Access Health to Provide Care Management Services to Prepaid Health Plan (PHP) of New York.RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 1997--Access Health, 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 :ACCS ACCS Air Command and Control System (NATO) ACCS Advanced Cisco Campus Switching ACCS Association of Copyright for Computer Software ACCS Air Command & Control System ACCS Airborne Command & Control Squadron ) has announced an agreement to provide care management services to nearly 120,000 members of Prepaid Health Plan (PHP (PHP Hypertext Preprocessor) A scripting language used to create dynamic Web pages. With syntax from C, Java and Perl, PHP code is embedded within HTML pages for server side execution. ), a not-for-profit full service managed care organization owned and operated by Health Services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract Medical Corporation of Central New York Central New York is a term used to broadly describe the central region of New York State, roughly including the following counties and cities: Cayuga County – Auburn Cortland County – Cortland Madison County – Oneida , Inc. (HSMC HSMC Health Services Management Centre HSMC Historic St. Mary's City (Maryland) HSMC Hindustan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation HSMC Humane Society of Marion County ). Under the agreement, PHP members will have around-the-clock telephone access to symptom assessment, appropriate care options and health information provided by specially trained registered nurses. "We are pleased to be partnering with PHP to provide its members with care management services," said Access Health chief executive officer Thomas E. Gardner. "This service is another example of PHP's commitment to provide value-added services to its members and providers while incorporating new ways to effectively manage health care utilization." Fazlu Rahman, M.D., associate medical director for HSMC, added that this type of service enhances the health plan's ability to provide "consistent, high quality medical advice" to its members. He added that the extensive reporting capabilities of the service will allow PHP to track the name of the caller, the reason for the call and the nature of the advice given. "This information is made available in a timely manner to the member's primary care provider," Dr. Rahman said. "Ultimately, it gives PHP and our providers a better understanding of how our members access and utilize health care services." Access Health is the leading provider of membership-based personal health and care management services designed to help improve quality of care, reduce costs and improve member satisfaction. The company has a total membership of more than 16 million people nationwide. Access Health is headquartered at 11020 White Rock Road, Rancho Cordova, Calif., 95670. The phone number is 916/851-4000, the fax number is 916/852-3890 and the corporate World Wide Web address is http://www.access-health.com . -0- Note to Editors: Certain statements contained in this release, including those relating to the timing and number of members which will result from this contract, are forward-looking statements and therefore are made pursuant to the safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Actual results may differ and such differences may be material. These statements involve risks and uncertainties, including the possible non-renewal of such contract. These risks are detailed in the Company's Form 10-K filed for fiscal year 1996. CONTACT: Access Health Jan Emerson, 916/864-4784 (Media Relations) Matt Plavan, 916/851-4012 (Investor Relations) |
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