New subscribers receive 30% off their first treatment when using tax-free healthcare funds at FSA Store and HSA Store

DALLAS, Oct. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — For decades, women have silently endured menopause symptoms at home, work, and in social settings with little to no support or relief. Fortunately, that dynamic is changing as insights about the impact of menopause are becoming more readily available, and as employers are beginning to include menopause in their workplace benefits. Flexible spending accounts (FSAs) and health savings accounts (HSAs) can play an important role in providing relief for menopause symptoms, thanks to a new collaboration between Health-E Commerce® and Winona that is making Winona’s personalized menopause care available on FSA Store® and HSA Store®.

“Menopause can be physically and emotionally draining, not to mention extremely distracting, especially considering how long this stage of life can last,” said Keri Kaiser, chief revenue officer for Health-E Commerce. “We’re proud to make it easier for women to find relief from their symptoms when shopping our online stores, as a result of our new telehealth collaboration with Winona, a leading provider of personalized hormone replacement therapy. We will continue to expand our telehealth category with services like Winona that make a meaningful difference in the lives of account holders.”

Winona’s telehealth services provide doctor-prescribed, bioidentical hormone replacement therapy and support for women at all stages of the menopause journey. Winona subscribers can request support for specific symptoms and receive medications and treatment plans that are customized to their physical needs. Winona offers prescribed creams, medications, patches, and more to ease menopause symptoms, and subscribers are connected with a doctor local to them, who can be contacted at any time using the patient chat portal. In addition to medication services, subscribers have access to educational articles, live Q&A sessions, and a community support group.

“There’s more to menopause than hot flashes. This is an extremely personal and unique process for everyone, and our mission at Winona is to help women understand, manage, and feel supported every step of the way,” said Ashlie Beiter, vice president of marketing, Winona. “We’re thrilled to collaborate with Health-E Commerce to make menopause care more approachable to all women and to simplify the process of using FSAs and HSAs to purchase our services.”

Consumers can take advantage of this telehealth collaboration and receive 30% off their first treatment plan and free shipping at FSAstore.com or HSAstore.com. This discount is only valid for new patients, for the first treatment plan only. Receipt required for FSA/HSA reimbursement.

About Health-E Commerce
Health-E Commerce is the parent brand to FSA Store and HSA Store, online stores that serve the 70+ million consumers enrolled in pre-tax health and wellness accounts. The company also created Caring Mill™, a popular private-label line of health products through which a portion of every purchase is donated to the Children’s Health Fund. Since 2010, Health-E Commerce brands have led the direct-to-consumer e-commerce market for exclusively pre-tax health and wellness benefits. Health-E Commerce plays an essential role in expanding product eligibility for important new categories and telehealth services within the list of IRS-approved expenses.

About Winona
Winona is a telehealth company specializing in comprehensive care for women going through the menopause transition. The cornerstone of their approach involves prescribing bioidentical hormone replacement therapy for appropriately-screened patients aged 35-59. In addition to personalized treatment, Winona provides educational and interactive resources, live Q&As with their board-certified menopause specialists, and community support both online and in-person. Beyond their primary focus, Winona is committed to empowering women of all ages through education, fostering community connections, and supporting charitable endeavors.

Media Contact

Barbara Tabor, Health-E Commerce, 651-230-9192, barbara@taborpr.com, https://www.health-ecommerce.com

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Strategic Partnership to Connect Healthcare Vendor Compliance and Contracting

Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — ProviderTrust, a leading healthcare data and technology company, announces a strategic partnership and alignment with Ntracts, a leading contract lifecycle management software for healthcare organizations. This partnership will improve compliance data hygiene and give healthcare organizations clear visibility into their vendors’ payment eligibility at contracting and throughout contract execution. Together, ProviderTrust and Ntracts will prioritize holding vendors accountable for healthcare compliance and the regulatory standards imposed on government lines of business.

“We are thrilled to partner with Ntracts to enable better connectivity between vendor compliance and contract management,” said Christopher Redhage, co-founder and managing partner at ProviderTrust. “These services are complimentary in the most effective way, enabling healthcare organizations to vet vendors throughout the contracting process and beyond, ensuring that vendors and their owners are not excluded at any time during their business relationship. This vendor strategy provides vital insights for risk-based decisions throughout the lifecycle of the vendor relationship, ensuring there are no surprises.”

The HHS Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) mandates that healthcare organizations refrain from doing business with “excluded or sanctioned” individuals or entities, which includes vendor networks of key suppliers such as durable medical equipment, contract employees, software and technology, janitorial services, etc. that are needed to effectively perform healthcare services. According to the OIG, if a healthcare provider contracts with a person or entity that is excluded by the OIG, “the provider may be subject to [Civil Monetary Penalties] liability if the excluded person provides services payable, directly or indirectly, by a Federal healthcare program.”

Since its founding, ProviderTrust has uniquely led the way in providing innovative solutions that uphold data integrity for ongoing exclusion monitoring of vendors, employees, and providers, continuously monitoring 10,000,000+ people and entities, specifically 3,600,000+ vendors, for compliance. ProviderTrust’s Comprehensive Vendor Compliance solution activates best practices in annual vendor data collection and ongoing exclusion monitoring of vendor populations, ensuring payment eligibility, vendor onboarding, and approval workflows, custom questionnaires and attestations, and identification of vendor ownership structure.

Ntracts’ contract lifecycle management (CLM) solution empowers healthcare organizations to mitigate risk, maintain compliance, and increase contracting efficiencies.  According to the American Hospital Association, the average-sized community hospital spends $7.6 million annually on administrative activities related to regulatory compliance and even more in fines if they experience a violation. In a heightened regulatory environment, healthcare organizations are prioritizing increased efficiency and risk mitigation, while continuing to drive down costs. Typical savings identified from contract consolidation amounts to an average of 10 percent of the total contract value.

The ProviderTrust and Ntracts partnership recognizes complimentary services so clients can gain a more complete view of their vendor relationships. This includes ensuring that financial arrangements are effectively contracted and timely compliance checks are completed ahead of vendor payment.

“This partnership with ProviderTrust exemplifies our commitment to our mission of delivering premier technology, services, and expertise through CLM by uniting their industry-leading vendor compliance monitoring with our robust contract lifecycle management platform,” said David Paschall, CEO of Ntracts. “Together, we are setting a new standard for how healthcare organizations should prioritize additional measures to efficiently and seamlessly obtain a comprehensive view of active, external parties and their associated contracts, furthering their adherence to industry regulations.” 

About ProviderTrust
ProviderTrust was founded in 2010 with a mission to create safer healthcare for everyone through OIG and state Medicaid exclusion monitoring. Today, the organization has developed the industry’s most accurate dataset for ongoing exclusion monitoring and primary source verification, serving the nation’s top health systems, payers, and pharmacy organizations. Our solutions monitor employees, vendors, provider networks, licenses, credentials, and more for OIG and state Medicaid exclusions, sanctions or disciplinary actions, license expirations, or suspensions. With a team of 100+ employees, our Nashville-based company has consistently been recognized as one of the Best Places to Work by Modern Healthcare, Inc. Magazine, and The Tennessean Top Workplaces, and the Nashville Business Journal.

To learn more, visit providertrust.com.

About Ntracts
Ntracts is the leading contract lifecycle management solution for healthcare organizations across the country. Driven by the expertise of dedicated contract compliance professionals, Ntracts optimizes the contract management process by identifying inefficiencies and mitigating compliance and financial risks, leading to enhanced operations in support of strategic initiatives.

Ntracts is committed to serving our customers’ compliance needs by continually incorporating built-in best practices that stay ahead of the ever-changing regulatory and technological landscape Ntracts accelerates the contracting process by facilitating contract origination, automatically routing contract requests, and notifying responsible parties of critical performance milestones and expiration dates. Ntracts also provides advanced, user-friendly reporting tools for compliance, auditing, and tracking needs. 

Driven by the expertise of dedicated contract compliance professionals and powered by the nation’s largest healthcare law firm, Hall Render, Ntracts has provided best-in-class, healthcare-focused contract lifecycle solutions to hospitals and healthcare systems for over 30 years.

Learn more at ntracts.com.

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HITRUST e1 Certification validates PayerAlly is committed to foundational cybersecurity controls and information risk management protecting healthcare information for their clients.

ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — PayerAlly, a leading provider of strategic consulting in pharmacy benefits, today announced its healthcare claims (pharmacy and medical) data management infrastructure has earned certified status by HITRUST for foundational cybersecurity.

HITRUST e1 Certification demonstrates that the organization’s healthcare data management infrastructure is focused on the most critical controls to demonstrate that essential cybersecurity hygiene is in place. The e1 assessment is one of three progressive HITRUST assessments that leverage the HITRUST Framework (HITRUST CSF) to prescribe cyber threat adaptive controls that are appropriate for each assurance type.

“In today’s environment of healthcare breaches, it’s imperative that organizations, including benefit consultants like ours keep pace with current and emerging threats,” said Bill Guerci, Chief Operating Officer and Information Security Coordinator at PayerAlly. “We are pleased to demonstrate to our current and future clients our commitment to cybersecurity and data protection through HITRUST e1 Certification.”

“The HITRUST e1 Validated Assessment is a good tool for cyber-aware organizations like PayerAlly that want to build assurances and progressively demonstrate due diligence around information security and privacy,” said Robert Booker, Chief Strategy Officer at HITRUST. “We applaud PayerAlly for their commitment to cybersecurity and successful completion of their HITRUST e1 Certification.”

About PayerAlly
Pharmacy Benefit Consulting without Conflicts

PayerAlly media contact:
Will McHugh, President
800-515-2162
info@payerally.com 

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