Alice Lusk Joins Access Health Inc.'s Board of Directors.RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 10, 1996--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 appointed Alice Lusk, a nationally known healthcare expert, to the company's Board of Directors. Lusk most recently was corporate vice president and group executive of Electronic Data Systems' insurance and healthcare business. During her 20-year tenure with EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. , Lusk held a number of management positions including president of EDS's healthcare unit, division vice president of the company's product group and division vice president of sales. She also served as an account leader for such EDS clients as Texas Blue Cross and Blue Shield Blue Shield A US not-for-profit health care insurer that is a reimbursement intermediary for physicians. Cf Blue Cross. and General Motors. "We are extremely pleased to have someone of Alice Lusk's stature join our board of directors," said Kenneth B. Plumlee, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Access Health, Inc. "She brings an extensive background in healthcare and technology and her experience in outsourcing and public policy will be extremely valuable as we enter an exciting new phase of growth of our company." Lusk is also a member of the Jackson Hole Group, a premier healthcare delivery policy group comprised of 25 industry CEOs, serving as its treasurer since 1993. As a member of the policy organization, Lusk participates in identifying significant healthcare issues impacting the industry. Lusk also serves on the board of Business Mail Express (BMG BMG Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Germand: Federal Ministry for Health) BMG Be My Girl BMG Blue Man Group BMG Bertelsmann Music Group BMG Be My Guest BMG Browning Machine Gun BMG Bulk Metallic Glass ) and St. Anthony's Publishing as well as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the world's largest not-for-profit federation of businesses, representing more than 3 million businesses and organizations in the United States. As of 2003, the chamber was comprised of 3000 state and local chambers and 830 business associations. Committee on Healthcare, the Visiting Nurses Association and the Medical Education for South African Blacks (MESAB MESAB Middle East Studies Association Bulletin ). Previously, she served on the boards of Interpractice Systems, a joint venture between EDS and Harvard Community Health Plan; and Dun and Bradstreet Healthcare Systems. Lusk has also been recognized in publications such as Fortune, as an up and coming executive in 1992; Executive Females, as one of the top 50 women executives in the country; and the April 1996 edition of Working Women, where she was identified as one of the top 17 women executives in the nation. Lusk joins Access' current Board of Directors which includes: Ken Plumlee, chairman and CEO of Access Health; Richard Miller, executive vice president of Access Health; John R. Durant, executive vice president of the American Society of Oncology; Ed Rygiel, president of MDS MDS, n See temporomandibular pain-dysfunction syndrome. MDS 1 Maternal deprivation syndrome, see there 2 Myelodysplastic syndrome, see there Health Ventures; and Brent T. Rider, general partner of El Dorado Ventures. Access Health, Inc. is a leading provider of personal health management services designed to help managed care organizations, self-insured employers, and hospital-based delivery systems improve the quality of care, reduce costs, and improve member satisfaction. Its services include health information, prevention, and care management programs that are designed to improve access and promote individual responsibility for managing health among consumers. Access Health is headquartered at 11020 White Rock Rd., Rancho Cordova, Calif., 95670. The phone number is (916) 851-4000, fax is (916) 852-3890 and World Wide Web address is http://www.access-health.com. CONTACT: Access Health Jan Emerson, 916/864-4784 or White & Company Laura Hawkins or Amy Moran, 415/274-8100 |
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