Plexis finalizes agreement with On Lok Senior Health Services

Ashland, Oregon โ € "Plexis Healthcare Systems, Inc.,, health care , one of the nation's leading health information providers,, health care , has signed a contract, health care , with On Lok Senior Health, health care , Services. On Lok is the prototype site for the upcoming (PACE Program of All-Inclusive Care for Elderly) model for long-term healthcare and finance, which has successfully taken over by more than 25 sites in the United, health care , States. โ € œOur agreement, health care , with On Lok Senior Health is an important milestone for us, โ €, says chairman and CEO Jorge Yant. โ € œOn Lok is well known in the industry as the first PACE-operation. Our rules-driven claims management options, we will be able to automate all On Lok's claims,, health care , health care , processing needs. โ € œ Over On Lok Senior Health Services On Lok Senior, health care , Health is an approved plan for Knox-Keene Health working, health care , in the city and County of San Francisco and managed by On Lok Senior Health Services. On Lok Senior Health covers primary care, adult day health care in-home support services and maintains a network of medical specialists, hospitals, health care , and nursing homes. In 1986 On Lok began to replicate their innovative services and the financing of the design as the first Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE). On Lok now serve over 880 needy seniors in San Francisco and plans to expand its programs to Fremont in Alameda County, California. Plexis Healthcare Systems About Plexis Healthcare Systems, Inc., a medical technology company based in Ashland, Oregon, is the development of high-end claims processing software for the Windows platform since 1996. Plexis Healthcare Systems provides advanced technological tools that allow healthcare organizations to streamline their claims payment and medical case management automation requirements. For more information, call toll free (877) 475-3947 or visit www.plexisweb.com. About PACE PACE program is a unique capitated managed care benefit for the, health care , frail elderly by a not-for-profit or government agency. PACE program offers a comprehensive medical and social services system using a multi-disciplinary team approach in an adult days Health Center, which is supplemented by in-home and other support services in accordance with the needs of the participants. PACE programs require only the elderly, weak enough to be considered come from their states standards for institutional (nursing home compliance) monitor. Today there, health care , are more than 70 organizations in 30 countries working in various stages of the PACE model. In the budget of 1997, PACE became a permanent provider type under Medicare, and states were given the option of paying a capitation rate for PACE services under Medicaid.