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Rock-Pond Announces Launch of OBSIDIAN

April 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Rock-Pond Solutions is pleased to announce the upcoming launch of OBSIDIAN, Rock-Pond’s Enterprise Reporting Platform.  The launch will take place next week at the 2012 NHIA Annual Conference & Exposition in Phoenix.  This announcement comes after over a decade of commitment to meeting the INFORMATION needs of home infusion and specialty pharmacy providers.

OBSIDIAN delivers the powerful information you need from these four products and services: Rock-Pond Reports, Rock-Pond Information Center, Rock-Pond Developer Studio, and Rock-Pond Custom Reporting.  Each product alone is powerful, but TOGETHER they forge a complete platform that is unshakable.

Naming the result of over 12 years of work OBSIDIAN is a huge milestone for Rock-Pond Solutions.  In much the same way that OBSIDIAN is created through the fiery process of lava meeting water, our enterprise reporting platform emerged from our determination to solve problems by turning DATA into INFORMATION.  What started out as a consulting service quickly turned into a reporting service when we released Rock-Pond Reports.  The need to provide a way to organize and leverage the power of these reports seamlessly brought about an Information Center.  As the demand for INFORMATION and the size of our customers grew, the need for improved data security, auditing support and the ability to include internally developed reports added the Developer Studio.  Combine these with our rock-solid reporting services and you get OBSIDIAN.  We couldn’t be more excited and we aren’t stopping here.

Pete Tanguay, President
Rock-Pond Solutions

Since the NHIA Conference is the largest, most essential gathering of professionals in our field, we could not think of a better time and place to introduce you to OBSIDIAN.  Stop by booth #419 to experience OBSIDIAN and learn about the OBSIDIAN challenge.

Also, if you will be in Phoenix next week, please join us for a Night of Appreciation at the Phoenix Art Museum.  We invite all of our customers, partners and friends to join us for an evening of fine art, fine wine, and fine friends.  Please click here for complete details and to RSVP.

 

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Rock-Pond powers MHA’s Business Solution Center

March 31, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Managed Healthcare Associates, Inc. (MHA), a leading health care service company focused on alternate site health care providers, has engaged Rock-Pond Solutions to develop their next generation business information platform for their members. As a result, Rock-Pond has entered into an exclusive relationship with MHA to develop and support the MHA Business Solutions Center which will be introduced at the 2011 National Home Infusion Association conference in Orlando, April 4-7.

The MHA Business Solutions Center is a framework to deliver industry and member-specific information to MHA members. The initial release contains a Member Resource Center with industry news and company-specific information for members, a comprehensive drug recall management system to alert members when drugs in their inventory are recalled, a file system to organize and view member-specific GPO reports and a base set of inventory and profitability reports from Rock-Pond Solutions to deliver information directly from their pharmacy dispensing system. The Business Solutions Center is an application the member will install and manage on their internal network and with connections to their pharmacy dispensing and billing system. The application will also have access to additional data sources in the Rock-Pond data warehouse to expand the reporting functionality.

According to Diane Koontz, MHA’s Sr. Vice President of Alternate Site, “Delivering the data and information our members need has always been a cornerstone of the MHA value proposition. With the enhanced reports that we’re developing in conjunction with Rock-Pond Solutions, MHA members will have access to a series of business solutions that provide GPO purchasing, revenue and inventory management tools. This will change the way infusion and specialty providers do business.”

Rock-Pond’s transition from a reporting company to a software company began last year with the release of the Rock-Pond Information Center.  As health care has become more complex and information-driven and with the changes in the home infusion and specialty pharmacy industries, it became critical to be able to bring data together from many different sources to get the information needed to make business decisions. Rock-Pond built a core set of technologies that powers our software applications and with the MHA partnership we are expanding this tool set to power those of other leading health care service companies. 

The MHA Business Solutions Center is available free to MHA primary members. For more information on MHA or becoming an MHA member, visit their website at www.mhainc.com or call them at 800-642-3020.

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Rock-Pond to Sponsor 2011 NHIA Conference

March 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Rock-Pond Solutions is pleased to be the  Opening General Session and Entertainment sponsor for the 20th Annual NHIA Conference.  The NHIA Annual conference is the largest gathering of home infusion professionals in the country each year. 

According to the conference brochure, “The year 2011 marks two extraordinary decades of growth and success for NHIA and its members – now, looking towards an even brighter industry horizon, alternate-site infusion stakeholders must authentically collaborate stronger than ever to maximize 20 years of achievement and craft a future of thriving possibilities.”

In addition to being one of the core sponsors of the event, the conference is shaping up to be a tremendous event for Rock-Pond Solutions.  Rock-Pond will also be exhibiting in the Exhibition Hall demonstrating their recently announced new product campaign - The Power of 2.  We will also be unveiling our partnership with Managed Healthcare Associates, Inc., another major NHIA sponsor and the largest GPO to the home infusion/specialty pharmacy industries and will be hosting a customer/friend appreciation event at Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville at Universal City Walk. 

Attending the conference from Rock-Pond will be:

  • Founder and President Pete Tanguay
  • Chief Technology Officer Matt Lager
  • Rock-Pond Reports Manager Brandon Carpenter
  • Product Specialist Brooke Wright

We’ll see you in Orlando!  Stop by our booth (#426) and let us know if you can join us at Margaritaville.

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Tanguay to Speak at NHIA 2010

December 15, 2009 By Leave a Comment

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Rock-Pond’s president, Pete Tanguay, will present “Understanding and Reducing the Costs of Billing and Getting Paid” on April 13 at the 2010 NHIA Annual Conference in Dallas, TX. Originally Pete was asked by the NHIA educational committee on cost effective use of technology in a home infusion department.  He pointed out that technology is only as good as the problem it solves and understanding and reducing reimbursement costs is very high on the priority list of home infusion providers.

The preliminary course outline is as follows:  “The reimbursement process begins with a patient referral and ends with payment for services, or at least this is the plan. There are specific costs associated with this process and additional costs incurred when you don’t do each area well. This program will present a comprehensive reimbursement model along with specific metrics and recommendations to follow in order to minimize the cost and time it takes to get paid for services. It will emphasize the advantage of using technology to measure and streamline your reimbursement process.”

Rock-Pond Solutions will also be exhibiting at the conference.

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