iLIANT Corporation and CBay Systems form strategic alliance to provide medical transcription services
TAMPA, FL and ANNAPOLIS, MD (May 4, 2004). iLIANT Corporation (“iLIANT”), a leading provider of software, business outsourcing, and consulting services for physician practices, and CBay Systems, Ltd. (“CBay”), a leading provider of healthcare business process outsourcing (BPO) services, announce a strategic alliance to provide medical transcription services.
Effective immediately, CBay will manage and assume operational responsibility of iLIANT’s North Carolina based transcription clients. A separate Services Agreement will allow iLIANT to extend CBay transcription technology and services to its physician clients on an ongoing basis. CBay provides transcription and information management services to physician groups, hospitals, integrated health care facility networks, and medical clinics.
iLIANT’s transcription clients will benefit from the innovative technology and medical transcription process tools offered by CBay. CBay’s HIPAA-compliant solutions leverage leading Internet technologies and highly credentialed transcriptionists to provide easier, more secure, accurate and cost-effective medical transcription. The iLIANT relationship will benefit CBay by immediately increasing its customer base as well as opening a new sales channel through which the company can offer its medical transcription services.
iLIANT provides comprehensive business support services aimed at leveraging technology in ways that simplify the physicians’ practice. The alliance with CBay allows iLIANT to remain focused on its core competencies of providing industry leading IT and business services. “We have experienced tremendous success in building strong alliances with leading vendors, like CBay, as a means to provide quality solutions to meet our clients’ needs now and into the future,” said Jay Langford, Director of Business Development for iLIANT. “The strategic alliance with CBay allows our clients to benefit from cutting-edge technology while continuing to receive the outstanding quality and service that they are accustomed to receiving.”
Founded in 1998, CBay has shown remarkable growth through product revenue and acquisition activity. "The iLIANT agreement is a significant validation of our strategy to lead in the healthcare transcription outsourcing market through solutions that combine best practices and leading technology," says CBay Chairman and Chief Executive Office, V. Raman Kumar.
About iLIANT
iLIANT Corporation provides physician practices with best-of-class software as well as business outsourcing and management services designed to raise quality of care and lower costs. With over 700 employees, iLIANT delivers and integrates popular software, via an Application Service Provider (ASP) model. The company also provides business outsourcing and consulting services. Serving more than 2,000 physicians across 32 medical specialties, iLIANT is headquartered in Tampa, Fla., with regional offices in Jacksonville, Fla.; Winston-Salem, NC; Pittsburgh, Pa.; Suffern, NY; West Lawn, Pa.; Voorhees, NJ; and San Antonio, TX. More information can be found at www.iLIANT.com.
About CBay
Headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland in the US, and founded in 1998, CBay Systems, Ltd. (www.cbaysystems.com) is a leading provider of healthcare business process outsourcing (BPO) services. CBay provides transcription and information management services to hospitals, integrated health care facility networks, medical clinics and physicians. 98% of CBay’s business volume is outsourced to India, which in turn is processed by 37 of its production centers, spread across the length and breadth of India. CBay’s HIPAA-compliant solutions leverage leading Internet technologies and the world’s most highly credentialed transcriptionists to provide easier, more secure, accurate and cost-effective medical transcription. CBay has offices in Mumbai, Bangalore and Hyderabad in India.
