Everything4MDs. com Implements Business Channel Relationship with ZirMed Electronic Healthcare Transactions Network
Everything4MDs. com Implements Business Channel Relationship with ZirMed Electronic Healthcare Transactions Network Physicians Connected via ZirMed for Claims Processing and Other Services Access Discount Pricing from E4MDs
Everything4MDs (PRWEB) February 2, 2002 -
Marina del Rey, Calif. ––procurement company for physician groups, IPAs, radiology centers and other healthcare provider delivery systems, today announced a business channel relationship with ZirMed, Inc. (www. ZirMed. com).
This relationship brings the power of group purchasing to this fast-growing electronic healthcare transactions company, with connectivity to over 2,000 physician office locations in 46 states as well as healthcare payers nationwide.
“ZirMed is delighted to be teaming up with Everything4MDs, giving our physician customers entry to the Everything4MDs e-Commerce marketing platform,” said Russell S. King, President and CEO of ZirMed. “We feel our customers will favorably respond to this additional service opportunity of procurement for their facility operational needs through the ZirMed site. Via this partnership with Everything4MDs, our clients will have access to discounted pricing on par with a substantive Group Purchasing Organization, coupled with a dramatic administrative savings benefit.”
ZirMed. com's™ mission is to save healthcare industry providers and payers time and money, offering services such as electronic claims, eligibility, e-commerce, Internet connectivity, and Web hosting. ZirMed solutions cost less than existing solutions, which traditionally involve purchasing software, software maintenance agreements, software updates and equipment. By providing Internet solutions at a low monthly cost, healthcare providers enjoy significant savings.
“E4MDs has an established track record for offering a wide range of products at up to 70% savings,” says Robert W. Hess, PhD, CEO at Everything4MDs (E4MDs). “This partnership with ZirMed offers another channel to reach physician practices that are already electronically connected for claims processing or other ZirMed services and offer them additional efficiencies and savings. Our influence nationwide is rapidly expanding.”
ZirMed. com Inc. provides Internet-based claim transaction processing and submission for its healthcare provider members across the United States. The convergence of an ever-increasing number of medical practice customers at the ZirMed Web site provides a platform for introducing additional services that enhance office operations. ZirMed customers will now have access via a site link to a myriad of products offered by E4MDs, all at advantageous prices.
As a result of this relationship and other business channel partnerships, more than 50,000 medical providers nationwide are taking advantage of E4MDsÂ’ online, centralized resource for ordering quality brand name medical supplies, durable medical equipment, immunizations, injectables, janitorial supplies, X-ray film, reference materials, office supplies and other equipment at up to 70 percent off retail prices. E4MDs also offers management tools and reporting capabilities that facilitate inventory tracking and product ordering. Special product offers are announced on a monthly basis.
Companies interested in pursuing a business channel relationship with E4MDs should contact iandruch@cpronline. com.
About ZirMed. com™
ZirMed. com Inc. is one of the first application service providers in the nation to offer real-time, HIPAA-sensitive, interactive technology enabling physicians to enter and file healthcare claims, and make certain code and eligibility inquiries in the process, directly on the Internet. The Company was established in 1999, and is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky. It provides services to thousands of healthcare providers, in groups of varying sizes, in 46 states and provinces throughout North America. ZirMed can be reached at (877) 494-7633 or http://www. zirmed. com (http://www. zirmed. com).
About E4MDs
Based in Marina del Rey, CA, Everything4MDs (E4MDs) is a privately held B2B e-Commerce company for physician practices, radiology centers and other healthcare provider delivery systems. Through its Web site, www. everything4MDs. com, more than 50,000 providers currently have access to a wide range of products and services at deeply discounted rates. E4MDs was named to “2001 InfoWorld 100,” a list of the year’s top 100 organizations exemplifying the best of information technology. The company maintains vendor relationships with the nation’s leading pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers and other suppliers of products and services for physician offices.
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