American Health Holding Introduces Internet Out-of-Network Repricing.

Business & Health/Medical Editors

COLUMBUS, Ohio--(BW HealthWire)--May 30, 2001

American Health Holding, Inc., a dual URAC accredited, national medical management company headquartered in Westerville, OH, announced the launch of an Internet Out-of-Network Repricing product, designed to help clients obtain substantial and prompt discounts on out-of-network claims.

American Health's Internet Repricing product enables providers and clients to quickly and easily reprice or negotiate claims online, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The results are immediate savings and immediate turnaround on claims, without the hassle of using fax or mail and without double-entry of claims. Advantages to our clients include:

-- Simple initiation -- no complicated setup

-- Instantaneous discounts

-- Automatic access to multiple networks

-- Single entry of claims

-- Fees as a percentage of savings

-- Reduced administrative time and costs

-- Detailed, real-time, client-generated savings reports featuring multiple
format options for statistical reports

-- Secure online environment

-- User-friendly training

-- Ongoing network expansion

-- Batched billings

"We believe this product takes technology to a new level, allowing for virtually immediate results," states William Mitchin, American Health Holding's Vice President and Chief Information Officer. "The time frame associated with repricing claims has been reduced from days to minutes."

"Technology is constantly changing, and American Health continually evolves along with it," said Michael J. Reidelbach, President and CEO of American Health. "We know this isn't the last step. As our customers become increasingly more Internet-capable and Internet-driven, we want to be a side-by-side partner in supporting those technological advances. We are making great strides to offer a comprehensive array of quality medical management products available to our clients in Internet-based formats."

American Health offers a wide array of Medical Management products, ranging from Utilization Management, Case Management and Demand Management to Referral Authorization and Repricing. The company remains on the leading edge of Medical Management and technology.

The current i-Suite of products includes:

i-PRECERTIFICATION. American Health's i-Precertification product enables providers to determine medical necessity and authorize patients for in- and outpatient admissions in a secure environment, 24 x 7.

i-REPRICING. American Health's i-Repricing product provides immediate savings and immediate turnaround on claims, without the hassle of faxing, mailing or double entry of claims.

i-DISEASE MANAGEMENT. Members can access disease-specific websites for information and support, allowing them to become partners in their care, reducing medical costs, minimizing time lost from work, and improving their quality of life.

i-Suite of products scheduled for future launch include:

i-REFERRAL AUTHORIZATION. With the primary care physician positioned as a gatekeeper, American Health's i-Referral Authorization program performs authorization for specialist referrals, in-network steerage and physician profiling.

i-CASE MANAGEMENT. i-Case Management places the knowledge and experience of our expert Case Managers in the hands of clients, members and physicians.

i-DEMAND MANAGEMENT. i-Demand Management provides members with the convenience of 24 x 7 access to an 1,100 topic health library and steerage to in-network providers and community resources.

i-UTILIZATION MANAGEMENT. An enhancement to our I-Precertification, this product provides discharge planning, second surgical opinion and concurrent review as well as steerage and reporting capabilities.

For more information about American Health, please visit the website: www.AmericanHealthHolding.com