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CBaySystems Named as a Supplier for GNYHA Services Members.
Annapolis, MD — March 26, 2007 — After a thorough selection process, CBaySystems, a provider of health care technology, outsourced business solutions, and medical transcription services, was chosen as a supplier for GNYHA Services members, a group purchasing organization. Under the agreement, CBay will provide access to a full array of integrated document management services, including medical transcription, dictation capture, and speech recognition to GNYHA Services' alliance of nearly 250 member hospitals located throughout New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Puerto Rico.
The GNYHA Services group purchasing program is offered in conjunction with Premier Purchasing Partners, LP (Premier). CBaySystems and GNYHA Services have arranged for all members of the GNYHA Services group purchasing program to have access to CBaySystems' services.
"We are pleased that through our relationship with CBay, we are able to offer the GNYHA Services membership a robust transcription service solution at a very competitive price," said Donna Gammarato, Vice President of Supply Chain Management at GNYHA Services.
CBaySystems provides hospitals and physician practices with an innovative, secure, HIPAA-compliant technology that manages medical transcription records at every stage of their lifecycle, from dictation through transcription, editing, Web-based management, integration, distribution, and long-term archiving.
"We are very excited by the opportunity to provide GNYHA Services members best-in-class service and technology; enhancing our contract with Premier to meet the unique requirements of GNYHA Services' one-of-a-kind trade association" said Jason Kolinoski, CBay's senior vice president of sales. "While we already work with dozens of its members, our new initiative with GNYHA Services will allow us to expand our offerings."
CBay's platform is flexible and customizable, allowing users to work the way they want to work. All processes and workflows can be configured to individual hospitals' exact business and information/reporting requirements. Everyone involved in the medical transcription process-physicians, health information managers, and transcriptionists-is able to take advantage of greater speed, quality, and security, from capture through review, transcription, approval, records management, and archiving.
Christopher Foley, President of CBay Systems and Services Inc. stated, "We are extremely pleased to be partnering with GNYHA Services. We believe strong synergies exist between both organizations and are confident that the solutions CBay can offer GHYHA Services members will be significant and far-reaching. We look forward to a long and mutually beneficial relationship with the GNYHA group."
About GNYHA Services
Founded in 1978, GNYHA Services, Inc., is an innovative group purchasing
organization serving more than 250 member hospitals in New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Puerto Rico. Through its relationship with
Premier, Inc. and its own regional group purchasing program, GNYHA Services
offers a broad contract portfolio that enhances its members' purchasing
power. GNYHA Services' dynamic team of frontline client service executives
and pharmaceutical, financial, analytical, and clinical experts deliver
vast industry expertise. And as a subsidiary of the Greater New York
Hospital Association, GNYHA Services' support of policy, advocacy, and
education initiatives is unique to the GPO industry. For more information,
visit www.gnyhaservices.com.
About Premier, Inc.
Premier, Inc., a leader in helping hospitals accelerate performance
on both clinical outcomes and supply chain costs, is a healthcare alliance
entirely owned by more than 200 of the nation's leading not-for-profit
hospitals and health care systems. These organizations operate or are
affiliated with nearly 1,500 hospitals and more than 37,000 other health
care sites. Premier Purchasing Partners provides an array of services
supporting health services delivery including group purchasing totaling
more than $25 billion annually in supplies and equipment purchasing,
as well as supply chain and clinical performance improvement services.
Premier Healthcare Informatics offers performance measurement, benchmarking,
and reporting products and advisory services supporting quality improvement.
Premier Insurance Management Services helps hospitals manage insurance
costs and improve risk management and claims capabilities. Headquartered
in San Diego, Premier has offices in Charlotte, N.C., Chicago, and Washington.
For more information, visit www.premierinc.com.
About CBaySystems
CBaySystems and Services, Inc. is a provider of health care technology
and business process outsourcing (BPO) services to the health care industry.
CBay delivers fully integrated transcription and receivables management
solutions that improve processes, lower costs, and ultimately help physicians
to provide superior patient care. Using HIPAA-compliant Web-based technologies,
CBay's 5,000 highly credentialed medical language specialists and customer
service professionals deliver high quality medical documentation to
thousands of clients. Since 1998, CBay has been serving major health
systems, hospitals, clinics, and physician practices 24 hours a day,
365 days a year-always with a commitment to the highest standards of
quality and customer service. CBay is headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland.
For additional information, please contact:
Brian Conway
Director of Public Affairs and Media Relations, GNYHA Services
Tel: 212.506.5477
conway@gnyha.org
Stacey Cassidy
Director of Marketing, CBaySystems, Inc.
Tel: 866.295.4600 x3195
scassidy@cbaysystems.com