American Healthways' Executive Selected to be President-Elect of Disease Management Association of America.

Business Editors & Health/Medical Writers

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 18, 2001

American Healthways (Nasdaq: AMHC) announced today that Executive Vice President Bob Stone has been named President-elect of the Disease Management Association of America (DMAA) during last week's DMAA Annual Leadership Forum in New Orleans.

Stone was chosen during general elections for future DMAA officers and will serve as President Elect for one year before becoming President during next year's Annual Leadership Forum.

"American Healthways in general and Bob in particular have been driving forces behind the growth and success of the DMAA since its inception," said Warren Todd, executive director of the DMAA. "We are extremely pleased to be working with a skillful individual like Bob, and to have the support of American Healthways in our continuing efforts to make DMAA the recognized voice for all stakeholders in the disease management industry."

As President-elect, Stone is responsible for chairing the program committee for the 2002 DMAA Leadership Forum. In addition, Stone, formerly Secretary of the Association, continues his memberships on the DMAA board of directors, the executive committee, and the organization's strategic planning committee.

"As a founding member of DMAA, I've had the pleasure of working with a number of professionals throughout the healthcare industry to help build an organization that promotes standardized outcomes measures, recognized high-quality standards of care and education about the need for disease management programs to enhance health," Stone said. "I look forward to assisting in efforts to raise awareness for the need and benefits of best practices in disease management."

American Healthways' care enhancement programs coordinate and integrate all health care needs for all plan members under contract. Member interventions are provided on a person-to-person basis by nurses and other ancillary health care professionals utilizing the Company's proprietary PopulationWorks(SM) information system and other integrated tools to enhance adherence to recognized standards of care and to facilitate effective communication across the entire provider network. This unique alternative to traditional disease management yields improved clinical outcomes and, according to a recent Ernst & Young study (www.americanhealthways.com/E&Y), can lead to cost savings of nearly 30% for the provider. This proven business model earned American Healthways increased profits of 142% over last year according to their most recent earnings announcement.

The Disease Management Association of America is professionally staffed and headquartered in Washington, DC. For additional information, including a list of DMAA board members and their official statements or a copy of the DMAA mission statement, please visit www.dmaa.org.

American Healthways (www.americanhealthways.com) is the nation's leading provider of specialized, comprehensive care enhancement services to health plans, physicians and hospitals. Through its product lines - Diabetes Healthways(SM), Cardiac Healthways(SM), Respiratory Healthways(SM) and MyHealthways(SM) - the Company provides care enhancement programs to health plans with members in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. American Healthways also operates diabetes management programs in hospitals nationwide.