HealthyCircles (www.healthycircles.com), a first of its kind online health platform that integrates innovative technologies to seamlessly connect patients, healthcare professionals and family members, has incorporated HERAE, (www.herae.com), one of the nation’s largest healthcare electronic payment services providers, into its comprehensive platform.

HERAE’s automated, Web-based solutions will manage the medical payment processing on the HealthyCircles platform through electronic remittances on a pay-per-transaction basis – saving healthcare providers time and money. The process is bank and billing system neutral and includes the flexible HERAE direct payer services.

“HealthyCircles is the first interoperable platform that crosses health information boundaries by delivering inventive and convenient ways for patients, medical providers and larger health systems to interact with each other,” said James Mault, M.D., FACS, chairman and chief executive officer of HealthyCircles. “HERAE is a perfect fit for HealthyCircles because it further extends our platform with the best in class Web-based healthcare payment systems available today. The system provides innovative, expedient methods for consumers and health providers to process medical payments and generate revenue.”

HealthyCircles was built by MyTelehealth Solutions, LLC, a San Diego-based online telemedicine company. The online platform aids patients and providers in detecting problems at the earliest stages with alert notifications that allow for quick responses to potential health crises. This coordination of care leverages familiar social networking technologies making patient and caregiver engagement a user-friendly process. Personal information entered into the HealthyCircles platform is private and secured through a HIPAA compliant database and synced with Microsoft HealthVault®. With HealthyCircles, patients can access their health information immediately, by simply connecting to the Internet, and healthcare professionals can deliver better care, to more patients, at a fraction of the cost.

“The integration of HERAE into HealthyCircles is an exciting step in fulfilling the promise of a healthcare platform that creatively and efficiently solves some of the most frustrating and inefficient aspects of our healthcare system today,” said Jim Ribelin, chief executive officer of HERAE, LLC. “Issues such as poor communication, arduous billing systems and overly complex patient support systems are eliminated by HealthyCircles and its ability to pull together the right partners and service providers.”

As part of HealthyCircles’ mission to improve global patient care and medical practice efficiency, the company has partnered with HERAE and several of the nation’s leading healthcare organizations such as the American Medical Association, BridgeGate and MedImpact to build the comprehensive online health platform.

About HealthyCircles
HealthyCircles is a product built by (www.mytelehealthsolutions.com) MyTelehealth Solutions, LLC, a San Diego-based online telemedicine company.  HealthyCircles is an online platform that is the first of its kind to deliver an integrated suite of products and services that connects patients, families, and healthcare professionals.  HealthyCircles is more than a Personal Health Record (PHR) or Electronic Medical Record (EMR), it is a care management suite designed to provide better patient care while reducing costs.  HealthyCircles enables healthcare providers and caregivers to detect problems early with alert notifications enabling quick responses to potential health crises.  This effective coordination of care leverages familiar social networking technologies making patient and caregiver engagement a user-friendly process. On the Net: www.HealthyCircles.com.

About HERAE, LLC
A privately-owned limited liability company based in San Diego, California, HERAE is the largest U.S. healthcare payment services provider establishing the nation’s electronic Financial Healthcare NetworkTM by securely connecting insurance companies, healthcare providers, PBMs, pharmacies, and financial institutions with standardized electronic financial healthcare transactions that eliminate paper, administrative costs and reduce fraud and waste. HERAE’s electronic remittance and EFT processes has been acquired by major payer organizations and PBMs, representing over 100,000 healthcare providers and pharmacies of all sizes, including university medical institutions, retail chain pharmacies, hospitals, labs and physician groups since 2005.  On the Net: http://www.herae.com or call 888-41-HERAE (888-414-3723).

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