Partnerships

HMS believes high-quality, strategic partners can provide a distinct advantage for our customers. HMS is proud to be an IBM Premier Business Partner, the highest tier of partner at IBM, and we have several other partnerships with industry-leading companies that help provide a full complement of healthcare products and services to our customers. We are highly selective when it comes to our business partners, identifying only those businesses who can consistently provide a world class customer experience and the highest quality of products and services. See a list of key partners below.

	IBM www.ibm.com HMS offers a range of IBM hardware, software, and services to our customer base. Recognized as an IBM Premier Business Partner, HMS has sold and consulted on IBM technology and solutions for over 20 years, has the distinction of being "IBM Server Proven", and has access to all of IBM's extensive resources.
	Vision Solutions, Inc. www.visionsolutions.com Vision Solutions, Inc. is a leading provider of high availability and disaster recovery solutions and a long-time IBM partner. With a portfolio that spans the industry's most innovative and trusted HA brands, Vision's iTera, MIMIX® and ORION solutions keep business-critical information continuously protected and available - an increasingly important service in today's healthcare market.
	3M http://solutions.3m.com 3M Health Information Systems offers the most complete health information management suite available from a single provider. From chart management to coding to abstracting, 3M products and services simplify processes while strengthening revenue generation and recognition for HMS customers.
	Wolters Kluwer www.medispan.com Medi-Span® has been The Professional's First Choice for reliable OTC and prescription drug information for more than 30 years. Up-to-date, comprehensive drug information databases are the cornerstone of the Medi-Span® product line, providing clinicians, pharmacists, payors and pharmaceutical companies with the reliable drug information they need to work efficiently and protect patients. Medi-Span is a key component within the HMS clinical application package.
	Passport Health Communications www.passporthealth.com Passport Health Communications is a recognized leader in its market and offers a comprehensive suite of real-time, revenue cycle products and services. Passport and HMS have partnered to specifically offer a tightly integrated, automated eligibility verification tool for HMS customers, helping customers continuously improve revenue cycle operations.
	ExitCare, L.L.C. www.exitcare.com ExitCare is the leader in developing physician-authored, peer-reviewed discharge instruction and patient education information. The company's unique product offering, integrated with HMS' application, includes an enterprise-wide solution, over seven languages, a medication management solution, and more.
	Capsule Technologies www.capsuletech.com Capsule Technologies is the world's #1 provider of solutions for medical device data integration and connectivity. Having established a leadership position through its suite of hardware and software products and unique expertise in device protocols and firmware, Capsule has partnered with HMS to provide customers with a seamless experience related to their medical device integration needs.
	SSI Group, Inc. www.thessigroup.com SSI is an established leader in providing revenue cycle management solutions to the healthcare market and is an electronic billing partner for HMS. SSI operates the nation's second largest institutional healthcare claims clearinghouse, which is certified by EHNAC, and SSI’s proprietary ClickON® Technology has more than 200,000 built-in edits. SSI technology processes in excess of 200 million transactions annually (including claims, eligibility, remittances and claim statuses) totaling approximately $458 billion in billed claims revenue for providers.
	Novarad www.novarad.net HMS and Novarad have partnered to meet the need for digital image access and archiving that integrates seamlessly with the HMS hospital information system so that images and patient information can be accessed at the same time. Novarad offers a complete range of radiology solutions, including NovaPACS, which is a fully scalable, completely web-enabled, web-based, picture archiving communication system (PACS). The Utah-based company’s customers include community hospitals, medical and radiology groups, clinics and imaging centers. Novarad’s products are installed at more than 720 sites worldwide.
	Certify www.certifydatasystems.com Certify Data Systems, Inc. is an established and proven provider of private Health Information Exchange (HIE) solutions. Certify provides HMS hospitals the ability to exchange lab and radiology orders and results with owned and affiliated practices in their communities that use a variety of EHR systems. Certify’s technology enables orders and results exchange within the practices’ EHR systems, providing real-time exchange of key health information without clinical workflow changes. Certify is proven to deploy rapidly even within large communities with a wide variety of EHR systems, and is easy to manage, scale and support after the initial implementation. For more information, visit www.certifydatasystems.com.
	Midas+ www.midasplus.com HMS and Midas+ Solutions have partnered to meet the need for a core measures and clinical performance measurement system (CPMS) that integrates with the HMS hospital information system. The Midas+ product helps hospitals aggregate, analyze and submit data related to core measure reporting requirements with The Joint Commission and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The Midas+ CPMS is designed to provide clinicians and administrative leaders with the key relevant information needed to help them identify opportunities for clinical improvement and deliver high-quality care.
	RR Donnelley Company www.rrdonnelley.com RR Donnelley is a global provider of integrated communications and total print management solutions, including forms, labels, printers and supplies. Drawing on a range of proprietary and commercially available technologies, the company provides a wide range of printing products and services to HMS customers at industry-leading prices.