change:healthcare is a progressive company that deals with healthcare issues using cutting-edge technology. To find out more download the company fact sheet, or simply have a look below.
Company:
A technology firm dedicated to promoting transparency in the healthcare industry. The company provides internet-based solutions through employers and directly to healthcare consumers interested in controlling healthcare costs by making informed healthcare decisions.
For consumers/employees, it provides an easy-to-use online tool for organizing and managing all healthcare paperwork — bills, insurance statements (EOBs), payments and tax deductible medical expenses — helping them understand which providers are owed, how much and when.
For employers, it provides a platform that: offers more effective budgeting; allows the portability of employee information; helps the employee spend work time working instead of dealing with medical
paperwork; tracks employees’ HSA and FSA spending — thanks to a complete, real-time, HIPAA-compliant view of employees’ healthcare expenses.
For everyone, change:healthcare provides an easy-to-use platform that engages the user to become a better, more informed healthcare consumer.
Founders:
Christopher Parks, co-Founder and CEO, has held executive roles with Healthways, Healthcare Microsystems, National Seating & Mobility and Global Healthcare Exchange.
Robert Hendrick, co-Founder and COO, is a veteran technology entrepreneur executive who has worked with internet-related companies including Creative Syndicate, EdgeNet Media and IncLabs.
History:
change:healthcare was founded in 2006 by Parks following the cancer death of his parents within a year of each other, which forced him to handle piles of bills, invoices and explanation of benefits for their care.
Determining there had to be a way to bring order to the staggering amount of billing paperwork generated by today’s healthcare system, he united programmers from across the globe to develop what has become
MedBillManager, the company’s cornerstone product. The company has also directed attention in growing the Web 2.0 consumer movement, which uses the internet to connect consumers with each other to bring increased transparency into the healthcare industry.
Products:
change:healthcare medical bill management platform: An internet-based platform that helps consumers organize medical bills & insurance reimbursement paperwork for easier handling. The product also allows users to compare physicians, hospitals, providers, even pharmaceutical information.
My Healthcare is Killing Me: A book that educates individuals on the ins and outs of the business side of their healthcare, helping them become more savvy healthcare consumers. Slated for release the second quarter of 2008.
Support Team:
Page Thompson, Director of Sales
Katrina Welty, Project Manager
Matt Mueller, Project Manager
Contact:
info@changehealthcare.com
800-655-0732
