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Ciraden
Chooses Envoy (WebMD Transaction Services) As E-Claims Partner
Fairfax, Virginia --- April 16, 2001
Ciraden,
Inc., a leading provider of business solutions to dental practices,
today continued its rapid expansion of strategic alliances with
business services providers by announcing a partnership with WebMD
Transaction Services for electronic claims.
WebMD
Transaction Services is the leading provider of electronic data
interchange (EDI) and related services used by physicians, hospitals,
pharmacies, health plans, and administrators to conduct healthcare
transactions electronically. Electronic transactions reduce the
costs of claims handling, eligibility and coverage determination,
patient billing, and provider reimbursement. More than 300,000 providers
and 1,000 health plans and other payers use WebMD Transaction Services.
With
this alliance, Ciraden is well positioned to capitalize on the growing
use of EDI for managing insurance claims over the Internet, and
is providing a valuable services to its client practices. By integrating
the easy-to-use application interface in Ciradens software
solution with WebMDs Transaction Services back-end fulfillment,
we are providing an effective and cost efficient way for dental
practices to manage their insurance claims, Dr. Bernard Fink,
CEO, stated. We will continue to develop modules in our application
that facilitate the management of the entire insurance process.
Ciraden
is a leading provider of business services and technology solutions
to dental practices throughout the United States. Currently the
company provides services to approximately 42 practices in 6 markets
operating 78 dental offices (approximately $100 million in practice
revenue).
For
further information, contact David Fink at Ciraden, Inc.
703.449.1500, ext. 142 or david.fink@ciraden.com

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