Payer software and systems are expensive. A combination of poorly written software and their promotion by obliging
consultants can lead to expensive consulting engagements along with huge implementation costs that run into tens of
millions of dollars.
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But health plans concerned with controlling IT costs have a powerful alternative: Physmark’s PayerSoft can be
implemented rapidly and consulting costs kept to a minimum because the system is easy to install and maintain.
PayerSoft can even be used in conjunction with existing legacy systems, delivering powerful new features such as
web-based capabilities and data mining, without disrupting operations.
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Why is it so costly to implement payer systems? Partly it is because there is little or no incentive to reduce costs. It is
also because many software products require a great deal of coding during set up before they are ready to use.
However, implementers are not software programmers and their style of writing code may be weak – resulting in
patches of unmanageable and undocumented code that is difficult to troubleshoot or modify at a later date.
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PayerSoft does not require the writing of any code. For this reason, it is easy to set up. Users select from drop-down
lists or from a range of values in a table, making it impossible to cause any permanent damage during set up. Code
changes are implemented using our support staff and custom versions of programs are maintained separately from
the rest.
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Building Custom Features
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Healthcare is not known for its uniformity. HMOs and insurers conduct business in myriad ways -- which is why most
large insurers have developed “homegrown” programs with various layers of code knitted together over time.
PayerSoft gives you this level of customization – without the headache. It enables you to create the features you
deem most important but by using a robust system with field-tested integrity. The chance of making fundamental
mistakes is limited and the developed product not subject to rework. Instead, the completed system meets your
specific needs, is simple to maintain and easy to adapt as future needs arise.
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Qualified Organizations Can License Source Code
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Many large healthcare organizations want to “build” their own software and often start by licensing a database and
writing code to create their application. This type of development is fraught with risk since the design and the code
may not conform to uniform standards and will become very difficult to support in the future.
By licensing Physmark’s PayerSoft source code, healthcare organizations can have a running start to their
development of a customized payer package and be able to add or modify features to suit their specific needs. Most
of all, development will be rapid and conforming to Physmark’s standards will make it very easy to support and
maintain the package.
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