MEDHOST

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MEDHOST
MEDHOST-Logo (1).jpg
Industry Health Care Information Technology
Founded1984
Headquarters Franklin, TN, U.S.
Products Health Informatics Software
Website www.medhost.com

MEDHOST [1] is a Health Information Technology company, founded in 1984, which is based in Franklin, Tennessee, United States with a secondary office in Plano, Texas. [2]

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Company history

On February 1, 2010, HealthTech Holdings, the parent company of Healthcare Management Systems, Inc., acquired MEDHOST, Inc. MEDHOST's software was integrated into HMS' hospital information system. [3]


In 2011, MEDHOST received ONC 2011 Edition certification for launching Meaningful Use Stage 1 software package. [4]


On December 16, 2013, HealthTech Holdings announced it had combined certain of its subsidiaries and software, rebranding itself as MEDHOST and offering its products under the MEDHOST brand. [5]


In 2014, MEDHOST was named one of Nashville Business Journal's top 25 fastest-growing private companies. [6] In 2017, MEDHOST became one of the first EHR vendors to achieve ONC 2015 Edition certification required by CMS MU Stage III. [7] In 2019, MEDHOST launched MEDHOST Business Services. [8] In 2020, MEDHOST launched Price Transparency product for hospitals.[ citation needed ]

Leadership

Bill Anderson – Chairman and CEO [9]

Ken Misch – President [10]

Matthew Higgins - Chief Financial Officer

Kenneth Barfield – Executive Vice President, General Counsel

  1. [ dead link ]
  2. "Top 20 hospital application vendors". Health Data Management. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  3. Lawley, Erin. "HMS Parents Buy MEDHOST". Nashville Post. Nashville Post. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  4. "MEDHOST Cloud Services Certification". MEDHOST. MEDHOST. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  5. Boyer, E.J. "HealthTech Holdings rebrands as Medhost, names new president". BizJournals. BizJournals. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  6. "NBJ 100's 25 Fastest-Growing Private Companies: Medhost". BizJournal. BizJournal. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  7. "Colorado hospital Becomes One of the First Ready to Meet MU Stage 3 Objectives". MEDHOST. MEDHOST. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  8. "MEDHOST Strengthens its Revenue Cycle Services". MEDHOST. MEDHOST. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  9. "HIStalk Interviews Bill Anderson, CEO, Medhost – HIStalk". histalk2.com. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  10. "Medhost names new president". Nashville Post. Retrieved 2020-07-22.

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