Press Release: Unibased and Document Storage Systems Team for vxVistA Projects

Unibased Systems Architecture, Inc. (Unibased) and Document Storage Systems, Inc. (DSS, Inc.) have agreed to integrate product suites for the purpose of sales to hospital facilities utilizing the VistA Hospital Information System. DSS, Inc. integration software is used throughout the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and Native American/Alaskan Native Tribal facilities as well as several state behavioral health hospitals. The Unibased ForSite2020® solution suite has been used successfully for many years within the VHA. Each party will promote and sell the integrated product suite under a non-exclusive license as "ForSite2020® for VistA''.

Larry Weigel, Unibased Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration, indicated, "DSS, Inc. brings extensive governmental contracting experience and integration insights to various components of federal government medical software applications, especially VistA. Unibased brings an award-winning track record for enterprise scheduling and patient access within the VHA, multi-hospital IDNs, and community hospitals. Teaming with DSS, Inc. for new procurements will benefit both organizations. It is also noteworthy that approximately 40% of Unibased employees are veterans and many have personal experience as consumers of VHA services, so Unibased definitely has more than just a financial interest in serving the VHA."

Mark Byers, DSS, Inc. President and CEO, added, "The DSS, Inc. integration software, already well-established with VistA, will provide an expeditious technology platform to improve the consumer experience with VistA clients through multi-entity scheduling and efficient resource management. We are looking forward to working with Unibased, as we recognize their #1 status in the healthcare information technology market for enterprise scheduling. We expect to bring a superior solution to government entities and other facilities running VistA given the opportunity."

 

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Press Release: Jim Wilson Joins Unibased Board of Directors

James R. Wilson

Unibased Systems Architecture, Inc. (Unibased) announced today that James R. Wilson has accepted a seat on its Board of Directors.  Mr. Wilson is currently the CEO of Health Outcomes Sciences LLC (HOS), and formerly the President of Craneware, Inc., as well as served as an executive with Cerner and EDS.

Larry Covington, Chairman & CEO of Unibased, stated, “Jim brings over 30 years of experience in the healthcare information technology (HIT) market to the Unibased Board. Jim’s extensive executive experience in revenue cycle management, EMR and clinical research decision-support market segments compliments Unibased’s strategies related to surgery management, coordinated access to care, provider productivity and population management.”

Jim Wilson, CEO of HOS, added, “There is a direct relationship between revenue cycle management and complex clinical variables that lead to patient outcomes. Major providers are facing economic challenges that require competitive approaches to access to care and the efficient management of the most productive use of resources leading to quality outcomes. Unibased has been promoting this concept for many years. The Unibased reputation for quality and service is second to none in the industry, and I look forward to helping them formulate the appropriate tactics to leverage their products and services.”

About Health Outcomes Science LLC:  Health Outcomes Sciences LLC is dedicated to providing innovative IT solutions that improve the quality of healthcare delivery. They focus on translating the latest advances in clinical research into decision-support products and services for physicians and their patients, healthcare organizations and other medical software developers.

Their solutions empower users to see complex relationships between clinical variables – such as comorbidities, sociodemographic attributes, biochemical markers and genomic determinants – and patient outcomes. Better understanding of these relationships allows patient care to be individualized in ways that previously could only be imagined.

Their interdisciplinary team of physicians, outcomes researchers and information technology experts pays special attention to creating user interfaces that are both intuitive and responsive, and that readily integrate into the workflow of the researchers who develop risk models and the clinicians who use them.

 

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Press Release: Unibased and Vitalz Agree to Co-Market Products and Services

Unibased Systems Architecture, Inc. (Unibased) and Vitalz (Tampa, FL) have formed a strategic partnership to co-market their respective products and services. Unibased has made a long-term commitment to integrate the Vitalz Healthcare Platform, a patient-centric community healthcare management solution, with the Unibased ForSite2020® family of products and services. 

According to Charles Kean, Unibased Vice President of Sales and Client Relations, “The Vitalz family of products is anticipated to complement the Unibased ForSite2020® strong presence in the healthcare consumer, physician, major provider interaction, and resource management markets. Unibased’s credibility, as demonstrated by 9 years of KLAS Top 20 [1] standings as well as its major account references, HIE integration and providing the missing piece required for disparate HIT product integration, will be supplemented by demonstrable elements of the Vitalz Healthcare Platform. Unibased is committed to the concepts of consumer population management and implications upon ease of access and revenue cycle management. In the short term, available elements of the Vitalz Healthcare Platform are expected to be integrated with the ForSite2020® Consumer Access & Scheduling for Healthcare (CASH) patient portal and eventually the ForSite2020® Physician Order Collection & Enterprise Tracking (POCET) physician portal. Over a longer term, Unibased will integrate all Vitalz components into its comprehensive enterprise access management system. Unibased will continue to provide a single source of the patient itinerary of services throughout the entire healthcare enterprise, eliminating intra-office and intra-facility conflicts which lead to consumer and physician inconvenience and subsequent reductions in enterprise revenue.”



David Weathers
Vitalz President

David Weathers, Vitalz President, added, “The Unibased marketing partnership is a key part of Vitalz’ plans to expand its market presence. Through this relationship, we will be able to offer Unibased clients the opportunity to be more competitive in today’s consumer-driven healthcare environment.  By leveraging the Vitalz platform, providers will communicate more effectively with patients and collaborate more efficiently with fellow providers throughout their communities. The Vitalz patient-physician portal is designed to tie together the disparate systems managing clinical data, personal health records, social networks and transaction services for the benefit of the provider-patient relationship. Ultimately, as with the Unibased solution, Vitalz’ goal is to positively impact patient care.”

About Vitalz:  Founded in 2008 by an experienced group of technologists and medical professionals, Vitalz partners with Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) such as hospitals, health systems and independent physician associations (IPAs) – along with their providers – to improve operational efficiencies, increase collaboration among providers, and enhance patient communications.  The Vitalz Healthcare Platform employs the latest technological innovations to offer its clients custom, cost-effective software and services that solve some of today’s most pressing healthcare issues:  IT systems integration, physician workflows, referrals, business continuity and support, and patient safety. Vitalz’ technology facilitates information sharing and secure messaging between disparate applications and helps client organizations achieve their Meaningful Use compliance goals.  Vitalz is certified for Stage 1 Meaningful Use through the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONCHIT) for timely access to patient information, and has implemented rigorous security standards to insure the privacy and security of the data in the network. Please visit www.vitalz.com for more information.

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^[1] 2003 - 2011 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Services, December 2011. © 2011 KLAS Enterprises, LLC. All rights reserved. www.KLASresearch.com



Core Values Hold True

Unibased’s mission statement is:  "Unibased is a technology company.  We are proud of our engineering skills.  However, the reality is that our customers are our company.  If we exceed their expectations, enrich their environment, and help them grow by their definition, they will obtain success and we will gain trust and credibility.  Our size will not be important, because we will be appreciated for value received and paid accordingly.  Our shareholders will be pleased.  Our engineering will be recognized.  The cycle will continue and expand."

Celebrating our 26th anniversary next month, Unibased’s mission has remained and stands the test of time.  Forrest Lucas, Founder of Lucas Oil Products, summarizes four core values that hold true and to which Unibased lives and breathes by:

1.      Be honest to a fault.

2.      Put your employees first.

3.      Use products made in the U.S.

4.      Be fair.

A dedicated management team consisting of the finest industry experts has driven Unibased’s success from the beginning.  Combining business acumen with technical savvy, these executives guide our talented employees to create innovative products and assist our clients in achieving their business goals.  As Lucas explains, “You can’t compare a large, publicly traded company to us.  It’s like comparing apples to oranges…I empower my people to go ahead and do things themselves.  That means we can make more good choices in a day than many corporate giants." [1] 

Happy 26th birthday Unibased!  

[Source:  [1] Eng, Dinah. (2012, February 16). The Making of the Lucas Oil Empire. Fortune Magazine. March 8, 2012]

Combining Pre-Visit Access Management with Optimal Resource Utilization for a Complete Patient Agenda

Revenue cycle beings with access management; and an enterprise-wide resource management system is a mission critical solution necessary to meet the demands of your current healthcare environment.  The access management and resource management solution provided by ForSite2020® addresses the issues of higher demands for services, caregiver staff shortages, fragmented operations, more demanding and educated consumers, competitive market alternatives, service cost reduction pressures, employee turnover and retraining costs, as well as regulatory requirements for consumer privacy and security.  All elements of the enterprise, including physicians and patients, need to work from the same synchronized agenda to guarantee efficient and effective service provision.

The ForSite2020® process provides an integrated relationship with other critical HIS functions including patient history, pre-registration and registration, eligibility and medical necessity compliance, insurance verification, admitting, census, orders and results, billing, inventory, human resources, and personnel certification; supporting the revenue cycle by providing conflict-free scheduling, notifications, retrospective analysis, and ongoing process refinement within a single, integrated, system to accommodate the requirements of today’s most complex healthcare entity.

While ForSite2020® emphasizes healthcare consumer services through the complete patient agenda, it would not be complete without ensuring that all understand payment arrangements, including the consumer’s portion, prior to service.  ForSite2020® monitors and facilitates these procedures in order to minimize bad debt and ensures all of the enterprise resources needed are available at the correct time and place, with conflicts resolved and clinically sequenced before presentation for scheduler selection.  Activities of key participants to the overall agenda (physician, patient, clinical staff) are monitored for pre-encounter requirements, and schedules and resources are aligned accordingly.  ForSite2020® captures schedule changes, and the alignment of resources and agenda updates are communicated automatically.  The overall matrix of an integrated solution requires constant automatic interaction, which reflects the dynamics of real-time policy changes and standard of care revisions.

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Press Release: Unibased Systems Architecture Joins Amerinet Alliance for Financial Efficiency

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Unibased Systems Architecture Joins Amerinet Alliance for Financial Efficiency

Unique collaboration addresses healthcare financial challenges with best-of-class solutions by industry leaders Unibased, Craneware and Dell Services

St. Louis (June 16, 2010) – Amerinet Inc., a leading national healthcare group purchasing organization, today announced Unibased Systems Architecture (Unibased) has joined the Amerinet Alliance for Financial Efficiency, a partnership of market-leading companies providing best-of-class revenue cycle and financial performance improvement solutions that support healthcare facilities of all sizes.

“The addition of Unibased Systems Architecture to the Amerinet Alliance for Financial Efficiency is a further enhancement to our objective of providing our members with the most effective approach to end-to-end revenue cycle management and financial performance improvement,” said Randy Walter, Amerinet executive vice president.

Unibased leads the industry in access management and multiple-facility, inter-departmental service coordination designed to increase annual encounters while maintaining or decreasing annual infrastructure fixed costs through more effective allocation of resources. Process workflow is improved by accurate patient identification and physician order capture from all sources and distribution, linking together orders, diagnosis, procedures and encounter schedules. Unibased also provides rapid and convenient services for the consumer with the coordination of critical resources, pre-service follow-ups and automatic monitoring of relevant pre-service activities such as prepayment or complete payment arrangements prior to services, and includes the integration of disparate systems involved in the general workflow of access management throughout multi-hospital, multi-clinic environments.

“Healthcare facilities face continuing pressures to improve margins and optimize operational and financial outcomes as well as meet increased demands, all while enhancing patient satisfaction and quality of care,” said Larry Covington, president and CEO of Unibased. “Our solutions address these issues and complement the resources available to Amerinet members through the Alliance.”

The Alliance’s best-in-class software, services and support focus on specific areas encompassing: scheduling, pre-registration, patient access and estimates, charge capture, coding, utilization, collection, accounts receivable management and remittance processing. Supply management solutions include the industry’s first and only pharmacy supply application, Craneware’s Pharmacy ChargeLink®, that establishes and maintains a connection between a hospital’s pharmaceutical purchasing and billing information for improved charge capture, pricing and cost management.

Dell Services was an original member of the Amerinet Alliance for Financial Efficiency, providing Amerinet members with such solutions as onsite cash recovery, revenue cycle transformation and extended business office solutions.

The Alliance is a component of Amerinet’s Revenue Cycle performance solutions, a comprehensive set of solutions delivering as much as a 5 percent increase in cash collections. The solutions provide real answers to difficult issues including implementing technology, eliminating administrative waste, facilitating or enforcing standards and constantly changing payment protocols.

Through assessment, implementation and software, providers can make quantifiable, hard-dollar gains in their financial statements including:
• Increased net revenue
• Increased net collection percentage
• Reduced cost of collections
• More cash flow predictability

About Amerinet
As a leading national healthcare group purchasing organization, Amerinet strategically partners with acute and alternate care providers to reduce costs and improve quality through its performance solutions. Built on a foundation of data, savings and trust, and supported by a team of clinical and supply chain experts, Amerinet enriches healthcare delivery for its members and the communities they serve. To learn more about the Amerinet difference, visit www.amerinet-gpo.com.

About Unibased Systems
Celebrating its 24th year in the healthcare information technology (HIT) industry and having achieved “Best In KLAS” (1) in the market segments for surgery management and enterprise scheduling for seven consecutive years, Unibased Systems Architecture, Inc. (Unibased), an Amerinet supplier, markets open, scalable, integrated client/server and web-based products that are designed to meet the unique needs of sophisticated enterprise organizations. Unibased Systems Architecture, Inc. is a private corporation founded in 1986 and is based in Chesterfield, Missouri. All Unibased products are made and supported in the United States. Visit Unibased on the Web at www.unibased.com.

(1) “Best In KLAS” Unibased Systems Architecture ORMS was ranked #1 for Surgery Management and Unibased Systems Architecture RMS was ranked #1 for Enterprise Scheduling in the 2009 Top 20 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Professional Services report. Both systems have been the top ranked system in their respective market segments for the past seven consecutive years (2003-2009). © 2010 KLAS Enterprises, LLC. All rights reserved. www.KLASresearch.com

About Craneware
Craneware (AIM: CRW.L) is the leader in automated revenue integrity solutions that improve financial performance for healthcare organizations. Craneware's market-driven, SaaS solutions help hospitals and other healthcare providers more effectively price, charge and code for services and supplies associated with patient care. This optimizes reimbursement, increases operational efficiency and minimizes compliance risk. By partnering with Craneware, clients achieve the visibility required to identify, address and prevent revenue leakage. To learn more, visit craneware.com

About Dell
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) listens to customers and delivers worldwide innovative technology and business solutions they trust and value. Dell Services develops and delivers a comprehensive suite of services and solutions in applications, business process, consulting, infrastructure and support to help customers succeed.

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Systems and Consultation Center Opens as a New Home for ForSite2020®

June 16, 2009 - Unibased Systems Architecture completed a new Systems and Consultation Center in Chesterfield, Missouri. Professional personnel began occupying offices on June 15th, and the total move will be completed by mid-July. The new facility will offer consultation, demonstration, and training seminars for healthcare providers, consultants, and technology companies. In addition to professional office space, a key feature is a state of the art conference and demonstration center.

Currently, Unibased has approximately 12,500 square feet under lease in the Chesterfield area, and is considering other locations near urban areas associated with our major clients.