For Immediate Release
RAM Technologies Partners with Pervasive Software
To Enhance Electronic Data Interchange Capabilities
FORT WASHINGTON, PENN. – October 4, 2011 –
RAM Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of innovative software solutions for healthcare payers, has entered into an agreement with Pervasive Software Inc. (NASDAQ: PVSW), a global leader in cloud-based and on-premises data innovation, to incorporate the Pervasive Data Integrator™ suite of products with RAM’s solution, HEALTHsuite®. This relationship will simplify compliance with HIPAA requirements for Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) processing for RAM’s healthcare payer clients.
RAM’s solutions include HEALTHsuite and eHealthsuite™. HEALTHsuite is an enterprise wide administrative application designed to automate all aspects of a health plan’s business. HEALTHsuite provides fully integrated modules to support eligibility / enrollment, benefit administration, provider contracting / reimbursement, medical management, premium billing, care management, claims adjudication, overpayment recovery, customer service / call tracking, subrogation, reporting and more.
eHealthsuite is the web portal product that reduces demands on customer support personnel by providing real-time, self-service access to information for members and providers.
“We are very pleased to partner with Pervasive Software,” states Christopher P. Minton, Executive Vice President of RAM Technologies. “The solutions from Pervasive will provide our clients with a simplified and cost-effective path to HIPAA compliance. The Pervasive Data Integrator product suite is well aligned with our vision to simplify and extend EDI processing to reduce operational expenses for our clients.”
Pervasive has a long history of helping healthcare organizations manage their interoperability requirements. Pervasive offers support for a wide variety of healthcare data formats and virtually every healthcare compliance requirement and message format - as well as rapid interoperability with healthcare applications such as EMR, PMS, Rx, LIS, HIS, RIS and others. Over four million transactions per week now flow through Pervasive's interoperability engine.
“RAM Technologies is a valued partner with a strong client base in the healthcare payer space. We look forward to continuing to serve the healthcare market and working with RAM and their clients,” says Mike Hoskins, Pervasive CTO and General Manager of Integration Products.
About Pervasive Software Inc.
Pervasive is a global data innovation leader, delivering software to manage, integrate and analyze data, in the cloud or on-premises, throughout the entire data lifecycle. Pervasive products deliver value to tens of thousands of customers worldwide, often embedded within partners’ software, with breakthrough performance, flexibility, reliability and return on investment. For additional information, go to www.pervasive.com.
About RAM Technologies, Inc.
RAM Technologies is a leading developer of enterprise claims administration systems for healthcare payers. For over 30 years RAM Technologies has created superior system solutions for health plans supporting the Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare and Federal Health Programs. With the implementation of HEALTHsuite and eHealthsuite, RAM has helped clients reduce costs while streamlining operations and positioning health plans to meet the rigors of an ever changing industry. You can contact RAM Technologies at (877) 654-8810 or on the web at www.ramtechnologiesinc.com
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