Mitchell, a provider of technology, connectivity and information solutions to the P&C claims industry, announces that the SmartAdvisor Partner Bridge is now available throughout Universal SmartComp's physical medicine network.

SmartComp is a physical medicine services company in the workers' compensation field. Mitchell Workers' Compensation Solutions' SmartAdvisor Partner Bridge gives medical bill review organizations the power to conduct instant network contract repricing and enhanced savings audits. The SmartAdvisor-SmartComp Partner Bridge allows insurance payers to substantially contain costs and improve patient outcomes by leveraging the operational efficiencies available from the Mitchell SmartAdvisor medical bill review platform.

"Mitchell Workers' Compensation Solutions welcomes SmartComp to the SmartAdvisor medical bill review platform, which partners with best-of-breed healthcare technology innovators to optimize claims processing solutions," says Nina Smith-Garmon, senior vice president and general manager of the Mitchell workers' compensation solutions division. "SmartComp is as committed as we are to streamlining medical claims operations and improving cost containment for insurance payers and others in the workers' compensation marketplace."