CPSI and Caravan Health Announce Partnership to Help Rural, Community Providers Transition to Value-Based Care and Reimbursement

CPSI and Caravan Health Announce Partnership to Help Rural, Community Providers Transition to Value-Based Care and Reimbursement

July 20, 2016

MOBILE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Healthcare technology leader CPSI (NASDAQ: CPSI) today announced a partnership dedicated to helping rural and community providers transition through new healthcare delivery and reimbursement changes that are driven by healthcare outcomes, the quality of healthcare provided and the goal of keeping people healthy. This new partnership will help rural providers who currently use the Thrive EHR or the recently acquired Healthland Centriq EHR access customized training, education and skill-building tools to incorporate more direct and personal primary care programs while increasing reimbursement and revenue.

Caravan Health, the services arm of the National Rural Accountable Care Consortium, supports rural providers and health systems to build clinical practices and infrastructure for value-based reimbursement programs.

Boyd Douglas, president and chief executive officer of CPSI, said, “To most effectively adapt to and manage changes in value-based reimbursement, rural and community hospitals and healthcare providers need focused, coordinated assistance from their healthcare IT partner, combined with a customized training and education component. We believe this agreement with Caravan Health delivers that assistance.”

Commenting on the agreement, Lynn Barr, MPH, chief executive officer of Caravan Health, said, “We welcome this partnership with CPSI, which, through its Thrive and Centriq product sets, is at the forefront of helping rural providers and health systems improve the measurement of quality scores and outcomes, as required under the changing reimbursement regulations.”

Douglas added, “Our strategy and product offerings are designed specifically for rural and community care settings and their unique needs. CPSI recognizes that smaller health systems struggle with deciding how and where to begin the process of aligning the care they provide with the new value-based reimbursement models. We look forward to partnering with knowledgeable Caravan Health trainers to help our clients deliver the quality care they know works for their family, friends and neighbors - and be fairly compensated for that care.

“We are investing in our customers’ long-term success through this partnership, which reinforces CPSI’s commitment to the community healthcare marketplace. We have 35 years of experience helping rural and community hospitals operate more efficiently, and with this year’s acquisition of Healthland, post-acute EHR American HealthTech, RCM Software Automation software company Rycan, and the development of new solutions focused on this market, we believe we are well positioned to further assist these providers in improving the overall health of their communities,” Douglas said.

About CPSI

CPSI is a leading provider of healthcare IT solutions and services for rural and community hospitals and post-acute care facilities. Founded in 1979, CPSI is the parent of five companies – Evident, LLC, TruBridge, LLC, Healthland Inc., American HealthTech, Inc., and Rycan Technologies, Inc. Our combined company is focused on helping improve the health of the communities we serve, connecting communities for a better patient care experience, and improving the financial operations of our customers. Evident provides comprehensive EHR solutions and services for rural and community hospitals. TruBridge focuses exclusively on providing business management, consulting and managed IT services to rural and community healthcare organizations, regardless of their IT vendor. Healthland provides integrated technology solutions and services to small rural and critical access hospitals. American HealthTech is one of the nation’s largest providers of financial and clinical technology solutions and services for post-acute care facilities. Rycan provides revenue cycle management workflow and automation software to hospitals, healthcare systems, and skilled nursing organizations. For more information, visit www.cpsi.com, www.evident.com, www.trubridge.com, www.healthland.com, www.healthtech.net, or www.rycan.com.

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CPSI
Tracey Schroeder, 612-787-3125
Chief Marketing Officer
tracey.schroeder@cpsi.com

Source: CPSI