OREANDA-NEWS. July 15, 2015. Today McKesson Health Solutions announced that Health Plan of San Joaquin has licensed McKesson Contract Manager™ to help serve over 300,000 Medicaid members in California’s Central Valley.

Health Plan of San Joaquin will use the flexible contracting solution to help automate its contracting process to engage providers differently by providing higher service levels, improving collaboration and boosting provider satisfaction. In a rapidly changing, highly competitive market, the ability to innovate around what is historically a time-consuming manual process grants health plans more time to focus on the best ways to provide quality healthcare benefits to members.

“We looked at several other systems, but nothing [was] as robust as Contract Manager,” said Dr. Cheron Vail, Chief Information Officer at Health Plan of San Joaquin and a 23-year healthcare IT veteran. “Contract Manager’s functionality and capabilities are simply more evolved and extensive. That said, our decision was based on more than the software. The McKesson team’s domain expertise and functional capabilities in this area are outstanding. These aspects can’t be overlooked when you are automating a mission-critical process for the first time. It’s crucial to have the right partner.”

Contract Manager helps payers lead strategic reimbursement initiatives in a streamlined, automated, collaborative way with providers across the entire contract lifecycle. As part of the McKesson Network Management product suite, in concert with McKesson Provider Manager™ and McKesson Reimbursement Manager™, McKesson Contract Manager helps simplify the design, management, and contracting of provider networks, orchestrate value-based reimbursement strategies, and provide a better experience for members and providers.