Abbey Healthcare Group Inc. appoints vice president of managed care; company recruits contracting director from MetLife Healthcare Management Corp.COSTA MESA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 3, 1995--Abbey Healthcare Group Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ABBY), one of the nation's leading providers of home healthcare products and services, Tuesday announced the appointment of Mary M. Clark, formerly of MetLife Healthcare Management Corp., to vice president of managed care. In her new role, Clark, M.A., will be responsible for the development of Abbey Healthcare Group's contracting strategy, coordinating all comprehensive homecare services, including home infusion, home nursing and respiratory care services. Additionally, Clark will oversee Abbey's outcome management system and utilization review u·til·i·za·tion review n. A process for monitoring the use, delivery, and cost-effectiveness of services, especially those provided by medical professionals. , a measurement tool used for reporting patient results to managed care organizations. This will further enhance the development of Abbey's Coordinated Care Program for exclusive managed care contracts. In this position, Clark reports to Steven T. Plochocki, chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. , who has headed Abbey's national accounts department for the past two years. Clark joins Abbey with more than 10 years experience in healthcare network development and contracting. Most recently, Clark was director, national ancillary contracting, for MetLife Healthcare Management, one of the country's largest healthcare insurers. Clark was responsible for the development of the first national ancillary integrated delivery system integrated delivery system Integrated provider Medical practice A coordinated health care system formed by physician groups and hospitals which ↑ efficiency and ↓ redundancy in providing health care; IDSs coordinate delivery of a broad range of health for homecare, rehabilitation and laboratory services for 7 million members for MetLife's HMO HMO health maintenance organization. HMO n. A corporation that is financed by insurance premiums and has member physicians and professional staff who provide curative and preventive medicine within certain financial, , PPO PPO abbr. preferred provider organization PPO Managed care Preferred provider organization, see there Infectious disease Pleuropneumonia-like organism, see there , POS (1) See point of sale and packet over SONET. (2) "Parent over shoulder." See digispeak. POS - point of sale and managed indemnity product to reduce costly hospitalization expenses. Commenting on the appointment, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Timothy M. Aitken states, "I am dedicated to attracting the very best and most experienced personnel to this company and to provide for them a corporate environment in which they can excel. Homecare is an industry with real commercial and social value for the future and, with the help of managed care, it is about to come of age. "Ms. Clark has played an important part in developing the current thinking on the use of homecare in the payor community. We welcome her broad range of experience and expertise." Clark discusses her new position: "The growth of Abbey's managed care program presents an exciting challenge for me. I am looking forward to bringing my managed care expertise to Abbey's growing developments in the marketplace." Clark, 35, a graduate of Bowling Green State University Bowling Green State University, at Bowling Green, Ohio; coeducational; chartered 1910 as a normal school, opened 1914. It became a college in 1929, a university in 1935. , Bowling Green, Ohio Bowling Green is the county seat of Wood CountyGR6 in the U.S. state of Ohio. At the time of the 2000 census, the population of Bowling Green was 29,636. It is part of the Toledo, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area. , resides in Cincinnati with her husband and two daughters. Clark will be relocating to Abbey's Southern California corporate headquarters. Abbey Healthcare Group provides a broad range of respiratory therapy, infusion services and home medical, clinical and rehabilitation equipment through the nation's largest national network of more than 230 branches servicing patients in 48 states. CONTACT: Abbey Healthcare Group Inc., Costa Mesa
Sarah Eames, executive vice president, 714/957-2085,
or Susan J. Turkell, director of public relations,
714/957-2416
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