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Vista Healthplan Streamlines Claims Processing and Improves Member
Services with Mainframe SOA Solution from NEON Systems; Shadow
z/Services Distributed Accelerates Service-Enablement of Legacy
Screen-based Applications
NEON(R) Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:NEON), The Mainframe Integration
Experts(TM), today announced Vista Healthplan (VISTA) selected NEON's
Shadow z/Services Distributed to provide a service-oriented integration
solution for connecting its IBM iSeries data and screen-based
applications with its other business applications.
Headquartered in Hollywood, Florida, VISTA and its affiliated companies
offer a choice of health benefit plans including health maintenance
organization (HMO), preferred provider organization (PPO) and
point-of-service (POS). VISTA provides health benefits coverage to more
than 300,000 members and 10,000 employers in Florida through employer
group and individual plans, Medicare, Medicaid and Florida's Healthy
Kids program. In addition, more than 5,000 independent physicians and
the area's leading hospitals participate in VISTA's provider network.
Previous to the implementation of NEON's Shadow z/Services Distributed,
VISTA's staff often had to enter data twice; once into its front-end
business application and then again in its primary iSeries application
PowerMHS. This had significant impact on the efficiency of the business
workflows and quality of service for plan members.
"Integrating our front-end applications with PowerMHS is difficult
primarily due to the proprietary nature of PowerMHS and its database.
The business logic used to relate the underlying tables resides in
PowerMHS's COBOL generated screens," said Jose Contreras, vice
president of information technology for Vista Healthplan. "We could
access the iSeries based tables directly, but to do so would require us
to replicate the business logic already built within the PowerMHS
system."
"We used NEON to leverage the business logic trapped inside traditional
COBOL green screens and integrate, or broker that data with our
front-end applications," he added. "With NEON, our COBOL, .NET and JAVA
developers are leaving behind the old concept of mainframe application
coding and instead we are becoming an integration shop using .NET and
Java components and later, Web services, as building blocks toward
deploying a full Service-Oriented Architecture," he added.
NEON's Shadow z/Services Distributed gave VISTA direct access to its
IBM iSeries mainframes and then into a host environment that generates
components into critical applications that are ultimately exposed to
the end user. The newly architected solution has significantly improved
the operational efficiencies, streamlining the access to legacy data
and reducing the amount of time needed to handle member inquiries and
plan updates.
"Our work with Vista Healthplan is a good example of the immediate
value to the business that comes from real-time mainframe integration,"
said Mark Cresswell, NEON's President and CEO. "Shadow z/Services
Distributed provides an industry standard SOA solution that has allowed
VISTA's programmers to use their existing skills to rapidly
service-enable their legacy system. Their work has had a ripple effect
throughout the organization, allowing for operational and service
levels to improve," Cresswell added.
Looking ahead, VISTA will be using NEON's Shadow z/Services Distributed
as its foundation for a broader, Web services-based SOA implementation,
which includes converting their use of components to SOAP-based Web
services that will allow them to offer secure, online services
supporting member enrollments, direct access to accounts and
self-service features to enable members to modify their
information--all of which will capture significant ROI for VISTA.
About NEON Systems
NEON Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:NEON)--the Mainframe Integration Experts--is
a leading provider of enterprise-class mainframe integration solutions.
Shadow RTE provides the industry's first Mainframe Services Bus (MSB)
to support the entire range of requirements for Service-Oriented
Architectures (SOA) and Event-Driven Architectures (EDA)--essential
foundation elements needed to support the Real-time Enterprise. For
organizations with significant investments in mainframe systems, Shadow
RTE dramatically reduces the cost and complexity associated with
mainframe integration. A single unified platform for mainframe
integration translates into faster development and deployment of new,
high value applications, streamlined business processes and real-time
access to enterprise data and logic regardless of where it resides
within the enterprise. With extensive mainframe integration expertise,
NEON is uniquely qualified to solve the complexities of supporting new
business initiatives and reporting requirements that intersect with
critical mainframe systems. For more information on the Powering the
Real-time Enterprise, see our Web site at http://www.neonsys.com or
call 800-505-NEON.
NEON Systems, Inc., Sugar Land
Calvin Fudge, 281-491-4200 (U.S.)
calvin.fudge@neonsys.com
or
LEWIS PR
Steve Capoccia, 617-454-1103 (U.S.)
stevec@lewispr.com
Source: Business Wire (November 9, 2005 - 8:55 AM EST)
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