IBM Cognos TM1 Helps to Keep VITAS Innovative Hospice Care a Healthy Business

VITAS Innovative Hospice Care, one of the oldest and largest hospice care providers in the United States, was founded to preserve the quality of life for those with a limited time to live. It is a company defined by the needs of the patients and families it serves. It needed to manage heavy volumes of financial data and do in-depth analysis of payroll, drug costs and healthcare reimbursement. It deployed IBM Cognos TM1 gives VITAS more accurate and timely information on budgets, payroll and drug costs; faster, more nimble reporting; and the ease of use and scalability it could not get out of Microsoft Excel.