SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Second graph, quote should be attributed to: Ed Malinowski, Associate Vice President, Solutions Development (sted: Joe Miller, Director of E-Business).

The corrected release reads:

NAVINET ANNOUNCES NAVINET SPONSOR AND NAVINET ENTERPRISE FOR HEALTH PLANS

Solutions Give Health Plans Essential Tools and Services, and a Robust National Healthcare Communications Network to Quickly Implement a Provider Web Portal

NaviNet (formerly NaviMedix), America's largest real-time healthcare communications network, today announced two new solutions for health plans: NaviNet Sponsor and NaviNet Enterprise. These solutions enable health plans of all sizes to easily and quickly implement a provider Web portal, by offering essential tools, transactions, services and access to more than 750,000 providers currently in the NaviNet Provider Network. NaviNet solutions build upon a health plan's current systems and processes to deliver a robust provider Web portal that decreases administrative costs, and improves provider relations and patient care. NaviNet offers a secure multi-payer Web portal that retains and promotes a health plan's brand, supports unique business processes, effectively uses industry standards, and achieves unprecedented provider adoption and utilization.


"In partnership with NaviNet, we swiftly implemented a new NaviNet provider Web portal across six plans in five states. Within a few short months, almost 60 percent of our provider network had already begun communicating with us via NaviNet," said Ed Malinowski, Associate Vice President, Solutions Development, AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies. "NaviNet's expertise and experience in payer-provider communications were critical in helping us to most effectively develop and deploy our NaviNet Web portal, promote its availability and benefits to our provider network, and surpass our ROI goals."

NaviNet Sponsor enables health plans to meet essential provider connectivity needs and add new features at their own pace by offering rapid connectivity and a starter set of transactions, including Eligibility and Benefits Inquiry, and Claim Status Inquiry. Benefits include:

• Low-risk, low-cost implementation
• Basic provider self-service requirements
• Reduced operating costs
• Established foundation for future, more advanced capabilities

NaviNet Enterprise enables health plans to leverage out-of-the-box transactions or develop unique offerings that extend beyond industry standards to create additional value. Supported by an ongoing, consultative relationship with NaviNet, the solution reduces costs while freeing IT resources to concentrate on core competencies. The offer includes:

• Comprehensive provider integration and deployment services
• Utilization reporting, and marketing and communications campaigns
• Clinical messaging and alert capabilities

"NaviNet Sponsor and NaviNet Enterprise provide health plans of all types with the opportunity to roll out comprehensive and innovative provider Web portals that fit their current needs and budgets, yet are flexible enough to address future needs," said Brad Waugh, president and CEO of NaviNet. "NaviNet helps health plans solve real business problems with a unique combination of innovative technology, comprehensive knowledge of provider-payer work flows, decades of experience in healthcare communications, and access to the largest electronically enabled provider network in the country."

Availability

NaviNet Sponsor and NaviNet Enterprise are available to health plans immediately. For more information, please call 800-805-7569, email sales@NaviNet.net or visit http://www.navinet.net/files/solutions/enterprise.pdf.

NaviNet at AHIP Institute 2009

NaviNet will demonstrate NaviNet Sponsor and NaviNet Enterprise at America's Health Insurance Plans Institute 2009, held June 3-5 in San Diego, California, in its booth #824. Also at the show, NaviNet Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer Michael L. Hodgkins M.D., M.P.H. will lead two educational sessions:

• "Integrated Care Management: Improve care delivery by leveraging administrative transactions to deliver real-time patient clinical information," presented on Friday, June 5 at 7:15 a.m. in Room 10.
• "Health Data Privacy and Security: Protecting Consumer Health Information," presented on Friday, June 5 at 11:25 a.m. in Room 10.

About NaviNet

NaviNet (formerly NaviMedix) is America's largest real-time healthcare communications network, securely linking over 750,000 providers and the nation's patients, industry partners and leading health plans. NaviNet's advanced solutions, services and expertise streamline business processes and drive industry-leading innovation. In a time when access to healthcare is a critical issue, NaviNet fosters collaboration and helps government, plans and providers improve quality of care and reduce costs. For more information, or to sign up for NaviNet, please visit www.NaviNet.net or call 617-715-6000 or 800-805-7569.



NaviNet, Inc.

Alicia Allen, 617-715-6488

aallen@NaviNet.net

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Mercedes Fereck, 781-684-0770

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Source: NaviNet