates as a neutral
partner in an open network environment, offering connectivity services
and integration among all organizations, systems, and solutions. Its
intelligent network is designed to streamline clinical, financial and
administrative communication between patients, providers, pharmacies,
pharmaceutical manufacturers, and financial institutions. RelayHealth
works to accelerate the delivery of high-quality care and improve
financial performance through solutions such as online consultation of
physicians by patients, electronic prescribing, point-of-service
pharmacy claims resolution by payers, pre-visit patient financial
clearance by providers, and post-visit provider bill settlement by
payers and patients. RelayHealth securely processes more than 12.8
billion financial and clinical transactions annually. For more
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Source: RelayHealth
