he switch to the new standards for electronic transactions under the
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, which impact how
physicians bill payers for their services, has caused severe payment
disruptions at some doctor practices.
Physician offices are seeing shortfalls on their balance sheets after
the move to HIPAA Version 5010 on Jan. 1. The Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services, the agency overseeing the transition, acknowledged
initial processing delays and instances of missing claims with the new
standards. But those problems have been resolved, CMS said.
Striata, a leading provider of email billing and secure electronic
document solutions, has partnered with SincerePrint - a secure printing
company based in Malaysia. The partnership will enable SincerePrint to
extend its current document management service offering to both print
and electronic. Striata's 'email billing' and 'ePolicies' solutions will
complement SincerePrint's existing printing services, allowing lower
margin paper-based services to be migrated to more cost effective,
higher margin, environmentally friendly electronic delivery. The
partnership agreement was signed in Hong Kong (and Kuala Lumpur) on 25
February 2011 and it covers Asia Pacific and China, although the
immediate focus is on Malaysia.
US email bill presentment and payment company Striata has launched a new mobile-based email bill payment service.
The
newly-introduced service, dubbed Interactive PDF, is set to enable bill
recipients to view how much they have to pay, as well as make a
one-click payment directly from their mobile phones.
Striata, a leading provider and innovator of email bill presentment and
payment solutions, will be launching two new products at
*FinovateEurope, which is taking place in London on 01 February 2011 -
the Striata's next generation interactive PDF bill solution and mobile
one-click payment. Striata's new mobile one-click payment solution is an
industry first, bringing one-click eBill payment to the ever growing
mobile email market. Furthermore, Striata's next generation interactive
PDF bill solution will enable companies to deliver improved marketing
capability, whilst enriching their customers' email Billing experience.
The fourth Dutch Invoice Conference will take place on tuesday, May 17th
in Eindhoven. As a result of the success of the two previous editions,
the Evoluon Conference Centre will again host the biggest event on
e-invoicing and invoice automation in the BENELUX . In 2011, the Invoice
Conference will be accompanied by the new Payments Conference, and will
experience a significant growth in visitors.
