Ping Identity Corporation today announced CareCore National, the nation’s fastest-growing diagnostic imaging benefits management provider, has gone live with PingFederate. Needing to quickly enable federated single sign-on to a large health plan, CareCore deployed PingFederate and delivered a secure and seamless end user experience in less than two weeks.

CareCore’s services allow health plans to better manage the increasingly complex and costly world of diagnostic imaging. With over 30 million lives under care, CareCore’s clients include some of country’s largest payors The CEO of one such health plan recently challenged CareCore’s CEO to implement federated single sign-on so that patients, providers and plan employees already logged into the payor’s site could seamlessly access CareCore’s Web portal without having to re-authenticate. The challenge included a drop-dead delivery date.

“We had an extreme timeline to deliver federated single sign-on, and the results speak for themselves. First we identified SAML as the standard to commit to, and then identified Ping Identity as a leader in the space,” said Bill Moore, CTO, CareCore National. “PingFederate was selected because it reduces complexity, cost, and time-to-production. With the Ping Identity team we successfully tied two organizations together in two weeks and delivered a seamless web experience for end users.”

“Just because the technology and concepts underlying federated identity are complex doesn’t mean implementations have to be difficult”, said Andre Durand, CEO, Ping Identity. “From the start, our goal has been to simplify identity federation. CareCore’s two week implementation is proof that we have reached that goal.”

As a result of their federated single sign-on initiative, CareCore National has also assured compliance with HIPPA, increasing opportunities for secure collaboration in a manner that protects patients’ privacy rights. CareCore joins a growing list of health care payors and service providers that are Ping Identity customers.

About PingFederate
Award-winning PingFederate is a standalone federation server with multi-protocol capabilities for SAML 1.0, 1.1, 2.0 and WS-Federation single sign-on. PingFederate can be downloaded directly from Ping Identity at www.pingidentity.com. PingFederate is certified Liberty Alliance SAML 2.0 interoperable and GSA E-Authentication compliant.

About CareCore National, LLC
Since 1994, CareCore National has provided comprehensive, customized programs to health plan clients that seek to mitigate soaring diagnostic imaging costs while improving imaging excellence and ensuring patient convenience. CareCore National’s innovative, and quality-driven approach to radiology utilization management has made it the country’s fastest-growing outpatient diagnostic imaging utilization management services provider. In addition to utilizing expert clinical criteria, CareCore National retains the highest staffing ratio in the industry of licensed health care professionals to manage the clinical evaluation process. CareCore National’s expert staff, comprised of medical directors and nurses, administers the dynamic clinical protocols required for imaging management. CareCore National is the largest radiology benefit management company, covering over 30 million national subscribers, and is certified by the National Committee for Quality Assurance and URAC (American Accreditation HealthCare Commission). For more information visit www.carecorenational.com.

About Ping Identity Corporation
Ping Identity is uniquely dedicated to delivering Internet Identity Management software and services that are transforming how organizations work with employees, customers and business partners. Our open and flexible approach offers best-of-breed software complemented with best-in-class service. Our federation identity management and consumer authentication products are used by over one hundred of the largest and most demanding enterprises, service providers, and government agencies worldwide.