NaviNet acquired by 3 Blues Plans and Lumeris Corp.

In an example of the potentially increasing partnerships between insurers and health information technology firms, three of the nation’s leading Blue health plans that work with more than 70,000 physicians and hospitals to deliver care to more than 11 million people announced they are partnering with health IT provider Lumeris Corp. to acquire NaviNet.

Lumeris and the three Blues — Highmark, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (Horizon), and Independence Blue Cross (IBC) — have signed an agreement to acquire NaviNet for an undisclosed price.

NaviNet is the nation’s largest real-time communication network for physicians, hospitals, and health insurers. The partnership will build on NaviNet’s best-in-class network for transactions among health care providers and insurers by launching an unprecedented initiative to deliver critical information and applications to drive accountable, value-based health care.

Today, NaviNet speeds and simplifies more than 50 kinds of administrative, financial, and clinical transactions among three-quarters of America’s physicians, 3,800 hospitals, and dozens of the nation’s largest health insurers, including Highmark, Horizon, and IBC. The acquisition will position NaviNet to expand the customers served by its real-time communications network.

NaviNet recently acquired Prematics, Inc., a leading provider of mobile care management solutions, expanding NaviNet’s clinical product suite for unified patient information management (UPIM). With the acquisition, NaviNet extends its value to physicians using handheld devices. Prematics’ mobile clinical messaging and e-prescribing solutions will be integrated with NaviNet Insurer Connect, the industry-leading multi-payer portal, and NaviNet EMR and NaviNet PM.

Lumeris has created the health care industry’s first accountable care delivery platform. Built in the cloud from its creation, this innovative solution provides enriched clinical data, financial information, and expertise to support new payment models that reward improved outcomes, enhanced patient safety, and increased physician and patient satisfaction, while lowering overall health care costs.

NaviNet connects a network of 70,000 physicians and hospitals throughout the service areas of Highmark, Horizon, and IBC, as well as more than 75 percent of physicians in the U.S. Together, the partners are committed to providing physicians and hospitals with the tools and information they need to jointly manage better clinical outcomes and financial risk. However, the accountable care solutions will be available to all NaviNet customers, including insurers, hospitals, physicians, and other care providers.