The current economic severity continues to be a challenge to all. Analysts across industries are coming up with their own assessments, from The New Normal, to those who predict an upturn any day now. Whether it’s an adjustment to a new order or to cope with a passing phase, companies are certainly restructuring their processes and many organizations have begun to realize the value in restructuring their compensation models to start with.
Along with the economy, emotions are also turbulent amongst stockholders, employers and employees alike. Growth and stability initiatives rest on their shoulders, and the pressure to set companies on the right path to recovery creates an enormous stress on executives and employees alike... click here for the full blog post
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Effective Communication – a key component in successful Sales Performance
With challenges such as difficulty in recruiting qualified representatives, retaining agent mindshare and aggressive competition for talent in the insurance market, insurance organizations of all types must turn their attention to establishing better processes and controls on the management of their sales channel.
A successful Sales Performance Management (SPM) solution provides insurance organizations the sophisticated tools that manage... click here for the full blog post
A successful Sales Performance Management (SPM) solution provides insurance organizations the sophisticated tools that manage... click here for the full blog post
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
The Insurance Implications of Dangerous Driving Holidays
A hallmark of most American holidays is an increased amount of drinking, which translates to more intoxicated drivers and therefore more dangerous driving conditions. For that reason, New Years Eve would be expected to be the leader amongst accident fatalities. But according to research by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) the most dubious culprit is... click here for the full blog post
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
CSSI’s Dedication to Healthcare Illustrated by Decade-long Partnership with Non-Profit Provider of Rehabilitation Data Services
Coconut Creek, Florida, 07/14/2009 – Computer Solutions and Software International, Inc. (CSSI®) today reinforces its dedication to healthcare through its continued partnership with Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation (UDSMR), a not-for-profit organization that offers its subscribers a wide range of tools and services enabling documentation of the severity of patient disabilities and the results of medical rehabilitation in a uniform way.
CSSI has been a major development and implementation partner with UDSMR for more than eight years. The UDS-PRO® system, developed by CSSI for UDSMR, is the industry’s largest patient outcomes software application and database of patient records, managing data for more than 70% of all inpatient rehabilitation facilities.
The extensive knowledge contained in this database makes UDSMR the trusted source within the rehabilitation industry for objective evaluations of industry trends for use in standards, benchmarking, and public policy debates.
This powerful system combines UDSMR’s clinical expertise and CSSI’s technical capabilities to manage all aspects of processing data from the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Patient Assessment Instrument (IRF-PAI), beginning with data collection and case management through data transmission to both the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and UDSMR. This system was designed to assist rehabilitation facilities in complying with rules mandated by CMS regarding the collection of data used for reimbursement of all Medicare patients across the country.
“CSSI really understands the industry’s need for secure management of sensitive data, and how to best design technology to organize, control access and share that data,” said Pawel Wieczorek, CIO of UDSMR. “We’ve trusted CSSI for over ten years for their domain expertise and reliability. The sizeable market share of subscribers is a testimony to the quality of the product created by this strong partnership.”
CSSI is also UDSMR’s exclusive implementation partner for the Health Level 7 (HL7) interface, an optional add-on service to UDS-PRO® database subscribers. The HL7 interface communicates with other health care systems and the UDS-PRO® system for seamless transmittance of accurate data.
Due to the success of these systems, UDSMR has again chosen CSSI as their implementation partner to develop a documentation tool which will add to their integrated suite of database and reporting systems.
“Our partnership with UDSMR has been very rewarding”, said Prabhakar Dixit, Program Manager at CSSI. “UDSMR provides a highly valuable service to both their subscribers and the rehabilitation industry as a whole with their UDS-PRO® System database. We are extremely happy to continue our association with UDSMR in the development of their new documentation tool.”
About Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation (UDSMR)
UDSMR, a division of UB Foundation Activities, Inc., is a not-for-profit organization affiliated with the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. Since its inception in 1987, UDSMR has provided the most comprehensive rehabilitation data to the industry. Dr. Carl V. Granger, executive director of both UDSMR and the Center for Functional Assessment Research, is the father of The FIM System®.
Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation offers its subscribers a wide range of services and tools that enable them to document the severity of patient disability and the results of medical rehabilitation in a uniform way. For more information about UDSMR, please visit www.udsmr.org
About CSSI®
Computer Solutions & Software International, Inc. (CSSI®) is a U.S based systems integration and software development firm with 18 years of experience in the Insurance, Healthcare and Financial Services industries. CSSI® assists clients by delivering innovative custom and packaged solutions designed for their unique business requirements. Headquartered in Coconut Creek, Florida, CSSI® has a strong North American presence and also operates offices internationally, including a wholly-owned Technology Center in Hyderabad, India. CSSI® is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. For more information about CSSI®, please visit www.solutionsoftware.com
Media Contact:
Stephanie Castro
954-419-1008 x101
4800 Lyons Technology Parkway, Suite 4
Coconut Creek, FL 33073
CSSI® and VUE Software® are registered trademarks of Computer Solutions & Software International, Inc.
UDS-PRO® is a registered trademark of Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation, a division of UB Foundation Activities, Inc.
All other registered trademarks, trademarks or service marks belong to their respective companies.
CSSI has been a major development and implementation partner with UDSMR for more than eight years. The UDS-PRO® system, developed by CSSI for UDSMR, is the industry’s largest patient outcomes software application and database of patient records, managing data for more than 70% of all inpatient rehabilitation facilities.
The extensive knowledge contained in this database makes UDSMR the trusted source within the rehabilitation industry for objective evaluations of industry trends for use in standards, benchmarking, and public policy debates.
This powerful system combines UDSMR’s clinical expertise and CSSI’s technical capabilities to manage all aspects of processing data from the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Patient Assessment Instrument (IRF-PAI), beginning with data collection and case management through data transmission to both the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and UDSMR. This system was designed to assist rehabilitation facilities in complying with rules mandated by CMS regarding the collection of data used for reimbursement of all Medicare patients across the country.
“CSSI really understands the industry’s need for secure management of sensitive data, and how to best design technology to organize, control access and share that data,” said Pawel Wieczorek, CIO of UDSMR. “We’ve trusted CSSI for over ten years for their domain expertise and reliability. The sizeable market share of subscribers is a testimony to the quality of the product created by this strong partnership.”
CSSI is also UDSMR’s exclusive implementation partner for the Health Level 7 (HL7) interface, an optional add-on service to UDS-PRO® database subscribers. The HL7 interface communicates with other health care systems and the UDS-PRO® system for seamless transmittance of accurate data.
Due to the success of these systems, UDSMR has again chosen CSSI as their implementation partner to develop a documentation tool which will add to their integrated suite of database and reporting systems.
“Our partnership with UDSMR has been very rewarding”, said Prabhakar Dixit, Program Manager at CSSI. “UDSMR provides a highly valuable service to both their subscribers and the rehabilitation industry as a whole with their UDS-PRO® System database. We are extremely happy to continue our association with UDSMR in the development of their new documentation tool.”
About Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation (UDSMR)
UDSMR, a division of UB Foundation Activities, Inc., is a not-for-profit organization affiliated with the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. Since its inception in 1987, UDSMR has provided the most comprehensive rehabilitation data to the industry. Dr. Carl V. Granger, executive director of both UDSMR and the Center for Functional Assessment Research, is the father of The FIM System®.
Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation offers its subscribers a wide range of services and tools that enable them to document the severity of patient disability and the results of medical rehabilitation in a uniform way. For more information about UDSMR, please visit www.udsmr.org
About CSSI®
Computer Solutions & Software International, Inc. (CSSI®) is a U.S based systems integration and software development firm with 18 years of experience in the Insurance, Healthcare and Financial Services industries. CSSI® assists clients by delivering innovative custom and packaged solutions designed for their unique business requirements. Headquartered in Coconut Creek, Florida, CSSI® has a strong North American presence and also operates offices internationally, including a wholly-owned Technology Center in Hyderabad, India. CSSI® is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. For more information about CSSI®, please visit www.solutionsoftware.com
Media Contact:
Stephanie Castro
954-419-1008 x101
4800 Lyons Technology Parkway, Suite 4
Coconut Creek, FL 33073
CSSI® and VUE Software® are registered trademarks of Computer Solutions & Software International, Inc.
UDS-PRO® is a registered trademark of Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation, a division of UB Foundation Activities, Inc.
All other registered trademarks, trademarks or service marks belong to their respective companies.
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Overcome Compensation Challenges with Incentive Compensation Management
To leverage commissions to their advantage, carriers must have the flexibility to transition to different compensation structures while mitigating the risks of disrupting distribution channels. A solution that provides this capability in a single, proven technology package is Incentive Compensation Management (ICM)... click here for the full blog post
Stephen Bruno Featured as Thought Leader in Windows in Financial Services Magazine
Executive’s interview featured in a profile of Insurance Technology industry leaders on the topic of Strategic IT Investment Critical to Competitive Edge
Coconut Creek, Florida, 6/30/2009 — Computer Solutions and Software International, Inc. (CSSI®), parent company of VUE Software®, today announced that Stephen Bruno, President and CEO, was interviewed in a profile of Insurance Technology industry leaders in Windows in Financial Services Magazine Spring 2009 issue.
As the driving force behind one of the leading technology providers for the insurance industry, and with eighteen years of experience in the industry, Stephen Bruno provided his insight into the approach insurers should take with strategic IT investments during an economic slowdown.
“Even in these lean times, organizations need to plan and invest for long-term goals. Additionally, innovative technology solutions form the foundation that will prepare an organization for the changes that lie ahead both in the downslide and during the recovery,” he stated.
He was also asked to capture the new capabilities that insurers can successfully wield to sustain their market share.
“Carriers are continuing to adopt relationship management solutions in an effort to provide better service, both internally to their agents and externally to brokers and customers. More forward thinking carriers are looking to implement a comprehensive strategy, a fully-integrated approach that manages the entire cycle from point of contact, to online enrollment, to paying broker commissions and managing renewals.”
This is the second time Mr. Bruno has been featured by the publication. The full interview can be read online at the Windows in Financial Services Magazine website.
About Windows® in Financial Services Magazine
The Source on Microsoft Technologies for Financial Services continues to capture and retain the attention of key decision makers in the Financial Services IT market, providing information covering the most important developments to meet the demands of an ever-changing Financial Services industry.
Issue by issue, they describe the latest trends, products and applications of technology solutions delivered by Microsoft and its expanding alliance of partners in the Financial Services arena. For more information about Windows® In Financial Services Magazine, please visit www.windowsfs.com
About CSSI® and VUE Software®
VUE Software® is the product division of Computer Solutions and Software International dedicated to providing industry-specific business technology solutions to companies in the insurance, healthcare, and construction verticals. Because they are tailored to the needs of these particular industries, our solutions are different from one-size-fits-all performance management and compensation suites such as enterprise incentive management (EIM) and sales performance management (SPM) solutions. VUE Software’s solutions allow companies to manage strategic incentive plans, automate producer administration and organize complex data and contractor policies, resulting in greater administrative efficiency and improved sales performance. For more information about VUE Software, please call 1.877.4.VUESOFT or visit www.vuesoftware.com
Media Contact:
Stephanie Castro
954-419-1008 x101
4800 Lyons Technology Parkway, Suite 4
Coconut Creek, FL 33073
CSSI® and VUE Software® are registered trademarks of Computer Solutions & Software International, Inc. All other registered trademarks or service marks belong to their respective companies.
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Coconut Creek, Florida, 6/30/2009 — Computer Solutions and Software International, Inc. (CSSI®), parent company of VUE Software®, today announced that Stephen Bruno, President and CEO, was interviewed in a profile of Insurance Technology industry leaders in Windows in Financial Services Magazine Spring 2009 issue.
As the driving force behind one of the leading technology providers for the insurance industry, and with eighteen years of experience in the industry, Stephen Bruno provided his insight into the approach insurers should take with strategic IT investments during an economic slowdown.
“Even in these lean times, organizations need to plan and invest for long-term goals. Additionally, innovative technology solutions form the foundation that will prepare an organization for the changes that lie ahead both in the downslide and during the recovery,” he stated.
He was also asked to capture the new capabilities that insurers can successfully wield to sustain their market share.
“Carriers are continuing to adopt relationship management solutions in an effort to provide better service, both internally to their agents and externally to brokers and customers. More forward thinking carriers are looking to implement a comprehensive strategy, a fully-integrated approach that manages the entire cycle from point of contact, to online enrollment, to paying broker commissions and managing renewals.”
This is the second time Mr. Bruno has been featured by the publication. The full interview can be read online at the Windows in Financial Services Magazine website.
About Windows® in Financial Services Magazine
The Source on Microsoft Technologies for Financial Services continues to capture and retain the attention of key decision makers in the Financial Services IT market, providing information covering the most important developments to meet the demands of an ever-changing Financial Services industry.
Issue by issue, they describe the latest trends, products and applications of technology solutions delivered by Microsoft and its expanding alliance of partners in the Financial Services arena. For more information about Windows® In Financial Services Magazine, please visit www.windowsfs.com
About CSSI® and VUE Software®
VUE Software® is the product division of Computer Solutions and Software International dedicated to providing industry-specific business technology solutions to companies in the insurance, healthcare, and construction verticals. Because they are tailored to the needs of these particular industries, our solutions are different from one-size-fits-all performance management and compensation suites such as enterprise incentive management (EIM) and sales performance management (SPM) solutions. VUE Software’s solutions allow companies to manage strategic incentive plans, automate producer administration and organize complex data and contractor policies, resulting in greater administrative efficiency and improved sales performance. For more information about VUE Software, please call 1.877.4.VUESOFT or visit www.vuesoftware.com
Media Contact:
Stephanie Castro
954-419-1008 x101
4800 Lyons Technology Parkway, Suite 4
Coconut Creek, FL 33073
CSSI® and VUE Software® are registered trademarks of Computer Solutions & Software International, Inc. All other registered trademarks or service marks belong to their respective companies.
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