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SYNERMED LAUNCHES NEW STORE EXCLUSIVELY FOR DOCTORS

Giving Physicians Group Purchasing Power 

Monterey Park, CA—May 1, 2013. SynerMed announced today the launch of a new store exclusively for doctors to provide group purchasing power and savings through its proprietary online STORE.

Purchasing products and services can be time-consuming for busy physicians but STORE allows physicians to shop with ease for essential products and services that they use every day at discounted rates.

“We understand the issues physicians face running a busy medical practice, while balancing overhead and minimizing costs,” said James Mason, President and Chief Executive Officer at SynerMed. “Independent traditional physicians are the cornerstone to our business and we want to bring greater value to them.”

SynerMed teamed up with leading manufacturers, suppliers and service providers to offer group purchasing power to physicians in their network. STORE is designed to offer a secure, convenient, virtual shopping experience that caters to doctors.

The company offers favorable discounts, pricing and preferred terms for products and services.

Doctors will find everything they need at STORE including vaccines, medical equipment, continuing medical education and more. The program is completely free—there are no fees and no minimum purchase is required.

STORE was developed to help physicians improve office efficiency and save time by streamlining the ordering process for products and services that are routinely used in medical practices.

“Our providers provide access to quality care and our vendors understand the populations they serve,” said David Kobrinetz, Executive Director of Physician Group Purchasing at SynerMed. “When physicians lower costs, it impacts their practice, patients and the healthcare system.”

The company intends to offer STORE to more physicians in the future. For more information about STORE visit www.synermed.com.

About SynerMed

SynerMed is a leading Medicaid Managed Services Organization (MSO) headquartered in Monterey Park, California. SynerMed is a physician-led and physician-driven organization, dedicated to innovating healthcare through an integrated system of tools and services that connects physicians, members, hospitals and health plans. Since its inception in 1995, SynerMed has been dedicated to improving access to quality care and reducing healthcare costs through state-of-the-art technology. SynerMed’s advanced technology is powered by CONNECT and its integrated suite of products: CONSULT, CHECKBOOK, SHARE, MATH, DIRECT, PLAN, STORE and COMPLEX CARE. Today, SynerMed is one of the largest Managed Services Organizations (MSO) in the United States, with a network of 10,000 providers who provide access to care for more than 700,000 members. The company’s physician-centric IPA model promotes growth and sustainability to help physicians remain independent. For more information about SynerMed, Inc., visit www.synermed.com.

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New Plan for Healthcare SynerMed Releases Real Time Integrated Virtual Platform for Health Plans to Access Information

MONTEREY PARK, CA—April 17, 2013—SynerMed, Inc. announced today the release of a new innovation in healthcare, PLAN. The technology allows health plans to gain greater access to clinical information in real time. Five of California’s largest health plans, Anthem Blue Cross of California, Health Net, Care1st Health Plan, Inland Empire Health Plan and L.A. Care Health Plan, have access to the new virtual healthcare portal. In the future, SynerMed will connect all of its clients’ health plans.

SynerMed expects the ground-breaking technology to dramatically improve the existing healthcare model by providing real-time access to claims, authorizations and member transaction data specific to each health plan.

“PLAN cuts administrative costs substantially by reducing time spent on phone calls, documentation and paperwork,” said Darren McLachlan, Vice President of Finance and IT at SynerMed. “It also creates better coordination of care and greater transparency between health plan management personnel.”

PLAN is an extension of SynerMed’s CONNECT, an interconnected virtual platform that allows physicians, members, health plans and care management staff to coordinate high-quality care, while viewing, sharing and retrieving patient records through secure HIPAA-compliant technology.

“PLAN transforms the workflow of our health plan partners by streamlining messaging technologies into workflows and improving patient, physician and health plan interactions,” said SynerMed President and Chief Executive Officer James Mason. “In the future, PLAN will expand to include audit and oversight functionality and individualized care plans for targeted populations with chronic conditions.”

Together PLAN and CONNECT serve as examples of SynerMed’s commitment to advancing Health Information Exchange (HIE) between hospitals, patients, physicians and health plans to coordinate care with better outcomes, lower costs and higher patient satisfaction.

 About SynerMed

SynerMed is a leading Medicaid Managed Services Organization (MSO) headquartered in Monterey Park, California. SynerMed is a physician-led and physician-driven organization, dedicated to innovating healthcare through an integrated system of tools and services that connects physicians, members, hospitals and health plans. Since its inception in 1995, SynerMed has been dedicated to improving access to quality care and reducing healthcare costs through state-of-the-art technology. SynerMed’s advanced technology is powered by CONNECT and its integrated suite of products: CONSULT, CHECKBOOK, SHARE, MATH, DIRECT, PLAN, STORE and COMPLEX CARE. Today, SynerMed is one of the largest Managed Services Organizations (MSO) in the United States, with a network of 10,000 providers who provide access to care for more than 700,000 members. The company’s physician-centric IPA model promotes growth and sustainability to help physicians remain independent. For more information about SynerMed, Inc., visit www.synermed.com.

 

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Corporate Communications

Juanda Calloway

T  213-406-8104

jcalloway@synermed.com

 

 

 

SynerMed & CLTCEC Add Thousands of Jobs Improving Health Care

SYNERMED AND THE CALIFORNIA LONG-TERM CARE EDUCATION CENTER

TO ADD THOUSANDS OF JOBS TO CALIFORNIA ECONOMY AND IMROVE HEALTHCARE WITH $11.8 MILLION GRANT

 

MONTEREY PARK, CA— February 4, 2013—SynerMed, Inc., announced today that it is partnering with the California Long-Term Care Education Center (CLTCEC) to transform IHSS education and create a care coordination model for consumers with chronic conditions.

CLTCEC was awarded an $11.8 million grant by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to institute managed care solutions and technologies to improve healthcare and lower costs for patients that have been determined high-risk. Read more…

 

EHS MEDICAL GROUP GROWS BY 100,000 MEMBERS IN 2012 GROWTH REPRESENTS A 37 PERCENT INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP

MONTEREY PARK, CA— December 28, 2012—EHS Medical Group announced today that their membership grew by nearly 100,000 in 2012. The increase in membership translates to a growth of more than 37 percent.

 

EHS MEDICAL GROUP ACQUIRES 78,000 NEW MEMBERS IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY

MONTEREY PARK, CA – November 29, 2012—EHS Medical Group reported today the addition of 78,000 new members to their Central Valley operations. The growth makes Central Valley the company’s single largest region by membership outside of Los Angeles County.

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MULTICULTURAL IPA RECEIVES HEALTHCARE INNOVATION AWARD FROM THE CENTER FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID INNOVATION (CMMI) FOR CALIFORNIA

SAN DIEGO, CA – June 22, 2012 – MultiCultural IPA, announced today that it is one of four project sites as part of the Rutgers State University of New Jersey proposal selected by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation(CMMI) to receive a grant to create a “sustainable high-utilization team model” for the nations “super users” of hospital care, designed to reduce hospital inpatient and emergency department use. Read more…

 

SynerMed Selects Essette For Case Management & Utilization Management Software

Monterey Park, CA and Boulder, CO – April 23, 2012 – SynerMed, Inc., a leading Medicaid managed services organization (MSO), announced today that the company will integrate Essette Case Management and Utilization Management software with their EZ-CAP platform. Read more…

 

Riverside County Medical Association Partners with SynerMed and Inland Valleys IPA To Support Independent Traditional Physicians

 RIVERSIDE, CA– SynerMed, Inc. www.synermed.com and Inland Valleys IPA announced today an agreement to partner with Riverside County Medical Association (RCMA) and California Medical Association (CMA) to support independent traditional physicians. Read more…

 

MultiCultural IPA Achieves “Elite Status” Among California Physician Groups in 2012—Ranked by California Association of Physician Groups (CAPG) Standards of Excellence Program

SAN DIEGO—May 31, 2012–MultiCultural IPA, (www.multiculturalipa.com) a group of independent physicians, received the highest achievement among its peers, the “Elite Status” Standards of Excellence Award by the California Association of Physician Groups (www.capg.org) for providing quality, affordable healthcare to patients. CAPG is the nation’s largest professional association representing physicians practicing managed care. Read more…

 

SynerMed Announces Partnership with IEHIE – Expanding Technology Between Physicians and Patients for Better Coordinated Care

MONTEREY PARK, Calif.—May 15, 2012–SynerMed, Inc. announced today that it has formed a partnership with IEHIE (www.iehie.org) that will link patient health information to medical providers across California. SynerMed brings an additional 650,000 lives and more than 10,000 contracted physicians in Sacramento, Fresno, Madera, Kings, Los Angeles and San Diego counties to join the existing pool of 4.1 million members and 2800 providers that currently comprise the exchange. IEHIE offers an enhanced Health Information Exchange (HIE) service, which allows doctors, clinics, hospitals and other healthcare providers to electronically review and access medical records, resulting in timely, safer and improved quality of healthcare for patients, particularly those in underserved and disadvantaged populations. Read more…

 
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