September 2021

Integrated Payor Solutions Seals Partnership with Vālenz^®

September 30, 2021/in Announcements, Featured, Press/by Maris Panjada

(September 30, 2021) – Integrated Payor Solutions, a full-stack tech solution for medical claim processing, announced a new partnership with Arizona-based healthcare company Vālenz^®. “We’re proud to announce our partnership with Valenz, and excited to introduce our transparency solution for the No Surprises Act, Transparency+, into the powerful Valenz ecosystem,” said Shawn Evans, CEO of Integrated Payor Solutions.

Transparency+ is a No Surprises Act-focused, bolt-on software solution offered by Integrated Payor Solutions that helps companies like Valenz provide their clients with more efficient and successful medical claims processing alternatives, including advanced EOBs. Additionally, this specialized solution by IPS is built on the flexible, dynamic Salesforce platform, which is easily integrated into any existing technology stack. “With the introduction of the No Surprises Act, we’re seeing companies like Valenz recognize how crucial the IPS platform is for their clients,” says Evans. “It’s rapidly becoming clear how critical it is for health plans to start implementing a transparency solution today – fortunately, we have the ability to bring that solution online in an average of 60 days.”

“At Valenz, we are actively engaging with our health plan, TPA and self-insured clients to support them in implementing the federally mandated procedures for protecting patients from surprise medical bills and delivering increased transparency for medical costs and coverage,” said Rob Gelb, Chief Executive Officer of Valenz. “Together with ecosystem partners, like IPS, we are providing the foundation necessary for our clients to achieve compliance when the Act takes effect next year,” said Gelb.

The No Surprises Act signed into law in December 2020 requires TPAs, health plans and self-insured employers to maintain up to date, in-network provider directories and disclose detailed pricing and cost-sharing information to consumers and other stakeholders. “These new requirements create a serious gap for health plans – one that IPS is equipped to solve with a stand-alone prospective claims processing system and cost estimator,” said Evans. “Our efficient implementation process brings health plans up to speed with transparency requirements, which is imperative as we approach 2022.”

To learn more about Transparency+, visit www.IntegratedPayorSolutions.com or contact Shawn Evans today.

About Integrated Payor Solutions

Integrated Payor Solutions is the transformational cloud-based solution that powers your payor or network business. Because today, workflows can be paper-based and prone to errors, managed by antiquated software that takes forever to implement, or limited by costly in-house IT solutions. Learn more by visiting www.integratedpayorsolutions.com.

About Valenz

Valenz enables self-insured employers to make better decisions that control costs across the life of a claim while empowering their members to lead strong, vigorous and healthy lives. Valenz offers transparency through data to pinpoint members at highest risk, address gaps in network designs, ensure appropriate and accurate charges, and expertly navigate employees to optimal care solutions for substantial cost savings and improved health outcomes. More information is available at valenzhealth.com. Valenz is backed by Great Point Partners.

Vālenz^® Appoints Eric Hanna as Vice President, Claim and Access Solutions

September 27, 2021/in Announcements, Events, Featured/by Maris Panjada

15-year veteran joins leadership team

PHOENIX, Ariz. (Sept. 27, 2021) — Vālenz^®, the innovators behind a data-driven ecosystem of solutions that lower costs while improving quality and access for self-funded health plans, recently promoted Eric Hanna to the position of Vice President, Claim and Access Solutions. Eric brings 15 years’ leadership experience in implementation management and claims analysis at Valenz, as well as expertise in business, finance and client services.

“With his deep claims, data and implementation expertise, Eric keeps his eye trained on the goal of client success,” said Amy Gasbarro, Valenz Chief Operating Officer. “After 15 years with our firm, he has proven time and time again that he is always focused on the future of network strategy and innovative medical cost containment solutions for the self-insured employer.”

Eric brings leadership experience working with self-insured employers, third-party administrators and brokers in the areas of network strategy, claim management, employee benefits design and implementing technology solutions to streamline and accelerate claim operations. “I’ve long considered it an honor to be part of the Valenz team and having the opportunity to help our clients achieve greater levels of cost containment while improving the health outcomes of their members,” said Eric. “Today, I am proud to join the leadership team to accelerate ecosystem expansion for smarter, better, faster healthcare in the self-insured industry.”

Before his promotion to Vice President, Eric most recently served as Director of Networks and Implementation at Valenz. In 2019, Eric was selected for the prestigious Valenz Extended Leadership Team (ELT). He is a Certified Professional Coder (CPC) in claim coding and graduated Cum Laude with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Management from Northern Arizona University.

For more information about Valenz and its leadership team, visit valenzhealth.com.

About Valenz

Valenz enables self-insured employers to make better decisions that control costs across the life of a claim while empowering their members to lead strong, vigorous and healthy lives. Valenz offers transparency through data to pinpoint members at highest risk, address gaps in network designs, ensure appropriate and accurate charges, and expertly navigate employees to optimal care solutions for substantial cost savings and improved health outcomes. More information is available at valenzhealth.com. Valenz is backed by Great Point Partners.

Brandy Robinson, Client Services Executive

Vālenz^® Promotes Brandy Robinson to Client Services Executive

September 10, 2021/in Announcements, Events, Featured/by Maris Panjada

Robinson brings expertise with Vālenz Assurance and 15+ years’ experience leading client accounts

PHOENIX, Ariz. (September 10, 2021) — Vālenz^®, the innovators behind the industry’s most transparent, data-driven ecosystem for providers and payers in healthcare, recently announced that Brandy Robinson has been promoted to Client Services Executive.

Robinson’s new role – under the leadership of Brian Campbell, Vice President of Client Services – will involve working closely with Valenz Assurance clients, both providers and payers, to deliver a complete, customizable range of solutions that ensure credentialing compliance and payment integrity for every claim and episode of care. Robinson’s promotion comes four years after joining Valenz as an account manager.

“Brandy brings a versatile range of talents to the table, including excellence in client service,” said Campbell. “She listens to individual client needs and delivers on her promises. That is how you build relationships for the long term, and connecting people with services that improve business and financial health is what Brandy does best.”

Robinson agrees that listening and collaborating with clients is key to mutual success. “Through Valenz Assurance we are absolutely committed to ensuring provider credentialing excellence and clean claims to improve our clients’ experiences and outcomes – whether they are providers, payers or patients,” said Robinson. “I think my clients have always valued business partners who listen carefully and give honest, thoughtful feedback and recommendations born from years of industry experience.”

Robinson first joined the firm in 2017 and brings 15+ years of experience as an account executive in sales. She has a degree in Human and Consumer Sciences from Ohio University.

“Valenz is consistently named one of America’s fastest-growing private companies, and I am thrilled to be part of it,” she said. “Harnessing the value of transparency and trust with a client-centered team paves the way to smarter, better, faster healthcare.”

For more information about Valenz and its leadership team, visit valenzhealth.com.

About Valenz

Valenz enables self-insured employers to make better decisions that control costs across the life of a claim while empowering their members to lead strong, vigorous and healthy lives. Valenz offers transparency through data to pinpoint members at highest risk, address gaps in network designs, ensure appropriate and accurate charges, and expertly navigate employees to optimal care solutions for substantial cost savings and improved health outcomes. More information is available at valenzhealth.com. Valenz is backed by Great Point Partners.

Integrated Payor Solutions Seals Partnership with Vālenz^®

Vālenz^® Appoints Eric Hanna as Vice President, Claim and Access Solutions

Vālenz^® Promotes Brandy Robinson to Client Services Executive

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