HEALTH FIRST HEALTH PLANS CHOOSES ZYNCHROS TO SIMPLIFY MEDICARE PART D OFFERINGS
Formulary Management Solution Eases Medicare Part D Compliance While Adding To Member Satisfaction
Rockledge, FL/Seattle, WA – October 25, 2006 – Health First Health Plans (HFHP) and Zynchros, Inc. today announced that Health First will begin implementation of the Zynchros.com formulary management solution. This will deliver an end-to-end solution for simplifying regulatory reporting around Medicare Part D and improve the flow of prescription drug benefit information to Health First Health Plans’ members. “By reducing the complexity of Medicare Part D, and delivering a complete platform that can be leveraged to communicate drug benefits, everybody wins”, said Bob Pinkerton, President & COO, Zynchros, Inc.
"We're looking forward to working with Zynchros as our sole formulary management software tool. Zynchros appears to offer the perfect solution to synchronize formularies, especially for a company like us who works with multiple formularies in multiple formats," said Bill Anderson, PharmD, Director of Pharmaceutical Services, Health First Health Plans.
“Health First has been recognized as a leader in integrated healthcare networks. Their investment in technology to streamline and automate their business practices makes them a perfect partner for Zynchros“, said Bob Stream, Vice President of Sales. “Through our automated formulary management solution, Zynchros helps to reduce operating costs, connect with other healthcare constituents such as e-Prescribing vendors, and ultimately improve customer service. We look forward to helping Health First Health Plans realize these benefits in their organization.”
ABOUT HEALTH FIRST HEALTH PLANS
Centrally located in the Suntree area, HFHP currently has 73,500 members -- nearly one out of every seven residents in Brevard -- including 21,400 Medicare members.
Serving residents of Brevard County and part of Sebastian in Indian River County for 10 years, HFHP was founded as part of Health First, a not-for-profit family of healthcare services that also includes Cape Canaveral Hospital, Holmes Regional Medical Center, Palm Bay Community Hospital, Health First Physicians. For more information, visit healthfirsthealthplans.org or call 321.434.5600.
ABOUT ZYNCHROS, INC. Founded in 2000, privately-held Zynchros, Inc. (formerly Script IQ, Inc.) delivers technology-based solutions that transform the economics of drug-based wellness, improving compliance and agility of health insurers and pharmacy benefit managers. The Zynchros.com on-demand platform provides the workflow processes necessary to initiate pharmacy quality management, improving responsiveness, control and efficiency by synchronizing all of the participants in pharmacy benefits, from P&T to the point of care. To learn more about how Zynchros is interconnecting the world of pharmacy benefits visit www.zynchros.com or call 1-866-996-2476.
For more information contact:
HEALTH FIRST HEALTH PLANS
Laura Manning
321.434.4359
laura.manning@health-first.org
ZYNCHROS, INC.
Terry Christiani
206.792.4106
terry.christiani@zynchros.com