http://www.TriTechEMS.com/ona.xml Ortivus NA News feed en-ca Copyright: (C) Ortivus NA http://www.tritechems.com/About-TriTech/News/20101027.asp To learn more about the vision and strategies of TransCare and how you can incorporate some of the same tactics in your own EMS organization, join us for a complimentary webinar on Wednesday, November 10th at 2 pm Eastern. Terence will share his insights in a presentation called, “Community Based EMS: Engaging Public Interest in Emergency Services.” In this session, he will showcase their non-profit ambulance model in Tampa, FL and share methods of engaging the community in your service. You’ll learn the secrets of successful fundraising and “friendraising.” He’ll also discuss methods of identifying and engaging local politicians, supporters, stakeholders, media and the citizens you serve. Register here: http://tritech.ilinc.com/perl/ilinc/lms/register.pl?activity_id=ccxvrhr&user_id= 28 Oct 2010 09:00:00 CDT 7410763a-53b3-41db-81e3-c7d8dc4137d9 http://www.tritechems.com/About-TriTech/News/20100915.asp TriTech will be exhibiting at EMS EXPO - the largest EMS Conference and Expo in North America - at Booth #3025 on September 29th through October 1st. TriTech will be demonstrating how its EMS technology is helping EMS/Ambulance Services exceed expectations and set records in performance and achievement. 16 Sep 2010 08:52:00 CDT 3e96d2d9-203c-4359-b469-7a8fc42231d7 http://www.ortivusna.com/About-TriTech/News/20100830.asp NEW YORK, August 24, 2010 -- Inc. magazine today ranked TriTech Software Systems NO. 2955 on its fourth annual Inc. 5000, an exclusive ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. 30 Aug 2010 13:27:00 CDT fe4829dc-9383-4b21-83f9-a1540539c658 http://www.ortivusna.com/About-TriTech/News/20100720.asp TriTech CEO, Chris Maloney, is scheduled to address the audience before the 8 am Thursday morning general session at the Pinnacle 2010 EMS Leadership conference, which will be held in San Diego on July 26-30th. Mr. Maloney will discuss how TriTech offers opportunities for EMS and Public Safety organization to experience something different. 21 Jul 2010 14:00:00 CDT d18754e2-1281-49a3-83ce-2dd858c8aa72 http://www.ortivusna.com/About-TriTech/News/20100607.asp TriTech Emergency Medical Systems was selected as one of the 31 companies to be awarded a "JEMS 2010 Hot Product Winner" for its new ePCR program, Fusion ePCR. 08 Jun 2010 15:03:00 CDT dcf6a060-da7e-434f-8450-0eb96421d47c http://www.ortivusna.com/About-TriTech/News/20100524.asp TriTech Emergency Medical Systems is pleased to announce a new educational initiative with Fitch and Associates (which offers EMS consulting, analysis, management and professional development Services) entitled, "Merge EMS Call-Intake, Dispatch, Operations and Billing - or Else." 24 May 2010 15:39:00 CDT 32a33291-0301-465c-81ed-1e831749372f http://www.ortivusna.com/documents/TriTech_Acquires_Ortivus%20NA_021810.pdf San Diego, CA (February 18, 2010) – TriTech Software Systems, a leading provider of public safety and pre-hospital care software solutions, announces today it has entered into a private agreement to acquire Ortivus North American subsidiaries, Ortivus Inc. U.S. and Ortivus Inc. Canada, from Ortivus AB, a publicly held company listed on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm Small Cap-list. 18 Feb 2010 14:00:00 CDT 13d52300-7733-4e0f-9e24-da3d950da1a3 http://www.ortivusna.com/About-Ortivus/News/20091217.asp Ortivus set out in the beginning of the year to lay a solid foundation to face the challenges of the U.S. economy and prepare for a successful 2009. As the year comes to a close, Ortivus is pleased to report that 2009 was indeed a successful year, in spite of the economic challenges facing the country. 17 Dec 2009 15:26:00 CDT f2f96e0c-8c58-42af-b2b2-669a60f8d666 http://www.ortivusna.com/About-Ortivus/News/20091207.asp Ortivus is please to announce that Sweet-Billing/Sweet-Field Data runsheet has been approved for use in South Carolina. This approval notice assures South Carolina EMS agencies that they can successfully submit data to the SC EMS Data System by the December 31, 2009 deadline. 08 Dec 2009 08:05:00 CDT e8145005-723c-4c59-8557-7ca275985353 http://www.ortivusna.com/About-Ortivus/News/20091124.asp Ortivus is excited to announce that Fusion ePCR has been certified as NEMSIS Gold Compliant. 24 Nov 2009 11:00:00 CDT 524a6a33-6ef2-45dd-97e9-e443d9efee06 http://www.ortivusna.com/About-Ortivus/News/20091118.asp Ortivus is excited to announce the general availability of its new electronic patient care reporting software, Fusion ePCR. Ortivus will be releasing a deployment schedule for those who have already purchased the application and expressed an interest in upgrading from Sweet-Field Data. The deployment schedule will continually be updated with new purchases and new upgrades. Ortivus’ intent is to release a solid product, coordinate a smooth installation process, and deliver comprehensive training to meet the needs of its customers in the best possible manner. 18 Nov 2009 14:30:00 CDT 5d342e93-2715-4631-8af6-7a5dc5c3f736 http://www.ortivusna.com/About-Ortivus/News/20091117.asp Sweet-Billing Version 5.5 has introduced Denial codes that can be used to track reasons for denials and adjustments on payment and/or payment per charge level. Denial code filters have been added to key reports and EZ-Review to facilitate easy analysis and review of adjustments and denials. Another powerful feature of Denial codes is the ability to configure actions on the denial codes. Optional configuration of a denial code allows the setting of a denial code on a payment to change the current payor on a call or to move the call to a payor denial schedule for further review and processing. 18 Nov 2009 14:30:00 CDT f7471a95-8609-4941-bc86-1f2fad356c29 http://www.ortivusna.com/About-Ortivus/News/20091103.asp At the recent national EMS EXPO conference on October 28-30, Ortivus showcased its new electronic patient care reporting program, Fusion ePCR. Input from conference attendees was very positive, especially concerning these specific features of the application: 04 Nov 2009 08:30:00 CDT 2b99ff37-a543-409f-a0de-e8e6d974926a http://www.ortivusna.com/About-Ortivus/News/20091029.asp Montcalm County Emergency Services (MCES) has been using the new Ortivus Fusion ePCR system during its beta phase, and shared some of their experiences in an October article on JEMS.com. 29 Oct 2009 11:00:00 CDT 98fb6e43-f994-4b54-9afb-4ffc494c7ee2 http://www.ortivusna.com/About-Ortivus/News/20091019.asp Ortivus recently completed its fifth Sweet Software hosted group training for 2009. In a Hosted User Group Education scenario, a trainer will come to the host EMS service and go through a comprehensive training, as well as field questions from the participating services. 19 Oct 2009 15:50:00 CDT 7a410390-2bb7-4a38-83e3-4f15b9bfe6b2 http://www.ortivusna.com/About-Ortivus/News/news.asp Ortivus will be showcasing its new patient care reporting program, Fusion ePCR, at the EMS EXPO in Atlanta, October 28 through 30. Stop by booth #2043 to see a personal demo of this new application that has been developed from the ground up from input from medics, billers and administration. Fusion ePCR was designed to do the following: 30 Sep 2009 16:05:00 CDT 97e69218-57c9-475e-bd2f-054b9c2722cb http://www.ortivusna.com/About-Ortivus/News/news.asp Ortivus is presenting a complimentary webinar on September 29, 2009 at 2:00 pm ET entitled, "Efficient Handling of Non-Emergency Calls with Sweet-CAD. This webinar will address strategies for getting and documenting valuable patient information at the dispatch or call intake phase of your operations, and more! 23 Sep 2009 12:02:00 CDT b1ac5cbc-4c78-4c4e-adc7-7fb06353acef http://www.ortivusna.com/About-Ortivus/News/20090814.asp Johson County Ambulance Service (JCAS) has been using the new Ortivus Fusion ePCR system during its beta phase, and shared some of their experience in the latest issue of JEMS. 14 Aug 2009 10:00:00 CDT b87f4ec8-0dcd-4dc1-a9bd-c7462b877017 http://www.ortivusna.com/About-Ortivus/News/20090812.asp Ortivus is offering three hosted group trainings in the fall of 2009. Some of less than a month away. Register now for one of the follow: 12 Aug 2009 09:00:00 CDT b9748197-f661-43fb-b25d-bea94b61096c http://www.ortivusna.com/About-Ortivus/News/20090714.asp Ortivus recently launched a second product in the "Fusion" series in 2009. Fusion eTrack improves communication to and from the mobile workers, allowing real-time location reporting, status reporting and messaging that is non-intrusive for your personnel on the move. 14 Jul 2009 15:30:00 CDT e2a7dc43-9415-4437-b872-000000000109 http://www.ortivusna.com/About-Ortivus/News/20090630.asp On July 22 at 2 pm Eastern Time, Todd Hatley will present, Six Sigma for EMS. Ortivus will be hosting the webinar presentation and offering it free of charge to the EMS industry. 30 Jun 2009 15:30:00 CDT e2a7dc43-9415-4437-b872-000000000108 http://www.ortivusna.com/About-Ortivus/News/20090623.asp Ortivus is offering three hosted group trainings in the fall of 2009: September 9-10, 2009 in Reading, PA September 22-23, 2009 in Merrill, WI October 12-13, 2009 in Hudson NC 23 Jun 2009 15:30:00 CDT e2a7dc43-9415-4437-b872-000000000107 http://www.ortivusna.com/About-Ortivus/News/20090616.asp Ortivus is running a Module of the Month program to offer their customers discounts on featured modules for the Sweet-Billing program, as well as highlight additional benefits that the modules add to the program. The featured module for June 2009 is EZ Review (see 6-minute demo) and all purchases through the end of the month receive a 15% discount off the module. 16 Jun 2009 15:30:00 CDT e2a7dc43-9415-4437-b872-000000000106 http://www.ortivusna.com/About-Ortivus/News/20090414.asp Ortivus was awarded the contract to supply a 50-user ETS billing system (Sweet-Billing) to the City of Phoenix. The Sweet-Billing system also offers the City of Phoenix the capability of submitting its Medicare, Medicaid and commercial claims electronically, as well as extensive reporting capability including financial analysis and call analysis. 14 Apr 2009 15:30:00 CDT e2a7dc43-9415-4437-b872-000000000104 http://www.ortivusna.com/About-Ortivus/News/20090317.asp Ortivus is about to launch a revolutionary new ePCR application onto the market - start the countdown! New Fusion ePCR provides patient caregivers with the electronic means to facilitate an efficient and streamlined data collection process to quickly produce accurate and complete electronic patient care reports. 17 Mar 2009 15:30:00 CDT e2a7dc43-9415-4437-b872-000000000103 http://www.ortivusna.com/About-Ortivus/News/20090304.asp Educational Webinar Offerings Meet Tight Budget Demands 04 Mar 2009 15:30:00 CDT e2a7dc43-9415-4437-b872-000000000102 http://www.ortivusna.com/About-Ortivus/News/20090217.asp Ortivus is improving its process for notifying its customers of software updates. In place of the past process of notifying the primary contact on the customer account through email, which can at times be unreliable due to down servers or full inboxes and so forth, Ortivus will now post a message in the My Account section of the Ortivus website (www.ortivusna.com). 17 Feb 2009 15:30:00 CDT e2a7dc43-9415-4437-b872-000000000101 http://www.ortivusna.com/About-Ortivus/News/20090212.asp Ortivus has launched the "Thoughts in EMS" blog (http://blog.ortivusna.com) as a new way to communicate about the EMS industry. Topics in the blog can be anything that has an impact on EMS. Topics can vary from proposed legislation (i.e. EFCA), regulation changes (i.e. ICD-10 Codes, Red Flag Rules), EMS in the news, or new technology. And, as with any blog - you can comment on the subject. Thoughts in EMS will be of interest to anyone who works in or around EMS including service owners/directors, administrative staff, operations staff - even IT staff. 12 Feb 2009 15:30:00 CDT e2a7dc43-9415-4437-b872-000000000100 http://www.ortivusna.com/About-Ortivus/News/20090127.asp Ortivus is pleased to announce a new educational initative with Werfel and Werfel law firm entitled, "Surviving a Medicare Audit." Ortivus sponsors relevant EMS educational webinars for their customers and the entire EMS Industry in a convenient online webinar format. David Werfel, who specializes in Medicare issues, will be presenting his information on Thursday, February 26 at 2 pm Eastern / 1 pm Central / noon Mountain / 11 am Pacific. 05 Jan 2009 15:30:00 CDT e2a7dc43-9415-4437-b872-000000000099 http://www.ortivusna.com/About-Ortivus/News/20090105.asp Within challenges, there also resides opportunities. While we are hearing about challenges with the volatile economy, Ortivus has laid the groundwork to face the challenges and embrace the opportunities, and looks forward to a successful year in 2009. 05 Jan 2009 15:30:00 CDT e2a7dc43-9415-4437-b872-000000000098 http://www.ortivusna.com/About-Ortivus/News/20081219.asp Sweet-Billing and Sweet-Field Data Version 5.4.0 have been released for general availability on the support software updates page of www.ortivusna.com. 19 Dec 2008 15:30:00 CDT e2a7dc43-9415-4437-b872-000000000097 http://www.ortivusna.com/About-Ortivus/News/20081216.asp On December 15, 2008, Teresa Ruroden was announced as the new CEO for the Ortivus operation in North America. 16 Dec 2008 15:30:00 CDT e2a7dc43-9415-4437-b872-000000000096 http://www.ortivusna.com/About-Ortivus/News/20081125.asp Mary Ann Rhodes of Cedar Surgical, in Cedar City, Utah was the 2008 EMS EXPO iPOD Touch Drawing winner. 25 Nov 2008 15:30:00 CDT e2a7dc43-9415-4437-b872-000000000095 http://www.ortivusna.com/About-Ortivus/News/20081112.asp In an effort to provide more regular customer contact and training in a format that allows for interaction and networking across geographies, Ortivus launched a monthly "Coffee With Kelly" program in October of 2008. In only a couple months, the program has attracted nearly 250 users who report the monthly program is just what they need: short, sweet and simple! 12 Nov 2008 15:30:00 CDT e2a7dc43-9415-4437-b872-000000000094 http://www.ortivusna.com/About-Ortivus/News/20081008.asp The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service (CMS) has published the annual inflation factor for 2009. The announced inflation factor, published in Transmittal R1607CP on Friday, October 3rd, is 5.0% which will be in effect for dates of service beginning January 1, 2009. 08 Oct 2008 15:30:00 CDT e2a7dc43-9415-4437-b872-000000000093 http://www.ortivusna.com/About-Ortivus/News/20081003.asp When the reports were only showing a $1.3 million status out of a $2.3 million projection for the year, Gail knew something wasn't right. "If it were not for the Sweet-Billing checkup program," said Gail, "we would have gone under." 03 Oct 2008 15:30:00 CDT e2a7dc43-9415-4437-b872-000000000092 http://www.ortivusna.com/About-Ortivus/News/20080911.asp In preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Ike on the Gulf coast, Ortivus is urging customers in the Gulf Region to make preparations to ensure their continued operation in the aftermath of Ike. 11 Sep 2008 15:30:00 CDT e2a7dc43-9415-4437-b872-000000000091 http://www.ortivusna.com/About-Ortivus/News/20080827A.asp When version 5.4 of Sweet-Field Data is released, users will not only see the addition of an anatomical view for speedy documentation, but will also have the option of importing information from LIFEPAK® devices. 27 Aug 2008 15:30:00 CDT e2a7dc43-9415-4437-b872-000000000083 http://www.ortivusna.com/About-Ortivus/News/20080903.asp Customers who have applied an Industry Service Pack dated 8/22/2008 or later have automatically received an updated configuration for Fee Schedule settings to incorporate the temporary increase approved by Congress in July. 22 Aug 2008 15:30:00 CDT e2a7dc43-9415-4437-b872-000000000090 http://www.ortivusna.com/About-Ortivus/News/20080815.asp On August 27th at 2 pm Eastern Time, Todd will present his popular presentation, Error Proofing Your EMS Service, which he presented at the Amercian Ambulance Association's Annual Conference in Las Vegas in 2007. Ortivus will be hosting the webinar presentation and offering it free of charge to the EMS industry. 15 Aug 2008 15:30:00 CDT e2a7dc43-9415-4437-b871-000000000089 http://www.ortivusna.com/About-Ortivus/News/20080724.asp The North American division of Ortivus launched the first phase of their new website in October of 2007, which addressed the web pages that allowed open access (no login required). The objective of the new website launch was to provide website visitors with simple and quick access to the information they need. 24 Jul 2008 15:30:00 CDT e2a7dc43-9415-4437-b871-000000000088 http://www.ortivusna.com/About-Ortivus/News/20080626.asp The 2008 Ortivus User Group will be held in one place during one date for all Ortivus products. The 2008 Ortivus User Group will be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota on the following dates: 26 Jun 2008 15:30:00 CDT e2a7dc43-9415-4437-b871-000000000087 http://www.ortivusna.com/About-Ortivus/News/20080624.asp Florida Medicaid is in the middle of transitioning their fiscal agent from ACS to EDS. 24 Jun 2008 15:30:00 CDT e2a7dc43-9415-4437-b871-000000000086 http://www.ortivusna.com/About-Ortivus/News/20080523.asp Ortivus is pleased to announce a new project and partnership with Todd Hatley, of Integral Performance Solutions (IPS), which will provide EMS educational webinars to the EMS Industry in a convenient online format, at no cost. 23 May 2008 15:30:00 CDT e2a7dc43-9415-4437-b871-000000000085