ProxyMed, Inc., doing business as MedAvant Healthcare Solutions, operates as an information technology company that facilitates the exchange of medical claim and clinical information among doctors, hospitals, medical laboratories, pharmacies, and insurance payers, as well as enables the electronic transmission of laboratory results and prescription orders. The company operates in two segments, Transaction Services and Laboratory Communication Solutions. Transaction Services segment provides an electronic connection supplemented by a Web portal called myMedAvant, powered by its Phoenix platform, which serves as a tool for its customers to process claims. It offers various services and other features, such as verifying a patient’s insurance, enrolling with payers, tracking a claim’s progress with the payer, and retrieving reports from payers. This segment also operates a preferred provider organization, known as the National Preferred Provider Network (NPPN) that is accessed by patients, physicians, acute care facilities, and ancillary care providers. Through its NPPN, the company offers discounts on fees when a patient uses an out-of-network provider and bill negotiation on non-discounted claims to the payer community. Further, the Transaction Services segment provides PreScribe, a desktop and online application for providers to send new prescriptions and refill requests to pharmacies. Laboratory Communication Solutions segment offers printing technology that is integrated into printers for labs to purchase and install in physician offices for the transmittal of laboratory reports. This segment also offers Pilot, a Web-enabled device available in a provider’s office to transfer lab reports in various formats to a printer, a personal computer, or a hand-held device; and Fleet Management System tool, which monitors printers in provider offices and receives alerts for various problems. The company was incorporated in 1989 and is headquartered in Norcross, Georgia.