Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Companies and DataCare™: Improving Utilization Review We are pleased to announce a new partnership between Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Companies (“BHHC”) and DataCare Corporation. Effective utilization reviews ensure that patient treatment is administered via proven methods, provided by an appropriate healthcare provider, and delivered in an appropriate setting. BHHC and DataCare are [...]

Self-insured employers, TPAs, insurance carriers, and managed care providers face increasing cases of workers’ compensation claims/requests for authorization requiring physician peer review. DataCare is pleased to announce that Medical ReviewStream® by Concentra now uses DataCare’s web application, Ahshay, to provision peer review services. Medical Review Stream (MRS) is a URAC-accredited organization that delivers expert [...]

Utilization Review takes on a strong outlook as Unity Solutions enters the market with a new approach, “Proactive Cost-Savings: Placing greater emphasis on reducing treatment costs, while improving patient outcomes”. While the cost of UR continues to increase, the requested treatment is often delayed, and cannot be delivered until authorized by UR. Meanwhile, the patient [...]

MK Consulting Inc. has selected DataCare's Case Management software to continue to provide a high level of service as their firm grows. Ongoing investment in automation enables the quality of support that their nurses provide for Case Management. "We have an outstanding team of people and continue to invest in them to enhance our [...]

New Mexico Mutual Insurance wanted a proven commercial-off-the-shelf workers' compensation system to support all aspects of its workers' compensation administration – including front-end data capture capabilities, report creation, caseload management – and the consulting services to assist with the installation and implementation of the system. Designed specifically for the workers' compensation industry, DataCare’s Ahshay Platform [...]

SAN JOSE and SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Nov. 2, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Like most technology firms, DataCare Corporation (https://www.datacare.com) is always looking for talented and well-educated technical professionals. According to Dr. Paulo Franca, President and Chief Technology Officer of DataCare Corporation, “DataCare has been very pleased to hire graduates of the University of California [...]

The following speech was delivered on behalf of Professor Paulo Bianchi Franca, PhD at a naming ceremony on the campus of the Computing Institute of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. TheUniversity of Rio de Janeiro is largest federal university in Brazil. The university named an amphitheater in his honor to recognize the [...]

Flexibility of DataCare platform a perfect match for Affinity's documentation requirements SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ After a thorough evaluation, Affinity Occupational Health (www.affinityhealth.org) has selected DataCare (www.datacare.com) software for their case management needs. Affinity Occupational Health is committed to personalized, high-quality health care. According to Dr. Paulo Franca, President and Chief [...]

Integration with DataCare’s UR/Case Management system creates a fully integrated system for applying evidence-based medicine to workers’ comp claims. American All-Risk Loss Administrators (AARLA), a leading third party administrator and provider of claims services, has selected DataCare's Express Approval software, part of DataCare’s Ahshay® platform, to facilitate workers’ compensation treatment authorizations made by their claims [...]