The challenge

The challenge

The challenge

The challenge
The challenge

Technical debt from a previous partner left Procella [i]behind schedule[/i] without a market-ready product.

Technical debt from a previous partner left Procella [i]behind schedule[/i] without a market-ready product.

Technical debt from a previous partner left Procella [i]behind schedule[/i] without a market-ready product.

Technical debt from a previous partner left Procella [i]behind schedule[/i] without a market-ready product.
Technical debt from a previous partner left Procella [i]behind schedule[/i] without a market-ready product.

Procella Health's independently owned SaaS PBM platform lets pharmacy benefit managers and insurers configure custom plans and process claims for 2M members a month.

Technical debt

Technical debt

Technical debt

Technical debt
Technical debt

Inconsistent, poorly documented legacy code blocked progress.

Extended timelines

Extended timelines

Extended timelines

Extended timelines
Extended timelines

Unresolved debt pushed the original completion target out.

Growing costs

Growing costs

Growing costs

Growing costs
Growing costs

Significant spend with the previous partner hadn't produced a market-ready product.

Integration gaps

Integration gaps

Integration gaps

Integration gaps
Integration gaps

UI screens matched wireframes but weren't connected to the database or API.

The vision for Procella Health

The vision for Procella Health

The vision for Procella Health

The vision for Procella Health
The vision for Procella Health

Procella is an independently-owned PBM platform designed to adapt with changing technologies and provide a user experience like no other on the market. Through their SaaS they enable pharmacy benefits managers and insurance company representatives to configure highly customized policies and process claims for 100,000 to 20M members monthly.

What Praxent did

What Praxent did

What Praxent did

What Praxent did
What Praxent did

A go-forward architecture and a compliant claims platform

A go-forward architecture and a compliant claims platform

A go-forward architecture and a compliant claims platform

A go-forward architecture and a compliant claims platform
A go-forward architecture and a compliant claims platform

Praxent audited the codebase, set a go-forward architecture and built an intuitive, NCPDP-compliant platform with Procella's backend team.

Technical audit and go-forward architecture

Technical audit and go-forward architecture

Technical audit and go-forward architecture

Technical audit and go-forward architecture
Technical audit and go-forward architecture

Intuitive plan configuration for complex coverage rules

Intuitive plan configuration for complex coverage rules

Intuitive plan configuration for complex coverage rules

Intuitive plan configuration for complex coverage rules
Intuitive plan configuration for complex coverage rules

NCPDP-compliant claim submission tool

NCPDP-compliant claim submission tool

NCPDP-compliant claim submission tool

NCPDP-compliant claim submission tool
NCPDP-compliant claim submission tool

Coverage rules and audit trail delivered through APIs

Coverage rules and audit trail delivered through APIs

Coverage rules and audit trail delivered through APIs

Coverage rules and audit trail delivered through APIs
Coverage rules and audit trail delivered through APIs

Praxent handed over all code, design files, technical documentation and recorded status updates for a complete transfer.

The results

The results

The results

The results
The results

Released two years ahead of plan

Released two years ahead of plan

Released two years ahead of plan

Released two years ahead of plan
Released two years ahead of plan

The release moved from 2022 to 2020, delivered 8% under budget with positive reviews of the first product demos, on a new, consistent platform with a cleaner, more intuitive UI.

Procella's claims adjudication platform is ready for enterprise scale.

2 years
faster to market
8%
under budget
2M
members a month
NCPDP
compliant claims tool
What
Procella Health
had to say
Timothy Humphreys
Managing Partner
,
Procella Health

Praxent definitely exceeded our expectations. Everything the Praxent team touched made an impact. I'm much more confident in the platform now.

Timothy Humphreys
Managing Partner
,
Procella Health

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