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GREAT RIVER, N.Y., July 8 /PRNewswire/ — Netsmart Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise-wide software and services for health and human services organizations, today announced it has signed a contract with Wake County, North Carolina, to provide behavioral healthcare software and related implementation services. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
Wake County Human Services (WCHS) will utilize Netsmart’s Avatar Practice Management software for behavioral health services management, client scheduling, billing, accounts receivables and reporting. In addition, the county will use Avatar Clinician Workstation for key behavioral health clinical activities, including assessment, progress notes, treatment planning and reporting.
Netsmart is now the technology partner of choice for more North Carolina providers and Local Management Entities (LMEs) combined than any other software company.
“Our more than 20 years experience serving a variety of North Carolina providers and LMEs will help us meet the wide ranging needs of Wake County,” said James L. Conway, chief executive officer, Netsmart Technologies. “We look forward to serving as Wake County’s technology partner as they provide high quality care to consumers in an efficient, cost-effective manner.”
WCHS provides social services, public health, mental health, job training, child support and housing services through 27 locations and provides support for consumers through 82 agency services. WCHS already utilizes Netsmart’s Insight software for public health clinic management.
The Netsmart system will provide an end-to-end resource for WCHS, including managing information for service authorizations, clinical and electronic medical record (EMR) documentation, billing, and payment tracking.
“While in the process of enhancing our LME, we found a very promising product that has also been embraced by other LMEs. This product has the ability to address the unique data collection and reporting requirements associated with our dual role as a service provider and LME,” said Ramon Rojano, director, Wake County Human Services. “With its Connected Care capabilities, we will be able to share client information within our organization in a more efficient way, but still in compliance with client privacy and security guidelines.”
The Wake County LME will utilize Netsmart’s Avatar Managed Services Organization (MSO) solution to manage and monitor the provision of mental health, developmental disabilities and substance abuse treatment services for the Wake County area. Avatar MSO will also facilitate payment tracking for the LME with third party funding sources as well as facilitate data reporting to the State of North Carolina.
In addition, the Wake County LME will use Netsmart’s CareLink Web-based portal to enable providers to communicate with the Wake County LME electronically, increasing the speed and efficiency of claims processing and reporting, and helping assure that only authorized services are submitted to the LME for payment.
For information about Netsmart Technology’s full range of solutions for health and human services organizations, visit or call 1-800-421-7503.
About Netsmart Technologies, Inc.
Netsmart Technologies is an established, leading supplier of enterprise-wide software solutions for health and human services providers. More than 18,000 customer organizations, including 350,000 care providers and nearly 40 state systems, use Netsmart products to help improve the quality of life for millions of people each year.
Netsmart’s customers include mental health and substance abuse treatment agencies, psychiatric hospitals, private and group mental health practices, public health departments, vital records offices and managed care organizations. Netsmart’s products are full-featured information systems that operate on a variety of operating systems, hardware platforms, and mobile devices, and offer unlimited scalability.
Netsmart’s Connected Care initiative allows behavioral and public healthcare providers to share clinical data electronically within their internal processes, externally with other providers, and with consumers via a Web-based portal, enabling high quality, consumer-directed care.
Netsmart Technologies, Inc.

LISLE, IL, June 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — SXC health Solutions Corp. (”SXC” or the “Company”) , a leading provider of pharmacy benefits management services, announces that Jeff Park, SVP Finance and CFO, will present at the Jefferies 2nd Annual Healthcare Conference in New York City. SXC’s presentation will take place on Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at 11:45 am ET.
SXC’s presentation will be webcast live. To access the webcast go to:
About SXC health Solutions Corp.
SXC health Solutions Corp. is a leading provider of pharmacy benefits management (PBM) services and health Care Information Technology (HCIT) solutions to the healthcare benefits management industry. The Company’s product offerings and solutions combine a wide range of software applications, application service provider (ASP) processing services and professional services, designed for many of the largest organizations in the pharmaceutical supply chain, such as Federal, provincial, and, state and local governments, pharmacy benefit managers, managed care organizations, retail pharmacy chains and other healthcare intermediaries. SXC is headquartered in Lisle, Illinois with 13 locations in the US and Canada. For more information please visit .
SXC health Solutions Inc.

LISLE, IL, June 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — SXC health Solutions Corp. (”SXC” or the “Company”) , a leading provider of pharmacy benefits management services, announced an agreement for its health Care Information Technology (HCIT) group to provide ongoing business and technology services to Prescription Solutions, Inc, a UnitedHealth Group company. The contract has a provision for a three-year base period that would generate approximately $2.5 million in revenue over each year of the agreement, and contains provisions to potentially extend the agreement beyond the three-year term.
SXC has provided technology support and services to Prescription Solutions, Inc. since 1993. Under the terms of the new agreement, SXC will continue to provide application maintenance, development support, and collaborative enhancements for the pharmacy benefit systems licensed under separate agreements. This agreement extends SXC’s support to new applications - including extensive Medicare Part D product support - as well as additional business implementations over the course of the agreement.
“This agreement strengthens and expands our valued and long-standing relationship with Prescription Solutions,” said Mike Bennof, Executive Vice President of health Care Information Technology at SXC. “Our goal is to be the industry’s leading provider of tools, technology and services to help our customers better manage pharmacy programs, and in turn, to reduce the cost of drug delivery and enhance the healthcare experience for their plan members. We are very pleased to be partnered with a market leader like Prescription Solutions, and to help them achieve such operational objectives.”
About SXC health Solutions Corp.
SXC health Solutions Corp. is a leading provider of pharmacy benefits management (PBM) services and health Care Information Technology (HCIT) solutions to the healthcare benefits management industry. The Company’s product offerings and solutions combine a wide range of software applications, application service provider (ASP) processing services and professional services, designed for many of the largest organizations in the pharmaceutical supply chain, such as Federal, provincial, and, state and local governments, pharmacy benefit managers, managed care organizations, retail pharmacy chains and other healthcare intermediaries. SXC is headquartered in Lisle, Illinois with 13 locations in the US and Canada. For more information please visit .
SXC health Solutions, Inc.

LISLE, IL, May 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — SXC health Solutions, Corp. , a leading provider of pharmacy benefits management services and healthcare IT solutions, announced today that its 2007 Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held on Monday, May 12, 2008 at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time/4:30 p.m. Central Time at the Marriott Downtown, 540 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
The presentation will be webcast live. To access the webcast go to:
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Please connect at least 15 minutes prior to the start of the webcast to ensure adequate time for any software download that may be required. An archived replay will be available for 365 days.
About SXC health Solutions
SXC health Solutions, Corp. (SXC) provides pharmacy benefits management (PBM) services and healthcare IT solutions to the healthcare benefits management industry. The Company’s product offerings and solutions combine a wide range of software applications, application service provider (ASP) processing services and professional services, designed for many of the largest organizations in the pharmaceutical supply chain, such as Federal, provincial, and, state and local governments, pharmacy benefit managers, managed care organizations, retail pharmacy chains and other healthcare intermediaries. SXC is headquartered in Lisle, Illinois with 13 locations in the US and Canada. For more information please visit .
SXC health Solutions, Inc.

LISLE, IL, April 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — SXC health Solutions, Corp. (”SXC” or the “Company”) , a leading provider of pharmacy benefits management services, announces that it has been notified by a State Medicaid program that it has the leading competitive bid to be considered for the awarding of a three-year $35 million Pharmacy Benefits Manager (PBM) contract.
While there is no assurance as to when, if at all, a contract will be awarded to the Company, the contract would be for three years with an expected launch date of October 1, 2008, and would include two one-year extension options. Further details of the anticipated contract will be available if executed.
About SXC health Solutions
SXC health Solutions, Corp. (SXC) is a leading provider of pharmacy benefits management (PBM) services and healthcare IT solutions to the healthcare benefits management industry. The Company’s product offerings and solutions combine a wide range of software applications, application service provider (ASP) processing services and professional services, designed for many of the largest organizations in the pharmaceutical supply chain, such as Federal, provincial, and, state and local governments, pharmacy benefit managers, managed care organizations, retail pharmacy chains and other healthcare intermediaries. SXC is based in Lisle, Illinois with locations in; Scottsdale, Arizona; Warminster, Pennsylvania; Alpharetta, Georgia; Milton, Ontario and Victoria, British Columbia. For more information please visit .
SXC health Solutions, Inc.

POWELL, Ohio, April 29 /PRNewswire/ — Click4Care, Inc., provider of the innovative ThinkHealth software suite that is improving medical management for payers, employers, providers, and patients, today announced that 2007 was a banner year in terms of revenue, profitability and company growth.
Product enhancements, increased sales, and an influx of investment funds contributed to a 245% increase in revenue over 2006 and the addition of key employees. “Click4Care’s success is built on our vision of transforming medical management,” said company President and CEO David Blauer. “Our inventive software delivers a holistic approach to care management, integrating the range of disparate medical management processes under one platform. This includes predictive modeling, disease management, care management, utilization management and various administrative support functions, transformed into a seamless solution for providing care and preventing illness.”
Highlights

— A key factor in the company’s growth has been the signing of nine new
ThinkHealth contracts with a number of organizations, including CVS
Caremark, Pfizer, and SummaCare, among others. Additionally, Click4Care
has won seven new customers in the first quarter of 2008 alone bringing
Click4Care’s total customer count to 19. Recent wins include regional
health plans, large national health plans, and prestigious health
systems.
— ThinkHealth customer Tufts Associated health Plans upgraded to version
3.1 in 2007.
— Further fueling Click4Care expansion was a $10 million equity
investment in the company by Psilos Group, one of the nation’s most
successful healthcare venture firms. In conjunction with the
investment, Psilos’ senior managing member, Dr. Albert Waxman, and
managing member, Steve Krupa, joined Click4Care’s board of directors.
“We are delighted to welcome Psilos to the Click4Care team,” said
Blauer. “Their deep health care experience and vision mirrors our
own.”
— Throughout 2007, Click4Care ramped up staffing and key implementation
partnerships to support continued growth, hiring expert software
engineers, implementers, and customer support, and naming Jeremy King
Chief Technology Officer, bringing an additional, combined 250 years of
experience in industry-leading healthcare and information technology
companies to Click4Care.
— Click4Care was listed in the Inc. magazine 5000 Fastest-Growing
Companies in America for 2007.

About ThinkHealth

ThinkHealth is a business-to-business-to-consumer (B2B2C) healthcare technology solution that assists health plans and other at-risk entities in reducing clinical and administrative costs by supporting the early identification and management of patients’ conditions. ThinkHealth software promotes collaborative execution of proactive care by all members of patients’ care teams, including patients and their families, social servants, providers, and care managers.
The highly scalable, configurable, and performant ThinkHealth system architecture enables even the most complex implementations along with high data volumes.
About Click4Care
Click4Care, Inc. provides innovative medical management software, integrating data from multiple systems into a solution that automates patient care pathways. Streamlined workflows and optimized resources drive unprecedented ROI for medical managers and their supply chain colleagues, while providing life-improving care to patients. Click4Care is driving enterprise-wide changes in the processes and business models of healthcare delivery. Some of the world’s most progressive health insurance providers rely on ThinkHealth for a more consumer-driven approach to medical management. For more information, visit .
Click4Care, Inc.