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Mercer Health & Benefits signs agreement with Thomson Medstat to launch Mercer HealthOnline™
One-stop repository for health care data to enable improved analysis
New York, Mercer Health & Benefits LLC has entered into an agreement with Thomson
Medstat to develop a health care data warehouse with a comprehensive suite of
analytic tools that will enable Mercer to evaluate the collective health care
claims experience across all of their clients. Mercer’s database will be one of
the largest repositories of health data among private-sector consulting
firms.
Under this initiative, Mercer is launching a decision support solution branded
Mercer HealthOnlineTM, powered by Thomson Medstat, to add to its suite of
technology solutions. The data warehouse and analytic applications provide a
total workflow solution with a single sign-on to employers by enabling a
comprehensive view of health care costs and cost drivers. HealthOnlineTM
is a critical addition to the other tools already available through Mercer’s
BenefitSuiteSM portal. BenefitSuiteSM allows Mercer colleagues, their clients
and their vendors to access a common platform to view reports, access
compliance tools, store critical documents, and view survey and other
benchmarking data.
As a result of this venture, employers will have access to sophisticated,
high-quality health care data that will be gathered electronically via
arrangements with health plans and data suppliers. Combined with Mercer’s
unmatched benchmarking data, this creates a one-stop repository for health care
information.
“By integrating health data with Mercer’s world-class intellectual capital, we
strengthen our position as the largest global provider of human resource and
benefits consulting,” said Art Dickerson, US integrated solutions leader for
Mercer Health & Benefits. “Our long-term vision is for the paperless
placement of benefits risk, and HealthOnlineTM moves us one step closer to that
reality. This will allow Mercer and our clients to spend less time managing
data and more time developing strategic solutions to improve benefit programs
and control costs.”
Thomson Medstat decision support solutions combine a customized repository of
health care insurance claims and other data with state-of-the-art data-mining
software to generate business intelligence that private- and public-sector
employers use to manage the cost and quality of health care. Thomson Medstat is
part of the Thomson Corporation’s healthcare division.
“Employers and their advisers need quick, easy access to critical intelligence
so they can evaluate their health benefit management options, diagnose problems
and decide how to best allocate limited resources,” said Jon Newpol, executive
vice president for Thomson Healthcare. “It’s exciting to bring our
industry-leading health care decision support solution to a wider audience than
ever before through this partnership with Mercer.”
Mercer expects clients to be on the new platform by early fall and has already
started working with clients to transition their data to the new warehouse.
More information on Mercer HealthOnlineTM can be found on
www.mercerhr.com/healthonline or by contacting Art Dickerson at
Art.Dickerson@mercer.com.
About Mercer Health & Benefits LLC
Mercer Health & Benefits is a business of Mercer Human Resource Consulting,
a global leader for trusted HR and related financial advice and services, which
has more than 15,000 employees serving clients in over 180 cities and 40
countries and territories worldwide. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary
of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., which lists its stock (ticker symbol:
MMC) on the New York, Chicago and London stock exchanges. For more information,
visit www.mercerhr.com.
About The Thomson Corporation
Thomson Medstat is a business within Thomson Healthcare, the leading provider
of decision support solutions that help organizations across the healthcare
industry improve clinical and business performance. Thomson Healthcare products
and services help clinicians, hospitals, employers, health plans, government
agencies, and pharmaceutical companies understand healthcare markets, access
medical and drug information, manage costs, and improve the quality of
healthcare.
Thomson Healthcare is a part of the Thomson Corporation, a provider of
value-added information, software tools and applications to professionals in
the fields of healthcare, law, tax, accounting, scientific research, and
financial services. The Corporation's common shares are listed on the New York
and Toronto stock exchanges (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC). For more information, visit
www.thomsonhealthcare.com.
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