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In the News (Wed 15 Feb 12)

  
  WebMD Announces 2005 Financial Guidance
WebMD also announced today that Andrew Corbin, who is and will continue to be the Chief Financial Officer of WebMD Corporation, has been named interim President of WebMD Practice Services, the Company's physician administrative, financial and clinical software services business.
WebMD Practice Services is a leading provider of administrative, financial and clinical software and related services to the nation's medical practices.
These statements are based on WebMD's current plans and expectations and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual future events or results to be different than those described in or implied by such forward-looking statements.
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 New diagnosis for WebMD | Tech News on ZDNet
WebMD said the investigations were related to financial reporting issues at the Medical Manager subsidiary before it was acquired.
WebMD's new product, Intergy, is a more sophisticated product that uses graphics rather than text commands, but it's too expensive and has "too many bells and whistles" to attract Medical Manager's current customer base, Wieland said.
WebMD Envoy, the largest line of business for WebMD, has evolved from a family of companies that have been the forerunners of electronic data interchange (EDI) and electronic commerce services in the health care industry since the 1980s.
zdnet.com.com /2100-1104_2-5209903.html   (2532 words)

  
 WebMD
Americans also say that WebMD is their favorite general health Web site, according to a poll last year by Roper Starch Worldwide and Harris Interactive.
WebMD also has partners for health information including DNA Sciences, HealthSouth, and Medtronic, a leader in medical technology, which earlier this year bought MiniMed, the top insulin pump manufacturer.
WebMD plans to do a foot clinic in partnership with the ADA this November.
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 North Jersey Media Group providing local news, sports & classifieds for Northern New Jersey!
WebMD said in court papers it suspected problems soon after April 2004, when it acquired the Maryland-based company, which handles document processing and scanning of medical records.
WebMD said in a statement that problems with Dakota do not change expectations that it will be able to update investors next month with an improved earnings forecast for 2005.
WebMD believes the executives stopped backing up data to improve Dakota's earnings and collect "earnout" payments under the merger agreement, which called for $40 million up front and an additional $25 million if Dakota meets financial goals.
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 WebMD Coupons - Find the latest WebMD.com Coupon Codes at monkeybargains.com
WebMD is dedicated to providing quality health information and to upholding the integrity of the editorial process.
WebMD Message Boards and Live Events are the gathering spots for WebMD members, providing them with opportunities to read what other members are talking about, to share opinions and ask questions.
WebMD newsletters address the important issues that affect your health and well-being by sending medical reports, up-to-the-minute personalized bulletins, interactive links and information from experts directly to your inbox.
www.monkeybargains.com /merchants/webmd.htm   (391 words)

  
 BW e.biz--07/14/00--Clicks & Misses: WebMD: A Portal with a Healthy Future?
To be sure, many experts question whether WebMD can deliver on its ambition of creating a seamless connection between doctors, patients, hospitals, insurers -- in short, every player in the health-care arena -- and streamlining health care in a way that actually controls costs while improving quality.
WebMD's dream is to let patients log on to their doctor's WebMD-powered homepage, schedule an office visit, ask their doctor questions by e-mail, check their insurance coverage, and get the results of any lab work performed.
WebMD acknowledges that it uses cookies to track users' movement through the site and that its advertisers may also use cookies when users click on their ads.
www.businessweek.com /ebiz/0007/el0714.htm   (1157 words)

  
 PortalsMag.com: WebMD Acquires ViPS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
WebMD is a broadly-based technology and content provider for healthcare, targeting specific offerings to physicians and patients as well as providing business-to-business (B2B) connectivity solutions via its acquisition of Medifax-EDI.
Jennifer Meyer, VP of corporate communications for WebMD, says that ViPS also brings with it considerable services expertise including "assessing workflows and designing databases." She notes that, as and when the acquisition closes, ViPS will be integrated into WebMD's Envoy transaction management unit.
A few years ago, WebMD was big on the idea of a healthcare exchange with itself as the hub and individual physicians as user-members.
www.portalsmag.com /articles/default.asp?ArticleID=5788&TopicID=7   (440 words)

  
 SOS/WebMD Electronic Claims Filing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
WebMD is a large provider of various services to healthcare providers.
If the carrier is not electronically capable, at your direction WebMD can print the claim, batch it with other claims for the same destination, and mail the batch to the carrier.
Another advantage to using WebMD rather than trying to file claims directly, is that it is their responsibility to stay current with any formatting changes required by the carrier.
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 The City Paper - Smart, Fast, Free   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
WebMD, formed under the name Healtheon by Netscape founder Jim Clark, is transforming itself from a Web based provider of consumer health information into a seller of software and services allowing doctors and healthcare facilities to process transactions and patient data.
WebMD ‘s Envoy division has had “difficulty in executing its growth strategy” leading to profitability, said Francis.
WebMD was advised in the transaction by Raymond James & Associates Inc. and Medifax-EDI was advised by Sun Trust Robinson Humphrey Capital Markets.
www.nashvillecitypaper.com /index.cfm?section_id=10&screen=news&news_id=27712   (538 words)

  
 - WebMD buys health-IT provider Vips - Internet Business News
WebMD Corp. is buying privately held Vips Inc. for US$160 million, with a key aim of the deal to boost WebMD's presence in health-IT for government agencies, the company said Monday.
WebMD has been expanding from its per transaction clearinghouse business into a broader portfolio offered to health-care payers and the acquisition will enable that, he said, adding that such products and services "are important strategic initiatives for health plans" to obtain.
At the same time, it's a good idea for WebMD to allow the Vips name to continue because Vips is strong in its market areas and has a good reputation as a company, Brown said.
www.thestandard.com /article.php/20040712220251106   (545 words)

  
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The WebMD 'Physician Directory' is provided by WebMD for use by the general public as a quick reference of information about physicians.
WebMD disclaims all warranties, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for particular purpose.
WebMD shall in no event be liable to you or to anyone for any decision made or action taken by you in the reliance on information provided in the Physician Directory.
doctor.webmd.com /physician_finder/home.aspx?sponsor=core   (271 words)

  
 WebMD Practice Services, Inc.
WebMD’s products and services streamline administrative and clinical processes, promote efficiency, and reduce costs by facilitating information exchange, communication and electronic transactions between healthcare participants.
WebMD Practice Services provides physicians and their office staff with the software, tools, and information they need to improve office efficiency and quality and provide integrated access to their WebMD Envoy transaction services.
WebMD’s is continually updating their products and services.
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 The IPO Report
WebMD offers an attractive way for physicians to bring down costs -- yet not compromise the quality of patient care.
WebMD plans on providing other services, such as transcription, fraud audits, and professional job placement, as well as continuing medical education courses.
It is. This is why WebMD has aggressively signed strategic alliance agreements with partners such as McKessonHBOC, which has made a $23 million equity investment in WebMD.
www.hedge-hog.com /sub/ipo47.html   (830 words)

  
 WebMD's response to HIPAA-related complaints | CNET News.com
WebMD operates the country's largest electronic transactions clearinghouse in the United States, annually processing more than 2.3 billion transactions for more than 200,000 physicians and 5,000 hospitals with more than 1,200 commercial and government health care payers.
WebMD sent written notification to every customer in the region, outlining this CMS contingency plan.
It is important for your readers to note that the clearinghouse function WebMD provides helps standardize the system and substantially reduces the time it takes for providers to send claims to multiple payers, retrieve reports and get paid, freeing up medical and administrative staff to deal with patients.
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 ITworld.com - WebMD appeals court order forcing medical data transfer
WebMD Corp. said on Tuesday it will appeal an injunction in a federal appeals court, fighting an order forcing the online medical services company to turn over medical claims data to a firm mining the information on behalf of pharmaceutical companies.
WebMD said it seeks to vacate the injunction, intending to file a brief with the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
WebMD claims that Quintiles' data practices are inconsistent with Envoy's contract to some of its customers, and potentially violate medical privacy laws.
www.itworld.com /Man/2688/IDG011009WebMD   (565 words)

  
 ITworld.com - Judge orders WebMD to resume data delivery
"Quintiles is pleased that in open court, WebMD agreed to meet all of Quintiles' demands for data delivery, and that the court concluded that the issuance of an order to compel WebMD's continued performance was appropriate," said John S. Russell, Quintiles' senior vice president and general counsel in a statement.
In a statement, WebMD said it would continue to provide data to Quintiles because the company certified that it has "cleansed" its medical, dental and pharmacy databases of information that could be used to identify patients.
Additionally, WebMD said that Quintiles has supplied a statistician to certify that the data can't be easily identified and has provided legal experts to conclude that the modified data doesn't violate any laws.
www.itworld.com /Man/2681/CWSTO58777   (688 words)

  
 WebMD's Wobbly Spinoff [Fool.com: Motley Fool Take] September 27, 2005
For the first six months of 2005, WebMD Health reported a widening net loss of $2.5 million -- up from $2.2 million in 2004 -- even as revenues climbed to $74 million from $58.1 million over the same period.
WebMD, which also changed its name to Emdeon (pronounced "M-D-On"), seeks to raise as much as $120 million with shares priced somewhere between $15.50 and $17.50.
The new company will be called WebMD Health and seeks to use the ticker symbol WBMD on the Nasdaq exchange.
www.fool.com /News/mft/2005/mft05092719.htm?ref=foolwatch   (534 words)

  
 IDX - IDX Press Release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Under the extended two-year agreement, WebMD will continue to be the exclusive provider of EDI connectivity for sponsored commercial payers for IDX's eCommerce Services gateway customers.
Stephen Gorman, President and General Manager of IDX Groupcast, said, “WebMD offers our provider customers one of the most comprehensive electronic commercial payer connections available in the market, and continues to invest and work with the payer community to deliver the services our providers need.
WebMD Corporation provides services that help physicians, consumers, providers and health plans navigate the complexity of the healthcare system.
www.idx.com /corporate/pressrelease.asp?id=24FF9980C5C24DF585257004004B7DBD   (716 words)

  
 WebMD to Present at the Goldman Sachs Twenty Fifth Annual Global Healthcare Conference
ELMWOOD PARK, N.J., June 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WebMD Corporation (Nasdaq: HLTH) today announced that executives of WebMD are scheduled to participate in the Goldman Sachs Twenty Fifth Annual Global Healthcare Conference.
WebMD's presentation to attendees at the Conference is expected to begin at approximately 5:40 p.m.
WebMD Envoy is a leader in payer and healthcare provider transaction processing and reimbursement cycle management services.
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 Health Data Management | Docs: WebMD Not HIPAA Compliant (January 28, 2004)
In the letter, the AMA and other medical societies urge WebMD to resolve concerns related to the connectivity of its practice management software and clearinghouse with other billing entities, clearinghouses and payers.
WebMD is committed to working with the physician associations and others to resolve problems, the WebMD spokesperson says.
While the vendor has spent millions of dollars on HIPAA compliance, the law required many thousands of entities to implement the standard transactions simultaneously and a tiny percentage of total transactions have been problematic, according to the spokesperson.
www.healthdatamanagement.com /html/PortalStory.cfm?type=hipaa&DID=11188   (544 words)

  
 Wired News: Healtheon, WebMD Will Merge
Healtheon said Thursday it agreed to merge with closely held WebMD to create a powerful company serving everyone in the health-care industry -- from doctors to insurers to patients seeking medical advice.
The companies said several leading technology, consumer, and health-care companies had agreed to make investments in WebMD totaling more than $360 million, including a $250 million commitment from Microsoft.
Under the agreement, Healtheon and WebMD will each have four members on the new board of directors.
www.wired.com /news/business/0,1367,19792,00.html   (589 words)

  
 WebMD to buy most of Medifax - Thursday, 10/23/03   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
WebMD announced yesterday that it is acquiring most of the assets of Medifax EDI — a Nashville-based company that provides electronic transaction services to health-care providers — from an affiliate of Crescent Capital Investments Inc.
When the deal is completed by the end of November, pending regulatory approval, WebMD said it plans to combine Medifax's operations with its Nashville-based WebMD Envoy subsidiary.
Bacon and officials with WebMD and Crescent refused to say yesterday whether any employees' jobs will disappear when the operations are combined.
www.tennessean.com /business/archives/03/10/41269360.shtml?Element_ID=41269360   (551 words)

  
 webmd corporation at Business.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The results showed that experienced marmoset fathers had a higher density of connections in a region of the brain known as the prefrontal cortex than nonfathers.
(WebMD) One in 10 of those 18 wheelers barreling down the highway beside you may have a sleepy driver at the...
(WebMD) New research is challenging the long-held belief that autism affects only those regions of the brain that control social interaction, communication, and reasoning - suggesting, instead, that the disorder affects the entire brain.
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 2004.05.17: HHS Launches Pilot Project with WebMD to Make HHS Consumer Health Information More Widely Available
Through the HHS-WebMD partnership, HHS will be able to reach a broad audience and help them become more literate about health care and health in general -- whether it is how to read a food label properly so they can make smart choices about what they eat, or how to talk to their doctors.
"WebMD and HHS share the same mission of ensuring that all Americans have immediate access to critical health information so that they're able to make more informed health care decisions," said Wayne Gattinella, President, WebMD Health.
WebMD will make the information available in an HHS-branded educational center on WebMD Health and through WebMD's partner health sites, including MSN Health with WebMD and AOL Health with WebMD.
www.hhs.gov /news/press/2004pres/20040517.html   (483 words)

  
 WebMD Health Launches Medicare Rx Benefits Resources Center - WebMD News Release - Kaiser Family Foundation
The WebMD Medicare center was developed in educational collaboration with The National Council on the Aging (NCOA) and provides access to tools from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and features a special, free WebMD Medicare Bulletin, an electronic newsletter that contains important and timely updates.
WebMD Practice Services is a leading provider of physician practice management software and related services.
These statements are based on WebMD's current plans and expectations and involve risks and uncertainties, including those described in our SEC filings.
www.kff.org /newsroom/webmd052704nr.cfm   (681 words)

  
 Health Data Management | Management Changes at WebMD (September 23, 2004)
Holstein returns to his previous position as CEO of the WebMD Health division, which the company is considering making a separate public company through a split-off transaction or initial public offering of stock.
The WebMD Health CEO position has been vacant since Holstein assumed the corporate CEO post in May 2003.
WebMD Health president Wayne Gattinella has led the division and retains his position.
www.healthdatamanagement.com /html/news/NewsStory.cfm?DID=11979   (208 words)

  
 North Jersey Media Group providing local news, sports & classifieds for Northern New Jersey!
A WebMD executive resigned Wednesday and agreed to defer more than $500,000 in severance benefits, pending the results of a probe into a subsidiary that was riddled with corruption.
WebMD changed the company's name to WebMD Practice Services after the acquisition in 2000.
A subcommittee of the WebMD board of directors is evaluating whether members of the company's senior management whose duties primarily related to Medical Manager engaged in improprieties related to the embezzlement scheme.
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