Accreon, Inc. 
To schedule a meeting:
Contact: Gareth Kenton, sales leader
gareth.kenton@accreon.com
617.899.5394
We do look forward to connecting with you in our meeting space at the conference. Accreon is a healthcare technology and business services firm focused on integrating and managing health information.
We assist healthcare organizations to: achieve interoperability by integrating their IT eco-system; establish an analytical environment that empowers learning, agility, and performance resulting in improved outcomes, finances, and satisfaction; and enhance IT innovation by providing knowledgeable healthcare expertise and tools to bring solutions to market faster.
Accreon has delivered services and built solutions across North America for healthcare provider organizations, government entities, medical device companies, and EMR vendors.
Mention you were referred to Accreon through HIStalk and receive 15 percent off any resulting business established at HIMSS.
ADP AdvancedMD 
To schedule a meeting:
Contact: Jim Elliot, vice president of marketing
jelliot@advancedmd.com
435.729.0343
ADP AdvancedMD executives will be available at HIMSS to discuss the impact that big data and business intelligence will have on the private physician and how ADP AdvancedMD is addressing the needs of medical practices. They also will be available to address what key challenges doctors are facing in 2014, including Meaningful Use adoption, weathering the implementation of ACA within the industry and its impact on patient population and reimbursements, preparing for the switch to ICD-10, and juggling everyday issues and challenges to ensure today’s claims will get paid in a reasonable amount of time.
Aspen Advisors 
To schedule a meeting:
Contact: Dan Herman, founder and managing principal
info@aspenadvisors.net
800.697.4350
Aspen Advisors is a world-class professional services firm dedicated to helping healthcare delivery organizations enhance processes and streamline operations through the strategic and effective use of technology.
From strategy to execution to optimization, our core services have been tailored to help address industry priorities:
Reduce operating costs
Implement and realize the full benefit of Electronic Health Records
Transition from volume to value
Harness the power of data and analytics
Enable the connected community
Position for the future of revenue cycle management
Ultimately, our goal is to help you realize the value of your IT investments and continue to improve the effectiveness of your organization in improving the patient experience of care and the health of populations, while reducing the per capita cost of healthcare.
BlueTree Network
To schedule a meeting:
Contact: Nicole Meidinger, VP of sales and business development
nicole@bluetreenetwork.com
574.360.9029
BlueTree has built a network of over 400 specialized and trusted healthcare IT experts. Our fresh model attracts and supports the best talent and allows us to offer customized and flexible solutions to health systems.
Here’s an overview of our unique model which has helped us to become the premier Epic consulting group:
Quality verification – BlueTree employs a thorough process to vet quality and identify niche expertise. We secure targeted recommendations from clients and peers to ensure the excellence of all BlueTree consultants and identify perfect matches for our clients’ needs.
Remote support network – BlueTree created a unique web platform that connects consultants and customers, helping them share expertise and engage each other in remote support or targeted small projects. This provides a cost-effective, flexible alternative to the standard onsite consulting model.
Specialized service lines – BlueTree helps consultants innovate valuable new service lines and share in all revenue they generate. This attracts the very best talent and allows BlueTree to offer unique, customized solutions that keep up with the ever-changing world of healthcare IT.
At BlueTree, our philosophy centers on providing and recognizing value. We have some of the strongest healthcare IT people around and have been fortunate to work with incredible healthcare organizations. We enjoy collaborating with our clients to create custom solutions to difficult problems. Feel free to get in touch by phone or email with any questions or opportunities.
Caristix
To schedule a meeting:
Contact: Stephane Vigot, president
stephane.vigot@caristix.com
877.872.0027 ext.153
Caristix technology serves to simplify the development, deployment, and maintenance of healthcare applications for hospitals. We’re building products that help vendors and hospital become more productive. Carisitix enables interoperability and gets your software systems playing well together.
Visit us at the Interfaceware booth 2229 to get a look at out latest software and discuss how we help you get control of the HL7 interface lifecycle.
Coastal Healthcare Consulting
To schedule a meeting:
Contact: Amy Noel, CEO
Amy.Noel@coastalhealthcare.com
206.321.9840
Gay Fright, EVP of Business Development
gay.fright@coastalhealthcare.com
760.333.0294
Coastal Healthcare Consulting, Inc. (“Coastal”) has been a premier provider of healthcare IT consulting services since 1995. We are a national firm based in the Seattle area. We have a proven track record of performance having completed more than 850 projects, for more than 80 clients, and were awarded “Best in KLAS,” clinical implementation, supportive for 2005-2009.
We began the company with a focus on providing EMR implementation services for healthcare clients. We have expanded our services to include the major EMR vendors, additional vendor partnerships, legacy support, and project management.
Connance, Inc.
To schedule a meeting:
Contact: Brian Graves, vice president of marketing and communications
bgraves@connance.com
617.512.6971
Connance brings world-class predictive analytics and insights from hundreds of clinical settings to transform the performance of financial processes at hospitals, physician groups, and outsourcing organizations. Connance solutions sustainably increase cash flow, reduce operating costs, and improve policy compliance in self-pay, denial management, charity, and outsourcing processes. With clients like Centura Health, CHRISTUS Health, Florida Hospital, and Geisinger Health System, Connance is changing the expectations of financial executives.
Craneware
To schedule a meeting:
Contact: Ann Marie Brown, EVP of marketing
a.brown@craneware.com
913.548.2810
Craneware (AIM: CRW.L) is the leader in automated revenue integrity solutions that improve financial performance for healthcare organizations. Craneware’s market-driven, SaaS solutions help hospitals and other healthcare providers more effectively price, charge, code, and retain earned revenue for patient care services and supplies. This optimizes reimbursement, increases operational efficiency, and minimizes compliance risk.
By partnering with Craneware, clients achieve the visibility required to identify, address and prevent revenue leakage. Craneware Revenue Integrity Solutions encompass four product families: Access Management & Strategic Pricing, Audit & Revenue Recovery, Revenue Cycle, and Supply Management. To learn more, visit craneware.com and stoptheleakage.com.
Culbert Healthcare Solutions
To schedule a meeting:
Contact: Brad Boyd
bboyd@culberthealth.com
857.919.2003
Culbert offers comprehensive management consulting services for physicians, hospitals and healthcare systems to improve the delivery of patient care in today’s challenging environment.
Culbert’s seasoned healthcare professionals possess strong patient access, clinical and revenue cycle operations experience combined with IT vendor focused expertise which uniquely qualifies the firm to select, implement, and optimize technology solutions in complex healthcare organizations.
Cumberland Consulting Group
To schedule a meeting:
Contact: David Vreeland, partner
david.vreeland@cumberlandcg.com
615.335.5272
Cumberland is hosting a hospitality suite at the Hyatt Regency (formerly the Peabody) during the conference. Cumberland Consulting Group, LLC is a national technology implementation and project management firm serving ambulatory, acute, post-acute and long-term healthcare providers, health plan and payors, and life sciences companies. Through the implementation of new technologies, Cumberland helps health organizations nationwide advance the quality of services they deliver and improve overall business performance.
For more information on Cumberland, visit http://www.cumberlandcg.com.
DataMotion
To schedule a meeting:
Contacts:
Bob Janacek, CTO, bobj@datamotion.com, 973.452.5321
Andy Nieto, health IT strategist, andyn@datamotion.com, 502.905-0230
Hugh Gilenson, director business development, healthcare, hughg@datamotion.com, 201.417.1090
DataMotion provides HIPAA-compliant solutions using strong encryption techniques for secure email and file transfers containing PHI. We are also an ENHAC accredited Health Information Service Provider (HISP) delivering Direct Secure Messaging services via 18 EHRs including EPIC’s EMR. We help EHRs and HIEs certify for 2014 ONC-ACB using DataMotion Direct as “relied upon software”.
The DataMotion Direct solution allows vendors of certified health IT products to rapidly certify their solutions and enable providers to meet MU2s Direct Secure Messaging requirements. Capabilities include:
Interoperability for Direct Secure Messaging
Support for both incoming and outgoing messages
Routing of CCD/CCDAs through DataMotion’s HISP and exchanged via XDR
You can meet with us at HIMSS by contacting Bob Janacek, Andy Nieto, or Hugh Gilenson.
Etransmedia
To schedule a meeting:
Contact: Connie Smith, marketing
sales@etransmedia.com
518.283.5418
Since 2000, Etransmedia has developed and delivered integrated cloud-based software and services to hospitals, health systems, and physicians nationwide. Etransmedia’s solutions include revenue cycle management service, the Connect2Care software platform which includes an integrated EHR/PM, financial analytics, care coordination, and patient engagement.
Etransmedia is committed to providing the right solutions to build an effective community of care, driving revenues and efficiencies for ambulatory, acute and diagnostic facilities, and increasing the availability of information to providers making critical care decisions. Etransmedia serves over 12,000 providers and 40,000 users.
Etransmedia is the recipient of seven consecutive Inc. 500/5000 awards, and three consecutive Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Awards. http://www.etransmedia.com.
Greencastle Associate Consulting
To schedule a meeting:
Contact: Joe Crandall, director of client engagement solutions
crandallj@greencastleconsulting.com
856.685.0737
Greencastle consultants are agents of change. Our people have the skill and the experience necessary to assume leadership and take responsibility for the success of large-scale clinical projects and business initiatives.
Founded by US Army Rangers in 1997, Greencastle specializes in bringing a sense of purpose to the task of furthering the missions of hospitals, health systems, acute care centers, clinics, medical practices, ambulatory care providers, and other healthcare organizations. We realize the potential of change through disciplined teamwork, innovation, and systematic methods.
With loyalty and integrity as our compass, we partner with healthcare organizations to complement the existing expertise and passion of your teams. Our change agents inspire people, help them perform, and get results. We maximize the value of change for healthcare organizations. By implementing mission-critical solutions, Greencastle helps hospitals increase revenue, reduce costs, and improve patient outcomes.
Hayes Management Consulting
To schedule a meeting:
Contact: Pete Butler, president/CEO
pbutler@hayesmanagement.com.
Hayes Management Consulting is a leading, national healthcare consulting firm focused on healthcare operations. This includes strategic planning, interim leadership, revenue cycle optimization, clinical optimization, project management, IT consulting, and preparation for federal initiatives such as ICD-10, Meaningful Use, and HIPAA compliance.
We also provide software such as MDaudit and other proprietary tools to ensure our clients are operationally efficient. We won’t have a booth but would like to meet you!
LightSpeed Health, Inc.
To schedule a meeting:
Contact: Michael Justice, president
mjustice@lightspeedhealth.com
305.799.0990
LightSpeed Health is a healthcare software and services company focused on solving IT related issues for ambulatory practices. We are experts in archiving and migrating EMR/EHR and PM systems, our archive systems have been deployed in the largest physician networks in the country, in over 15 states. We work with health systems to develop and execute the IT strategies related to physician practice acquisition – data migration, clinical and financial interfacing (HL-7 and X-12), implementation support, training, workflow analysis, and ongoing user support.
Our team has particular expertise in Allscripts Enterprise and GE Centricity EHR and PM systems.
Specialties: EMR/EHR data archives and migration, Allscripts Enterprise EHR and PM systems, GE Centricity EMR and PM systems, EMR/EHR selection and implement support, and EHR/PM facilities management agreements.
The Loop Company
To schedule a meeting:
Contact: Gino Johnson, founder and managing director
info@loopcompany.org
802.857.5464
The Loop Company is a research advisory firm with more than 20 years experience helping healthcare technology organizations grow their business. Our focus is on delivering actionable strategic and tactical learnings to help your organization successfully launch new products/services, enter new target markets, win more new business, and build loyal customer relationships.
What we do:
Collaboratively design customized qualitative feedback loop mechanisms to help your organization understand how it is being perceived in the marketplace, by your customers and prospects.
Advance organizational improvement across all areas of your business including: sales, marketing, positioning/messaging, brand awareness, product development, roadmap validation, operations, installations/implementation, support, account management.
MedAssets
To schedule a meeting:
solutions@medassets.com
888.883.6332
MedAssets (NASDAQ: MDAS) is a healthcare performance improvement company focused on helping providers realize financial and operational gains so that they can sustainably serve the needs of their community. More than 4,200 hospitals and 122,000 non-acute healthcare providers currently use the company’s evidence-based solutions, best practice processes and analytics to help reduce the total cost of care, enhance operational efficiency, align clinical delivery, and improve revenue performance across the care continuum.
For more information, please visit www.medassets.com.
nVoq
To schedule a meeting:
Contact: Debbi Gillotti, vice president and general manager
deborah.gillotti@nvoq.com
206.465.1765
nVoq provides a cloud-based speech recognition platform (SayIt) exclusively endorsed by the AHA. We support real time dictation for any EMR as well as voice-enabled workflow through automated shortcuts and scripting. SayIt can be used on both Windows and Mac OS computers.
SayIt in Healthcare is sold exclusively through channel partners. Unlike other vendors in this industry, nVoq has no direct sales force and does not provide transcription services. We want to grow, not compete with, our reseller network.
We welcome inquiries from app developers, EMR resellers, and HIT services firms interested in becoming channel partners. We’re also happy to make contact directly with providers or IT leaders to discuss your requirements and connect you with one of our certified resellers.
Talk to us about building a SayIt practice or using the SayIt SDK to voice-enable your applications platform. Learn why SayIt from nVoq is the sensible alternative for your organization.
Visit http://www.nvoq.com for more information.
pMD
To schedule a meeting:
Contact: Chrissy Braden, director of business operations
sales@pmd.com
800.587.4989
pMD develops software that is powerful, flexible, reliable, and easy-to-use. pMD’s mobile charge capture solution enables physicians to enter billing charges anywhere, at anytime from iPhone, iPad, and Android devices. pMD eliminates the tedious paper processes and administrative elements that burden doctors and their practices, while reducing charge capture lag from weeks to less than a day.
Charge capture is unbelievably easy with pMD’s advanced code search functionality, which gives providers a quick and convenient way to select customized codes. pMD’s ICD-10 Converter automatically maps codes in one click and allows customers to incorporate the ICD-10 code system instantly or incrementally. Additionally, pMD’s secure messaging allows physicians to send sensitive information quickly and securely, all directly from within the pMD app.
The pMD team is committed to developing the best solution on the market and providing superior customer service.
Prominence Advisors
To schedule a meeting:
Contact: Bobby Bacci, president and CEO
HIMSS@prominenceadvisors.com
bobby.bacci@prominenceadvisors.com
Prominence Advisors will be hosting an event for current and prospective customers on Tuesday evening. Anyone interested in attending can get details by using the email HIMSS@prominenceadvisors.com
Refreshing: that’s the word that comes to mind when talking about Prominence Advisors. This fast-growing healthcare IT consulting firm is doing things differently and finding new ways to apply technology, strategy, and analytics within the healthcare industry.
Proximare Health
To schedule a meeting:
Contact: Shawn Wagoner, president
swagoner@proxhealth.com
512.635.4059
If patient access, leakage, and referral management are words you are hearing a lot of lately please take time out to learn how Proximare has helped several organizations with these challenges. Our product was developed in collaboration with clinicians and operations leaders over a decade ago at one of the largest systems in Chicago and has managed over two million patient transitions to date.
Sample Client Results:
Referral processing time was reduced from three months to 5.5 days
22 percent of referrals were screened out as inappropriate
Referral volume increased sevenfold with fewer employees needed to manage it.
QPID Health
To schedule a meeting:
Contact: Amy Krane, marketing
amy.krane@qpidhealth.com
617.308.5476
Connie Thompson, sales
connie.thompson@qpidhealth.com
404.964.1478
EHRs offer huge promise and great challenges. But as any clinician will tell you, it’s frustrating and time consuming to get the patient story you need for a specific clinical encounter. QPID solves that problem.
Developed and proven through use by thousands of clinicians at the Mass General and other leading hospitals, QPID finds and delivers digests of relevant patient history from anywhere in the patient’s record. From structured data fields and free-form text notes. And across EHRs, HIEs and other data repositories.
Learn why QPID users say “I can’t believe I ever practiced without this.” If you’re ready to optimize your EHR, let’s talk.
Virtelligence, Inc.
To schedule a meeting:
Contact: Akhtar Chaudhri, CEO and founder
achaudhri@virtelligence.com
Nicole Francen, marketing communications specialist
nfrancen@virtelligence.com
952.548.6601
Virtelligence, a national healthcare and IT consulting firm, offers a unique consulting model that provides a results-driven partnership with clients and a work environment that offers colleagues a path for professional growth unequaled in the industry.
Key Service offerings include:
Strategic guidance and project management
Software implementation and optimization
Software development and integration
Revenue cycle optimization
Clinical transformation
Meaningful Use and ICD-10 projects
Virtelligence consultants have practical hands-on expertise and training with major healthcare and technology vendors, including: Allscripts/ Eclipsys, Cerner, Epic, MEDITECH, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, and Lawson.
Virtelligence has earned national recognition and numerous awards for being a rewarding work place and delivering lasting client successes: Best Places to Work in the Minneapolis/ St. Paul area, HCI 100, Inc. 5000, and the Minnesota Business Journal’s Fast 50.
Vonlay LLC
To schedule a meeting:
Contact: Casey Liakos, director of client relations
casey@vonlay.com
612.209.8255
Since 2009, Vonlay has been handpicking the best application, technical service and development experts from across the HIT ecosystem to work with our clients. And we are proud of the results: a creative, supportive, hardworking company that has a deep commitment to client success.
Vonlay has a unique focus on technology, leadership, and design in the Epic space and beyond. We’ve helped new clients build strong foundations with their implementations. We’ve helped established clients innovate and create a competitive edge with staffing, portals, development, and reporting services.
For more information visit http://www.vonlay.com