Horizon NJ Health Chooses HealthTrans To Provide Pharmacy Claims Processing And Adjudication...

Horizon NJ Health Chooses HealthTrans To Provide Pharmacy Claims Processing And Adjudication Services

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo.--(Business Wire)--
Horizon NJ Health has contracted with HealthTrans, a national
pharmacy benefits administrator, to provide pharmacy claims management
and reporting services for its more than 300,000 members, effective
May 1. HealthTrans expects to process nearly three million claims
annually.

Horizon NJ Health is New Jersey's largest health care management
company serving publicly insured individuals in the Medicaid and NJ
FamilyCare programs. Headquartered in West Trenton, Horizon NJ Health
is wholly owned by Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey.

HealthTrans' pharmacy claims processing and adjudication services
allow clients the ability to take back control of their pharmacy
claims processing, by utilizing HealthTrans existing tools, or to
outsource the onerous day-to-day tasks of member enrollment, payment,
patient care, and card services. HealthTrans' flexible claims
management services ensure accurate, reliable, and real time
processing and support is readily available to respond to needs.

About HealthTrans

HealthTrans, a pharmacy benefits administrator, provides
employers, third party administrators, brokers, consultants, managed
care organizations (MCOs), and other payers with the tools and
clinical expertise to more efficiently manage pharmacy benefit
programs. HealthTrans' solutions use Web-enabled applications that
provide clients with the increased flexibility to manage pharmacy
network administration, benefits administration, claims processing,
financial reporting, mail order/90 day at retail programs, as well as
manufacturers' rebate processing and reporting. HealthTrans has always
offered a transparent business model that aligns our goals with those
of our clients through full-disclosure and a value-based formulary
model that focuses on the lowest overall net drug spend to help them
lower pharmacy costs. For more information about HealthTrans, visit
its Web site at http://www.healthtrans.com.

About Horizon NJ Health

Horizon NJ Health is New Jersey's largest managed healthcare
organization serving the publicly insured, providing health services
for more than 336, 000 people in all 21 New Jersey counties.
Headquartered in West Trenton, NJ, Horizon NJ Health, a partnership,
is a product of Horizon HMO. Horizon HMO is a wholly owned subsidiary
of Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey. The website for
Horizon NJ Health is found at www.horizonNJhealth.com.

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (Horizon BCBSNJ) with
headquarters in Newark, NJ is New Jersey's largest health insurer,
providing coverage to more than 3.5 million people. Horizon BCBSNJ's
Web site is located at www.HorizonBlue.com Horizon HMO and Horizon
Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey are independent licensees of the
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.

Catalyst Communications
Mary Ann McCauley, ABC, 952-401-1983
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