TriZetto Agreement with Microsoft Helps People Manage Their Own Healthcare

  
    
  
  
    
      The TriZetto Group Inc. (NASDAQ: TZIX) today announced an agreement with 
      Microsoft Corp. under which TriZetto will develop a connector for its 
      payer customers that enables members of health plans to use TriZetto’s 
      Member Benefit Profile™ application with 
      Microsoft HealthVault™.
    
    
      The Member Benefit Profile software gives plan members a Web-based, 
      personalized healthcare financial statement. A display summarizes 
      information about health status, medical treatments, insurance claims, 
      remaining deductibles, status of pre-authorizations, reimbursements and 
      medical account fund balances, available online or as a hard-copy. 
      HealthVault is a secure Web-based platform that helps patients collect, 
      store and share health information with family members and participating 
      healthcare providers. It brings together third-party applications and 
      tools that enable individuals to manage their fitness, diet and health.
    
    
      TriZetto will make the connector between the Member Benefit Profile 
      application and HealthVault available to its payer customers later this 
      year.
    
    
      “This agreement is another example of our 
      commitment to enabling Integrated Healthcare Management (IHM), the 
      systematic application of processes and shared information to optimize 
      the coordination of benefits and care for the consumer,” 
      said Jeff Hensley, chief technology officer at TriZetto. “With 
      IHM, we empower consumers with tools to take a more active role in 
      managing their own health and care through access to information. The 
      connector between the Member Benefit Profile software and HealthVault 
      will provide improved portability of information for consumers, as well 
      as provide a health information portability solution for payers that 
      will enhance their ability to serve employer groups.”
    
    
      “Today’s health 
      plans face significant challenges when it comes to getting and keeping 
      consumers engaged in their health,” said 
      Dennis Schmuland, MD, health plan industry solutions director for 
      Microsoft’s U.S. health and life sciences 
      group. “By giving consumers the option to use 
      the Member Benefit Profile application within their HealthVault 
      accounts, TriZetto is enabling health plans to engage and keep consumers 
      engaged within the context of their digital lifestyles.”
    
    
      TriZetto and Microsoft may extend their association to other online 
      tools for consumers. TriZetto software and technology services are used 
      by more than 350 payer organizations covering some 150 million people in 
      the United States.
    
    
      About TriZetto
    
    
      TriZetto is Powering Integrated Healthcare Management™. 
      With its technology touching nearly half of the U.S. insured population, 
      TriZetto is uniquely positioned to drive the convergence of health 
      benefit administration, care management and constituent engagement. The 
      company provides premier information technology solutions that enable 
      payers and other constituents in the healthcare supply chain to improve 
      the coordination of benefits and care for healthcare consumers. 
      Healthcare payers include national and regional health insurance plans, 
      and benefits administrators that provide transaction services to 
      self-insured employer groups. The company’s 
      payer-focused information technology offerings include enterprise and 
      component software, hosting and business process outsourcing services, 
      and consulting. Headquartered in Newport Beach, Calif., TriZetto can be 
      reached at 949-719-2200 or at www.trizetto.com.