Testimonials

“Thanks for a wonderful product.”
Dr. Robert Sideli, M.D., CIO/Senior Vice President
Metropolitan Jewish Health System, Brooklyn, NY

"SmartCare® is a very unique managed care tool that helps physicians determine utilization patterns and resource usage. Any group practice or PHO who is currently or considering accepting capitation could be a potential client. This is also a perfect tool for disease management companies who are in the carve out business to utilize in order to determine PMPM by contract population. SmartCare® is truly a data mining tool; it allows the user to truly manipulate their capitation data and determine their actual utilization. There are other managed care systems in the market, but they work more like an executive decision maker rather than a system that allows you to 'drill down' into your own claims data. I have been so impressed with SmartCare® that I've actually told several people that they should purchase this product. I've discussed this product with many people who are employed in healthcare information systems and managed care jobs and they feel that this is a unique product."

William Mercer & Co.

"Harris Methodist Health System has acquired SmartCare®, a sophisticated software system, designed to give providers a competitive edge in contract negotiations by analyzing claims data and forecasting the cost of care.

SmartCare®, a software system produced by Armonk, NY-based Vantage Point, Inc, will predict the cost of providing services. The system determines utilization patterns and uncovers trends within data. Armed with this valuable information, health systems believe that they will save 10% to 20% on contract negotiations with physician groups and other types of providers, because the software pinpoints a provider's costs for services.

Larry Blevins, senior vice president of Information Technology with Harris Methodist Health System, said the software will help their organization understand its resource utilization and forecast the type and cost of care it will need to provide.

”With the information provided by SmartCare®, Harris Methodist will be better prepared to negotiate and manage capitation contracts. By identifying the cost of care, the organization can use information about proposed covered lives to calculate the per member/per month (PMPM) cost of providing service."

Excerpt From the Dallas Business Journal, 1996

"Vantage Point has brought its expertise in state-of-the-art information systems development to Health Care, and has created very impressive software systems that can operate and (more importantly) control all aspects of a growing physician organization."

James J. Unland
President
The Health Capital Group Author - "A Guide To The Formation Of Physician-Directed Managed Care Networks, AMA",
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Healthcare Finance (Aspen)

Partial SmartCare® Client List

• Health Insurance Plan of New York (HIP)
• State of Illinois Department of Public Health
• Sharp Community Medical Group/Sharp Healthcare, San Diego, CA
• The Hudson IPA, Tarrytown, NY
• Metropolitan Jewish Health System, Brooklyn, NY
• Connecticut Chiropractic Network, Middletown, CT
• Gold Health Strategies, New York City, NY in a joint venture with Oxford Health Plans and 5 IPAs