HealthTrio, LLC Personal Health Record Chosen for CMS Pilot for Medicare Beneficiaries

Business Wire, Oct 15, 2007

CENTENNIAL, Colo. -- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has selected QSSI as the prime contractor for a Pilot project to introduce a Personal Health Record for Medicare Fee-For-Service Beneficiaries in the State of South Carolina.

The QSSI team - which includes HealthTrio, LLC, Palmetto GBA and IBM - will utilize HealthTrio, LLC industry-leading software and leverage Palmetto GBA's expertise with CMS claims data to provide a Personal Health Record (PHR) that will contain a beneficiary's most recent two years of claims data. QSSI will develop a provider and beneficiary outreach campaign to ensure that these seniors have access to their personal health record.

The pilot program will give participating seniors online access to an integrated and comprehensive view of their health information regarding medical conditions, medical procedures, hospitalizations, and doctor visits as part of an overall push by CMS toward a Medicare-wide adoption of Personal Health Records. "We are excited to be working with CMS, QSSI, Palmetto GBA and IBM to improve the overall quality of healthcare to Medicare Beneficiaries," said Dr. Malik Hasan, HealthTrio, LLC President and CEO. "I am confident that the successful implementation of the HealthTrio, LLC PHR solution will empower Medicare Beneficiaries to better manage their ongoing healthcare needs and bring us closer to a patient-centric healthcare."

About HealthTrio, LLC

HealthTrio, LLC, a health care information technology and services company, was founded to bring innovation to health care solutions, both improving the quality of health care and lowering the costs of health care. HealthTrio, LLC offers comprehensive, rapidly installed products, through which health care organizations can harness the power of information exchange in a cost-effective manner and where the individual consumer of health care can vigorously engage in the management of his or her own health events.

HealthTrio, LLC's products, which are available jointly or as stand-alone applications, include:

* The HealthTrio Personal Health Record (PHR), patent pending, is a secure online personal health diary, where members/patients, providers and care managers can view, evaluate, and update personal health information as well as health management tools. The member/patient, provider, care manager, and even the member/patient's employer, can coordinate through the HealthTrio PHR to address issues of member health, clinical outcomes, the quality, safety and efficiency of care. Employers may also offer incentives to members/patients who use the HealthTrio PHR to improve their health, resulting in an overall savings for the employer, the health plan, and better health for the member/patient.

* HealthTrio connect[TM], patent pending, provides an Internet-based platform, whereby health plans can communicate with their members/patients, providers, employers and brokers, accessing their own internal health plan databases in a real-time, HIPAA-compliant environment. The centralization of information and data reduces administrative costs and, through self-service functions, increases customer and provider satisfaction.

* HealthTrio xpress[TM], patent pending, offers a feature rich core administrative application, that automates the key business functions within a health plan. HealthTrio xpress streamlines and integrates previously segregated lines of business, such as Medicare Advantage, into a single, modular system.