West Palm Beach, FL Sep 19, 2013 – Oasis Outsourcing, one of the nation’s leading Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs), has prepared a comprehensive white paper on the intricacies of Healthcare Reform, covering key aspects of the provisions and what they mean to businesses across the country.
“The 3 “Rs” of Managing Healthcare Reform” details the Requirements, Responses and Resources that businesses need to consider. As an expert in this area, Oasis is at the forefront of Healthcare Reform. This white paper is intended to provide strategic direction to businesses navigating through the various pieces of legislation.
“Small- and medium-sized employers typically do not have the resources or infrastructure to remain current on the laws and regulations imposed by Healthcare Reform,” said Ruth Cyrus, Senior Vice President of Marketing at Oasis Outsourcing. “This easy-to-read white paper is intended to be a resource for businesses in determining how to respond to the new changes.”
To access the white paper, please visit www.oasisadvantage.com/aca .
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Oasis Outsourcing Welcomes Robert Hsu as Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer
West Palm Beach, FL Sep 17, 2013 – Oasis Outsourcing, one of the nation’s leading Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs), is pleased to announce that Robert Hsu has joined the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer. He will work out of the firm’s West Palm Beach headquarters.
At Oasis, Hsu will lead all aspects of the company’s technology strategy and implementation, including sales and operating systems, document imaging, architecture, dashboards, utilization of cloud-based options, and client interfaces and functionality.
Prior to joining Oasis, Hsu served as Chief Technology Officer for Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company (PAAMCO). Before joining PAAMCO, he served as Senior Vice President of Operations and Technology for the Annuities and Mutual Funds Division at Pacific Life Insurance Company.
“I am excited to welcome Robert to the Oasis team,” said Mark Perlberg, President and CEO of Oasis Outsourcing. “His strength in planning and implementing IT strategies and roadmaps will certainly be a benefit as we look to further enhance our infrastructure.”
Hsu earned his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Master of Science in Electrical Engineering and MBA in General Management and Finance from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Precyse Awarded HIM Strategic Sourcing Contract from Meritus Health
Specialized expertise will optimize HIM department operations, productivity and workflow
Wayne, PA and Alpharetta, GA Sep 11, 2013 — Precyse, a leader in Health Information Management (HIM) technology and services, has been awarded a five-year contract for its Health Information Management Strategic Sourcing Services by Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown, Md.
As part of the agreement, Precyse will provide services in the areas of transcription, clinical documentation improvement (CDI) and coding, using both precyseCode™ and precyseCDI™, Precyse’s exclusive single, integrated platform enabling both inpatient and outpatient computer assisted coding and CDI. The Cloud-based platform incorporates state-of-the-art Natural Language Processing (NLP) for embedded intelligence and supports multiple HIM roles across an organization. The precyseCode platform also contains embedded encoder integration.
“I am confident that with Precyse’s specialized expertise, we will experience marked improvements in quality, workflow, efficiency and cash flow,” said Dale Bushey, Vice President, Finance, Meritus Health. “Their in-depth knowledge and experience in meeting healthcare regulatory and compliance requirements coupled with their background in health information systems are the reasons we selected Precyse as the ideal HIM partner.”
Precyse will also provide HIM administration, staffing support and education; processing of all patient records, reports and reconciliation; and regulatory and compliance review and adherence. Precyse strategic sourcing provides the best practices, processes and technology needed to facilitate the capture of data, the content and record management and finally, the information use, analysis and exchange required to produce consistent and quality outcomes.
“Providers are facing numerous challenges in meeting regulatory and compliance healthcare requirements, but Precyse has the people, processes and technology to support clients today while moving them step-by-step into the future,” said Chris Powell, President of Precyse. “Our HIM strategic sourcing solutions implement changes without compromise. We help strengthen health data integrity, drive EHR adoption, improve productivity and processes and prepare for a successful ICD-10 transition. We pride ourselves in taking care of the health information that is taking care of patient lives.”
Precyse currently provides HIM support to hundreds of hospitals and health systems nationwide and is the only company able to assume full responsibility for the entire HIM function for a hospital or health system on a short- or long-term basis.
Precyse University Launches Physician Office ICD-10 Education
The most comprehensive ICD-10 education solution is now available to physician practices
Wayne, PA and Alpharetta, GA Sep 10, 2013 — Through its partnership with HealthStream (NASDAQ: HSTM), Precyse University, the most innovative, complete and widely adopted on-site, online and mobile ICD-10 education solution, has launched a powerful and unique ICD-10 education program for the physician office/ambulatory market. Revolutionary benefits and features include:
• A single solution for all ICD-10 education needed within a practice or clinic;
• Diversified education providing each impacted population with the specific tools and training needed to be successful in ICD-10;
• Myriad advanced courseware, applications and tools to make education more practical, accessible and relevant to physicians’ concerns, needs and time constraints; and
• Exclusive access to Precyse University’s expansive, one-of-a-kind ICD-10 education program.
“The transition to ICD-10 poses challenges to physicians, yet it also promises particular benefits,” explains Precyse President Chris Powell. “These benefits can only be achieved if physicians take the time to find the right educational solution to properly prepare themselves and their staffs.”
Precyse and HealthStream have partnered to offer a one-stop solution for all the ICD-10 education needed within physician practices, clinics and other ambulatory settings. With Precyse’s innovative ICD-10 education programs and HealthStream’s market-leading platform for talent management (i.e.,the platform and technology that provides Precyse University), healthcare providers have made the ICD-10 solution from Precyse and HealthStream the healthcare industry’s top choice.
ICD-10 will affect every aspect of a physician’s practice, including patient encounters, clinical and financial workflow and, depending on the circumstances, compensation and reimbursement. Physicians who take decisive steps to fully integrate ICD-10 codes into their clinical practice stand to benefit in several ways, including determining severity of illness and proving medical necessity, growing compensation and reimbursement and addressing technology and healthcare reform initiatives—such as value-based purchasing, pay-for-performance programs and the government’s physician quality reporting system (PQRS).
“The Precyse University ICD-10 Physician Office Solution is built to fully prepare physicians and all members of their offices and/or clinics for the new world of ICD-10,” explains Thomas Ormondroyd, Vice President and General Manager of Precyse Learning Solutions. “Although ICD-10 seems daunting and burdensome, it actually offers tremendous opportunity to optimize reimbursement, minimize denials and appeals and improve clinical care through more valuable and detailed data. Our solution is designed to ease the change to ICD-10 and have physicians and their staffs ready for its arrival.”
Unlike its competitors, the Precyse University solution is fully built and tested with more than 200 courses, applications and tools specifically for physicians’ needs. In addition, all courses are mobileready for use on a computer, iPad® or mobile device to make education available anywhere and at any time. Innovative tools and resources such as video games, labs, simulators and animations are available as well.
“Through this partnership, Precyse and HealthStream have become the leading provider of ICD-10 education in the country, reaching thousands of healthcare organizations nationwide,” said Powell. “We are the #1 choice by top hospitals in the United States, as our ICD-10 education solution is being used in 14 of the 18 healthcare facilities listed in U.S. News and World Report’s Best Hospitals Honor Roll, which recognizes facilities that achieved high scores in six or more specialties. We are proud to be associated with these top-notch Honor Roll facilities and look forward to now serving the physician office community.”
To learn more or purchase the Precyse University ICD-10 Physician Office solution for your office or organization, simply visit www.precyseuniversity.com/physician.
Mark Perlberg of Oasis Outsourcing is New Chairman of the National Association of Professional Employer Organizations
Alexandria, VA Sep 10, 2013/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – The National Association of Professional Employer Organizations (NAPEO) today announced that Mark Perlberg, president and CEO of Oasis Outsourcing in West Palm Beach, FL, was elected chairman of the board of directors at the association’s annual meeting in San Antonio. He succeeds Dale Hageman, president of Oklahoma City-based Accord Human Resources.
“At a time when small businesses are looking for help with confusing healthcare changes and other administrative burdens, the professional employer organization (PEO) industry is perfectly positioned to fill that role and generate real growth,” said NAPEO president and CEO Pat Cleary. “Mark Perlberg is the exact right person to lead us as we aim to seize this opportunity and grow our industry.”
Perlberg has been the president and CEO of Oasis Outsourcing since October 2003. During Perlberg’s leadership, Oasis Outsourcing has grown by more than 100,000 worksite employees into one of the largest, most successful companies in the industry. Perlberg has been an active member of NAPEO since joining the PEO industry. This past year, he served as vice chairman of the board and chairman of the association’s Healthcare Task Force.
“As chairman, I look forward to working with industry leaders to support the critical role that PEOs can play in addressing the increasingly complex needs of small- and medium-sized businesses,” said Perlberg.
After beginning his career as a business litigation attorney, Perlberg co-founded a utility bill payment processing business, eventually negotiating its sale to Western Union, where he spent six years in management. Perlberg later spent four years as an officer of the John Harland Company, and was the chief operating officer of PRG-Schultz, the world’s leading recovery audit firm, prior to joining Oasis. Perlberg is a magna cum laude graduate of both the University of Rochester and Boston College Law School. He will serve a one-year term as chairman of NAPEO.
About NAPEO
The National Association of Professional Employer Organizations (NAPEO) is The Voice of the PEO Industry™ and represents about 85 percent of the industry’s estimated $92 billion in gross revenues. NAPEO has some 300 PEO members, ranging from start-ups to large publicly held companies with years of success in the industry, as well as some 200 service provider members. PEOs provide payroll, benefits, and other HR services to small and mid-sized businesses. Approximately 250,000 businesses and more than 2.5 million people are part of PEO arrangements. For more information about NAPEO, please visit www.napeo.org.
SOURCE National Association of Professional Employer Organizations (NAPEO)
IMG Appoints Vice President of International Sales
Indianapolis, IN Sep 4, 2013 – International Medical Group®, Inc. (IMG®), an Indianapolis-based insurance group, announced that Amanda Winkle will join the company on September 16, 2013 as vice president of international sales. Winkle will help IMG to strengthen its market position and achieve growth by bringing a keen understanding of the solutions needed to create, deliver and measure success. She will be charged with strategic planning for key accounts, new business acquisition, revenue growth opportunities and oversight of the international sales team.
Winkle has over 13 years of insurance distribution and management experience, and a proven record for accelerating revenue growth globally. She will join IMG after serving as national sales director for the independent broker distribution channel at UnitedHealthOne, a division of UnitedHealthcare. She has been responsible for managing and leading the sales unit, and has developed strategic relationships with distribution partners that have been instrumental to the company’s success. Her other experience includes work as a health insurance agent, general insurance agency sales manager, and legislative and political action committee specialist.
According to IMG, this appointment positions the company for broader success.
“Amanda is a remarkable addition to the IMG team, and she brings years of experience in rapidly growing sales on an international scale,” said executive vice president of IMG, Todd Hancock. “Our company is built around an exceptionally talented group that has a passion for what we do. With her drive, commitment to our customers, and acute insight into the needs of the market, we are confident that Amanda will lead the success of our international sales team with innovation and improved service.”
IMGE Launches Short-Term International Travel Medical Insurance Plan Range
London Aug 28, 2013 – IMG Europe Ltd, an award winning leader in the international and expatriate travel medical insurance market, announced the launch of GlobeHopperSM, a short-term international travel and expatriate medical insurance plan range for individuals, families and groups. The plan range provides cover worldwide for eligible travelers and expatriates of all nationalities when they are traveling, or temporarily living outside of their home country. Applicants have a choice of GlobeHopper Single-Trip, Platinum and Multi-Trip plans, and can get instant quotes and apply online without medical underwriting.
“GlobeHopper is a unique and competitive addition to our product portfolio,” said managing director of IMG Europe and chairman of the Association of International Medical Insurance Providers, Carl Carter. “It’s a very flexible plan range that meets the short to medium-term travel medical coverage needs of expats and travelers worldwide. We have seen exceptional demand as it fills a very large gap in both the expatriate international medical insurance and travel insurance markets.”
Some plan highlights include:
– Available worldwide to local nationals, foreign nationals and expats
– Trip durations from five days up to three years, or multi-trip coverage for unlimited trips of 30 or 45 days duration in a year
– Choice of GBP, USD or Euro premiums and schedules of cover
– Sums Insured from $50,000 up to $8,000,000 from an assortment of coverage options, each with specialised covers
– A wide range of excesses from nil to $25,000
– Wide range of optional add-ons including high risk/adventure sports, enhanced personal accident and evacuation endorsement options
– Coverage can be purchased after departure (or arrival)
– The period of insurance can be incrementally extended if insureds are unsure of their duration of travel
– Incidental Home Trip Coverage allows insured’s to return home mid-travel for a short time during their period of cover
– Expats returning home can request home country coverage at the end of their trip so as to give themselves a short time to arrange local healthcare insurance
– If coverage ends during a course of covered treatment overseas, cover can be extended without paying additional premium for up to 12 months
– Freedom to choose any medical provider within area of cover backed by global network access
– No upper age limit
Access to MyIMGSM, an online customer portal that allows instant document retrieval, online claims status checks and more
Carter further added, “The plan range is also online quote and fulfillment enabled. This allows our intermediaries around the world the ability to add these plans to their websites to easily and securely generate sales, or email sales links to customers 24/7. Additionally, because the plan range is flexible and cover is available after departure, intermediaries no longer need to ignore travel insurance enquiries from expats or their relatives who have departed and arrived somewhere without cover, or who need short-term cover.”
IMG Enhances Its Marine Group Medical Insurance Program
Indianapolis, IN Aug 22, 2013 – International Medical Group®, Inc. (IMG®), a worldwide leader in designing, distributing and administering global medical insurance benefits, announced it enhanced its flagship marine group medical insurance program, International Marine Medical InsuranceSM (IMMI). According to IMG, the enhancements enable ship owners to provide their crew comprehensive coverage for eligible medical expenses, which is increasingly important with the enactment of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC, 2006).
The MLC, 2006, which took effect August 20, 2013 and became binding in international law, establishes minimum working and living standards for all seafarers on those ships. As such the MLC, 2006, requires ship owners to provide health protection and medical care to seafarers on board their ship. According to IMG, the IMMI program can help alleviate some of the challenges that owners may face in finding the appropriate medical care coverage for their crew.
“We have provided specialized international medical insurance programs to marine professionals for more than 20 years,” said vice president of IMG’s marine division, Al Wallace. “We understand their unique needs and recognize their mobile lifestyle. That’s why we designed a group insurance program that offers continuous comprehensive medical coverage and helps provide ship owners peace of mind that they can provide quality, dependable protection for their crew.”
Some of the benefits and optional riders offered under this program include:
– $5 million maximum benefit per insured person per period of coverage
– Primary to the vessel’s Protection and Indemnity Insurance (P&I)
– Crew Member Return – Provides reimbursement of transportation expenses to reunite insured persons with the ship in the event they received eligible inpatient medical stay that didn’t require emergency medical evacuation, and there assigned ship leaves
– Optional Maritime Rider – Provides additional benefits for sudden and unexpected recurrence of pre-existing conditions. Provides for the reimbursement of transportation costs for the insured person’s return to the designated city/country in the event that crew member is deemed medically unfit for duty.
– Coverage for eligible dependents available
– Amateur Sailboat Racing
– Adventure Sports Rider – Provides coverage for certain adventure sport activities that would normally be excluded
Additionally, when seeking treatment outside the U.S., IMG works closely with insured crew members to assist them in locating, requesting and coordinating information for care in order to obtain the most efficient and cost-effective care available. IMG also provides international utilization management, comprehensive case management, transplant network provider access, out-of-network claim negotiation and medical claim review.
Oasis Outsourcing Ranked in 2013 Inc. 5000 List
West Palm Beach, FL Aug 20, 2013 – The 2013 Inc. 500/5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in America was released August 20, 2013. This compilation by Inc. of the top 5000 companies also highlights the top 10% known as the Inc. 500 and has been published annually for the past 31 years, with rankings based on percentage revenue growth over a three-year period. Oasis Outsourcing was ranked 3,600 in this esteemed list of 5,000 companies.
“It is an honor to be included in the 2013 Inc. 500/5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies,” said Mark Perlberg, President and CEO of Oasis Outsourcing. “We are proud of our year-over-year growth and our standing as one of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs).”
Paragon Medical Recognized in Global Orthopaedic Contract Manufacturing Marketing Report
Paragon Medical Achieves a Number Three Worldwide Ranking for Leading Vendors
Pierceton, IN Aug 7, 2013 – Paragon Medical has been ranked third in the world for overall market share among leading global orthopaedic contract manufacturing suppliers, according to TechNavio’s Global Orthopaedic Contract Manufacturing Market report for 2012-2016. In addition to providing a supplier analysis, the report highlights the market landscape and its growth prospects in the coming years. Exceptional news for Paragon is found in the analyst’s forecast indicating the Global Orthopedic Contract Manufacturing market to grow at a CAGR of 11.05 percent over the period 2012-2016.
As one of the key suppliers dominating this space, Paragon was recognized for its world-class services portfolio which includes our New Product Introduction (NPI) process, the Global Design Center as well as our low cost country design transfer mechanics. Paragon’s continued success can be attributed to their focus on addressing its customers’ needs and to provide turnkey solutions to the medical device marketplace.
Moreover, it is a testament to Paragon’s dedication to partnering with its customers to share best practices and jointly develop and implement world-class methods of engineering and manufacturing while delivering the highest quality experience for our customers and partners.