VANCOUVER, WA ? Columbia Ultimate announced today that two of its leading software products, ManageMed™ and The Collector System™, currently being used by many clients working healthcare receivables to comply with HIPAA regulations, have new software upgrades that further enhance HIPAA compliancy capabilities.
Part of HIPAA?s intent is to ensure the privacy of patient health information by only giving access to protected health information (PHI) on a need-to-know basis, when it is necessary for the patient to receive care or for the recovery of payment for that care. Columbia Ultimate software facilitates the collection of outstanding payments, while allowing users to conduct business practices consistent with HIPAA regulations.
?Because of the seriousness of HIPAA?s intent and its demands on our customers, we are doing all we can with our software to help simplify compliance and safeguard patients? protected health information,? said Tim Hickey, vice president of product management and marketing for Columbia Ultimate. ?Already our two leading products incorporate tools that can be used to meet compliance standards. Our new versions make meeting the HIPAA regulations even easier.?
On April 4, 2003, Columbia Ultimate will launch ManageMed™ Release 1.4 and The Collector System™ 2003 Release, Version 2 to further increase ease-of-use for those working toward HIPAA compliancy.
The upgrades include increased security for access to data and user passwords. The new versions and upgrades are:
The Collector System™ 2003 Release, Version 2
- System access controls have been enhanced allowing system administrators greater control in restricting frontline users? viewing of protected health information on the representative, account entry and posting screens.
- Password administration has been enhanced allowing for the tracking of password creation, alteration and deletion.
ManageMed™ Release 1.4
- System access controls have been enhanced, allowing system administrators greater control in restricting frontline users? viewing of protected health information on the representative, account entry and posting screens.
- Password administration has been enhanced, allowing for the tracking of password creation, alteration and deletion.
- Disclosures of protected health information can be entered by users and produced in a report.
- Data transmission tracking has been enhanced, facilitating an audit trail when account information is saved outside ManageMed through the account print function.
About Columbia Ultimate
Columbia Ultimate is the No. 1 ranked provider of full-service software, support, and training for collection agencies ? the most demanding users of software to collect money. Customers running Columbia Ultimate software also include hospitals, government agencies, utilities, banks and monetary recovery companies. Founded in 1979, Columbia Ultimate is headquartered in Vancouver, Wash., with offices in Georgia and the U.K.
