Axiom to offer HIPAA validation technologies
with Edifecs XEngine, the most widely
embedded and deployed HIPAA validation
engine in the market.
Germantown, MD & Redmond, WA
(Oct 30, 2002) – AXIOM Systems,
Inc. a leading healthcare IT consulting
and software development firm, announces
a close partnership with Edifecs,
Inc., the leader in providing the
HIPAA marketplace with EDI software
for all aspects of transactional compliance.
The partnership will closely align
the two companies in offering AXIOM's
HIPAA MAXIM clients Edifecs robust
and comprehensive HIPAA data validation
technologies. Under the partnership
AXIOM will bundle Edifecs XEngine
HIPAA validation engine in HIPAA MAXIM.
According to Richard Howe, President
of AXIOM Systems, "Through our
partnership with Edifecs we offer
the strongest value proposition available
in the industry; a robust and powerful
desktop authoring and HIPAA validation
tool in conjunction with a customizable
wrap-around to client's back-end systems."
Mr. Howe continues, "We looked
at all the HIPAA validation technologies
in the market and found Edifecs HIPAA
validation technology led in all categories
– robustness, performance, maturity,
architecture, HIPAA rules and code
set support. We completed a thorough
review of these products and price
points and Edifecs clearly offers
the best value found in today's marketplace."
"AXIOM has established itself
as a proven leader in healthcare consulting
services and pplications. Edifecs
XEngine for HIPAA has become the leading,
most widely installed and most embedded
HIPAA validation and transactional
compliance engine in the market. This
partnership leverages the core competencies
of both companies to provide a compelling
value proposition to AXIOM clients",
said Sunny Singh CEO of Edifecs.
AXIOM HIPAA MAXIM Solution
AXIOM's HIPAA MAXIM solution is a
non-invasive middleware tool that
wraps around back-end transaction
and claims systems and provides specific
HIPAA business logic imbedded in a
robust user configurable rules engine
to allow full control of every step
in the processing cycle to receive,
authenticate, create, and send HIPAA
transactions. With custom interfaces
already built for many vendor developed
back-end systems, easily customizable
interfaces for other applications,
HIPAA MAXIM can be implemented with
minimal disruption to the claims adjudication
process.
Edifecs XEngine for HIPAA
Testing, Validation & Data Conversion
Edifecs XEngine provides both robust
HIPAA data validation and HIPAA to
XML data conversion. XEngine's validator
is the world's leading technology
for testing & certification. The
validation engine supports deep content
validation including hundreds of custom
HIPAA business rules spanning all
7 of the WEDI/SNIP testing types.
This includes integrity testing, requirements
testing, balancing, external code
set testing, product types testing,
and trading partner specific testing.
Over 40 HIPAA related code-sets are
supported including the ability to
check for custom edits and complex
custom business rules.
XEngine bridges the gap between EDI
(HIPAA) and XML by providing a high
performance runtime conversion engine
from EDI (HIPAA) data to XML and visa
versa with full HIPAA validation.
Other features include acknowledgement
generation and transaction batching.
XEngine is supported on both NT and
Solaris platforms.
About AXIOM Systems, Inc.
AXIOM Systems Inc. (www.axiom-systems.com)
is a leading information technology
consulting firm specializing in supporting
the systems integration, implementation,
reporting, HIPAA compliance and EDI
needs of healthcare organizations.
AXIOM offers a unique blend of technical
capabilities and in-depth knowledge
of healthcare business operations
with an extensive staff of project
managers, and technical experts. AXIOM
is headquartered in Germantown, MD.
For more information, please visit
the company website, email sales@axiom-systems.com
or call 1.800.330.8119.
About Edifecs, Inc.
Edifecs (http://www.edifecs.com)
is the proven provider of solutions
for rapidly deploying and managing
today's trading partner networks.
The Edifecs enablement solution suite
encompasses the CommerceDesk™,
SpecBuilder™, and XEngine product
families -- all designed to reduce
cost and time-to-market for companies
deploying trading partner networks.
The Edifecs HIPAA solution provides
enablement technologies to accelerate
the implementation of HIPAA and healthcare
trading communities. HIPAADesk (www.HIPAADesk.com),
powered by Edifecs CommerceDesk,
is the first free and full service
HIPAA compliance checking & testing
facility for the healthcare community.
Founded in 1996, Edifecs serves an
installed base of more than 1,200
customers and partners with numerous
B2B providers such as GE Global eXchange
Services, Microsoft, Harbinger/Inovis,
Quovadx, Sterling Commerce and TIBCO.
Edifecs healthcare clients include
Abbot Labs, Baxter Healthcare, BCBS
Association, BCBS of Alabama, BCBS
of Georgia, HealthPartners and many
others. Edifecs is a technology partner
for more than 30 industry consortia
including RosettaNet, ebXML, UN/CEFACT,
CompTIA, and OBI. Based in Redmond,
Washington, Edifecs is privately held.
For more information regarding Edifecs solutions click here.
