INDIANAPOLIS & CHICAGO--Aug. 28, 2006--Healthx, the leading supplier of portal solutions for the healthcare industry and Subimo, the recognized leader in Web-based decision support systems, have partnered to provide Healthx members with consumer knowledge tools that help them make better healthcare decisions, live healthier lifestyles and lower healthcare costs.
Healthcare Advisor(SM) is a complete suite of decision-support tools that allow consumers to research hospitals, doctors, treatment and drug cost options. Subimo's Web-based tools provide Healthx members with an incredibly comprehensive and powerful healthcare knowledge system, helping manage health care choices and expenses.
The Healthcare Advisor tools help consumers expand their healthcare knowledge and become proactive participants in the healthcare decision-making process. Healthx members can evaluate hospitals based on criteria most important to them or conduct drug comparisons (generics vs. major brands, therapeutic alternatives and adverse drug reactions). A health plan coverage tool explains costs and empowers members and their families to forecast service needs and determine which insurance plan makes sense for them. Tools to develop a list of criteria when selecting a physician and estimate costs of specific healthcare services, tests and visits are also a component of Healthcare Advisor.
"Consumerism is reshaping the healthcare industry," said Greg Bell, president and CEO at Healthx. "Most notable is the shifting of responsibility for personal health management towards the individual. Web-based tools offer a highly-effective means of empowering consumers with the knowledge needed to take on expanded decision-making roles. We're looking forward to working with Subimo to develop new and innovative tools that allow our members to become active and informed participants in the healthcare process."
With this latest partnership Subimo reinforces its history of building long-term relationships that help deliver comprehensive, easily-accessible consumer-facing technology solutions to companies and consumers in a variety of industries. These solutions allow consumers to become proactive managers of their healthcare decisions.
"We're excited about the one-stop shopping concept that the Healthx-Subimo relationship presents," Subimo President Ann Mond Johnson said. "Comprehensive support tools are not a luxury in a consumer-driven healthcare environment - they're a necessity. We're looking forward to working with Healthx to strengthen and expand our consumer tools to ensure that people have what they need to be more engaged in their own healthcare."
About Healthx
Located in Indianapolis, Healthx offers a superior technology platform for forward thinking healthcare payers who want to remain competitive in the rapidly changing Consumer Driven Health Plan (CDHP) market. Healthx connectivity solutions connect payers to members, providers, trading partners and third-party vendors at affordable price points. By utilizing Healthx platform and pre-integrating best-of-breed healthcare decision making tools and services, Healthx gives members access to healthcare data and decision making tools 24/7 so that members can access information when and how they want it. Healthx products touch millions of lives on a daily basis throughout the U.S. bringing unequaled convenience and service. Healthx products are secure and reliable, supported by unparalleled research and development, and provide proven excellence in customer service. Healthx, a privately held company, made up of talented employees focused on delivering world class technology. For more information visit www.healthx.com or call 877-492-3633.
About Subimo
Headquartered in Chicago, IL, Subimo, LLC licenses an award-winning suite of decision tools, which provide a unique combination of data, content, personalized and interactive models, along with a variety of online wellness tools, so consumers can easily manage and track their personal health status, select insurance coverage, fund their tax-preferred accounts, determine costs for medical services, and select hospitals, drugs, and physicians. Everyone saves money when consumers have better information and can make better choices. Nearly 75 million Americans have access to Subimo's tools through their insurance company or employer. For more information, visit www.subimo.com or call 888-SUBIMO-1.
