For Immediate Release
ACM Partners With Tufts Associated Health Plans to Improve the
Cost-effective Delivery of Home Infusion Services
MEDIA CONTACT: WENDY CAPETZ, 952-826-2552 | wcapetz@ACMcentral.com
Minneapolis, MN (March 18, 2008)—ACM, one of the country’s
leading healthcare benefits management companies, and
Massachusetts-based Tufts Associated Health Plans,
Inc. today announced a new agreement that
will focus on bringing improved efficiencies and pricing
precision to medical pharmacy infusion services provided
by Tufts Health Plan.
“For
over a decade, ACM’s
e-Precision Claims(SM) technology has been helping clients build cost-containment
strategies for all types of products
and services paid under both the medical and pharmacy benefit. We are very
pleased that the power of this robust system of software and services can
contribute to Tufts Health Plan’s initiative to improve the company’s
overall performance in the infusion arena and to bring accuracy and consistency
to
their claims management processes,” said ACM Chief Executive Officer
David J. McLean, Ph.D.
With features
that include ACM’s proprietary drug pricing
methodology, contract administration, documentation management, and reporting,
e-Precision
Claims will provide Tufts Health Plan with a hosted, web-based application
plus user-configuration and maintenance, connectivity and EDI capabilities,
training and help desk support, and automated edits.
ACM will begin providing services to Tufts Health Plan and its 635,000 members
on April 1, 2008.
ABOUT ACM
A healthcare benefits management company, ACM delivers next generation
decision support tools to manage authorizations, claims processing
technology for
pricing precision, nationally-recognized patient care programs, and first-class
provider network services. Covering over 40 million lives for the nation’s
largest health plans and payers, Minneapolis-based ACM is URAC-accredited
for health utilization management, holds full accreditation by EHNAC,
and has twice been named to the Inc. 500 List. www.ACMcentral.com.
Tufts Health Plan is a
Massachusetts-based health plan nationally recognized for its commitment
to providing innovative,
high-quality health care coverage.
The plan supports its members and employers with an array of physician and
clinician-led medical management programs. These programs use evidence-based
medicine to design coverage that support proven approaches to providing care
and improving quality. Tufts Health Plan’s HMO and POS are ranked second
in the nation and its Medicare Advantage program has been ranked third in the
nation by the National Committee for Quality Assurance. Those products also
maintain Excellent accreditation status from that organization.
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