NEWS/EVENTS
Overview
Stay up-to-date with what's happening at OpenConnect. Read our Press Releases for the latest company news and announcements; see the latest articles on business process discovery; or join us at leading industry events to learn first-hand how OpenConnect can help your business achieve continuous, real-time views of the activities and variations that affect day-to-day operations.
Press Releases
- April 30, 2012
- OpenConnect Hosts “Achieving Operational Excellence” Session at 2012 NASCO Network Conference
- April 3, 2012
- Edward M.L. Peters to Deliver Keynote Address at 10th International Conference on Formal Concept Analysis
- March 1, 2012
- Dr. Merrill Matthews and Edward M.L. Peters to Discuss Key Policy Challenges of Medical Loss Ratio
- February 8, 2012
- Investor’s Business Daily Article Discusses How Medical Loss Ratio Is Affecting Insurers
- January 3, 2012
- OpenConnect Becomes Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) Gold Level Partner
- December 13, 2011
- OpenConnect Named a Select Program Partner by America’s Health Insurance Plans
- November 10, 2011
- OpenConnect Intros Workforce Reporting and Analysis (WRA); Software Chronicles Employee Work Processes, Identifies Best Practices and Causes of Sub-Optimal Performance
- November 2, 2011
- OpenConnect Hosts ‘Driving Administrative Cost Reductions by Improving Service Processes and Workforce Productivity’ Symposium at AHIP’s Fall Forum 2011
- October 11, 2011
- Industry Analysts Laud OpenConnect Process Intelligence and Workforce Analytics Software for Improving Productivity, Increasing Profitability
- October 7, 2011
- OpenConnect to Present at ‘IT Meets Insurance’ Conference Hosted by Leipziger Versicherungsforen
- OpenConnect and NASCO Partner to Help Blue Cross® and Blue Shield® Plans Maximize Operational Efficiency
- September 8, 2011
- OpenConnect to Exhibit at the 2011 Blue National Summit
- August 31, 2011
- OpenConnect CEO Edward M.L. Peters to Speak at AGC’s Emerging Growth Conference
- April 19, 2011
- OpenConnect CEO Edward M. L. Peters Selected as a Commissioner for TechAmerica Foundation’s CLOUD2 Initiative
- March 28, 2011
- OpenConnect and Visual Mining Team to Deliver Powerful Performance Management Solutions
- March 21, 2011
- OpenConnect Comprehend Business Process Intelligence and Analytics Software Increases Productivity, Promotes Job Creation
- March 7, 2011
- OpenConnect to Sponsor, Present and Exhibit at the 2011 BCBS Call Center and MTM Conference
- February 28, 2011
- Edward M.L. Peters discusses how social media can be used as a strategic weapon on The Hill’s Congress Blog.
- January 30, 2011
- Edward. M. L. Peters to Speak at AHIP Executive Leadership Summit
- November 30, 2010
- Most economic forecasts have the US economy emerging from the slump by 2020. Edward M.L. Peters discusses his recovery proposal on The Hill’s Congress Blog
- November 18, 2010
- Edward M.L. Peters discusses the current economic phenomenon that doesn’t play by the rules on The Hill’s Congress Blog
- October 18, 2010
- Edward ML Peters to Present at INFORMS 2010
- October 14, 2010
- OpenConnect CEO Edward M.L. Peters to speak at AGC's 7th Annual East Coast Emerging Growth Conference
- September 28, 2010
- Healthcare Reform Effort Falters as NarrativeTracker Projected
- September 22, 2010
- OpenConnect to Exhibit at Blues National Summit 2010
- August 23, 2010
- OpenConnect to Exhibit at NACDS Pharmacy & Technology Conference
- August 17, 2010
- Concern about Keeping One’s Insurance and Rising Healthcare Costs Soar According to Healthcare NarrativeTracker™
- August 5, 2010
- OpenConnect Appoints Steve Estrada, Senior Vice President of Strategic Marketing and Services
- August 3, 2010
- “Healthcare Narrative Tracker Monitors Social Media to Understand Issues Driving Reform” Premiers on AHIP’s Hi-Wire Health IT Channel
- August 2, 2010
- Patricia A. Gunn Joins OpenConnect Senior Vice President, Healthcare & Insurance Sales
- July 26, 2010
- AHIP Video examines how OpenConnect helped Blue Cross Blue Shield Minnesota improve its claims processing performance
- July 7, 2010
- Healthcare NarrativeTracker Detects Growing Concern about Containing Costs
Articles
- May 2012
Forbes.com
Read the Forbes.com article How to Slow the Healthcare Value Leak discussing the waste, fraud and abuse associated with our US healthcare system and the extended impact the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act presents.- February 2012
Investor's Business Daily
Investor’s Business Daily Article Discusses How Medical Loss Ratio Is Affecting Insurers
OpenConnect CEO Points to Reducing Administrative Costs as One of the Biggest Challenges Insurers Face- January 2012
Insurance & Technology
Greater Healthcare Payer Efficiency Through Process Intelligence and Workforce Analytics - By automatically capturing and measuring exactly what work is being done, how, and by whom, health insurers can introduce significant efficiencies.- October 2011
DortchOnIT.com
Dortch On IT principal analyst Michael Dortch concludes in his, “Business-Critical Decisions from ‘Gut Feel’ to Verifiable Trust” thought leadership report: “If you are a business decision maker who believes that data-defended decisions defy doubt and drive success, you and your colleagues should look closely at Comprehend from OpenConnect."- September 2011
TechAmerica Foundation ‘Innovation Nation at Risk’ series focusing on how technology innovations can enable competitiveness in our economy publishes Edward M.L. Peter’s article on Workforce Productivity in Today’s Service-Based Economy.
- August 2011
“OpenConnect - a ‘big daddy’ of ABPD and more,” Bloor Research analyst Simon Holloway discusses OpenConnect and Comprehend and writes “OpenConnect Comprehend has an impressive set of capabilities that shows the company's pedigree and knowledge of their target market.”
- August 2011
“OpenConnect Enables Process Improvement,” Ventana Research analyst Richard Snow writes, “Comprehend supports a performance improvement cycle similar to that proposed by Ventana Research which is a process of understand (measure past and current performance), optimize (analyze what areas need improving) and align (initiate action to make sure improvements take place).
- March 30, 2011
Open Connect: Replacing Gut Instinct with Real-Life Data for Better BPM.
- March 23, 2011
- OpenConnect Introduces Comprehend 6 Analytics Software
Events
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May 15-17, 2012
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2012 NASCO Network Conference Atlanta, GA The 2012 NASCO Network Conference is celebrating 25 years of closing the payer gap. For more information on the conference, please visit 2012 NASCO Network Conference. |
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March 6-7, 2012
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National Policy Forum Ritz Carlton - Washington, D.C. OpenConnect is sponsoring a symposium at AHIP’s National Policy Forum entitled “Solutions to Address Key Policy Challenges of MLR”. Edward M.L. Peters, OpenConnect CEO, will host the session. Joining Mr. Peters will be Merrill Mathews, PhD and resident scholar with the Institute for Policy Innovation. For more information on the Policy Forum please visit, http://www.ahip.org/Conferences/Policy2012/ . |
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December 4 - 7, 2011
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Blue National Summit 2011 Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers The 2011 Blue National Summit is an annual event hosted by the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association for Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plan management-level staff from across the U.S. It is the only all-Blue event that brings together Blue professionals from across 11 disciplines for networking and knowledge sharing. OpenConnect is an exhibitor at this year's summit and will be showcasing Comprehend, its process intelligence, workforce analytics and process automation solutions designed to create high value improvements for Healthcare Insurance plans. To set up a one-on-one demo of our solutions please contact: Brett Blosser at bblosser@oc.com. You can also visit us at our booth #1115 for more information on Comprehend. |
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March 27 - 30, 2011
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New Orleans Marriott OpenConnect to Sponsor, Present and Exhibit at the 2011 BCBS Call Center and MTM Conference Hal Markowitz, VP Shared Services, BCBS Florida, and Edward M.L. Peters, CEO, OpenConnect, to host session discussing how leveraging process and workforce intelligence can help improve performance, operational efficiency, and drive cost reductions. Key discussion topics will include claims auto adjudication and workforce productivity validation. |
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February 3, 2011
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Edward. M. L. Peters, CEO of OpenConnect Systems, spoke at the AHIP Executive Leadership Summit. His presentation centered on lowering administrative costs and improving service quality through process intelligence. |
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August 3, 2010
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View the AHIP video discussing NarrativeTracker and the use of social media-based monitoring to better understand issues driving healthcare reform.
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July 26, 2010
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June 29, 2010
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View the AHIP vidcast featuring BCBSFL discussing how OpenConnect's Comprehend helped drive cost reductions
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AHIP Institute 2010
6/9/2010-6/11/2010Event Details
Caesars Palace
Las Vegas,NV
Institute 2010 is an educational platform that provides health care companies the tools and strategies to streamline their business operations and provide evidence-based coverage to more Americans. The Institute features keynote sessions with speakers who are among the nation’s most influential thought leaders as well as concurrent sessions that range in topic and bring industry discussions down to the level of day-to-day opportunities. There is also an Exhibit Hall where you will hear from industry experts and see state-of-the-art products and services. OpenConnect is a sponsor and exhibitor at this year’s Institute.
OpenConnect's Ed Peters discusses The Paid-for Option on Federal news radio's "Blueprint for Wealth"
OpenConnect Sponsors 2010 Call Center & MTM Conference
Join us at the Grand American Hotel in Salt Lake City March 7-10, 2010.View the AHIP vidcast discussing how OpenConnect helped Horizon BCBSNJ lower costs and improve the efficiency of its claims processing system.
View the IDC and OpenConnect webinar “Stop Guessing and Start Knowing: Realigning your business processes with your business objectives“ by clicking here.