Bulletin: June 3, 2008
Quadax Receives EHNAC Accreditation
Quadax Incorporated announced today it has again received full accreditation by the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC).
Quadax initially sought and received full accreditation in 2006 (see the July 3, 2006 bulletin ). In advance of the June 2008 expiration of that initial accreditation, Quadax chose to seek re-accreditation by submitting to a thorough examination of business practices and technical expertise, measured against the latest version of EHNAC Criteria.
“We take very seriously the responsibility of placing our products and services at the very heart of our client’s financial collection operation,” said Tom Kish, CEO of Quadax EDI Services. “The rigorous and comprehensive EHNAC review and certification process assures that our business practices and performance meet the highest level of professional excellence. Since our business model is to be the very best at what we do and to give our customers the highest value for their investment in our services, we are pleased and proud of this achievement.”
EHNAC is a nationally recognized accreditation authority for entities engaged in e-health activities of electronic healthcare transactions and management of healthcare information. These entities include, but are not limited to, clearinghouses, transactions processors, value-added networks, payers, providers, and provider management organizations. EHNAC is an independent not-for-profit accrediting agency which grew out of the 1993 Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) Network Architecture and Accreditation Technical Advisory Group.
EHNAC’s function is to promote administrative simplification and cost savings in the healthcare industry and to provide the healthcare transaction industry with an independent capability to develop industry standards, known as EHNAC Criteria. The mission of EHNAC is to promote standards, quality service, innovation, cooperation and open competition within the healthcare EDI industry.
EHNAC Criteria stipulate standards in the areas of Privacy & Confidentiality, Security, Technical Performance, Business Practices, and Physical, Human, & Administrative Resources.
Lee Barrett, executive director of EHNAC, said of Quadax, “Today Quadax joins a select group of clearinghouses that have demonstrated to independent third-party evaluators their ability to deliver their services consistent with the only standards in the industry that measure the overall business practices of a clearinghouse.”
Quadax Incorporated, a privately-held firm, has provided reliable EDI processing along with excellent customer service to healthcare entities throughout the region for more than thirty-five years. Quadax’s premier electronic transaction processing engine is the browser-based Xpeditor Five Series, offering management of claims, eligibility, claim status, and remittance transactions, comprehensive and flexible reporting, denial management, and more.