Announcing CompPartners Texas.Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 19, 2003 Bruce A. Carlin car·line or car·lin n. Scots A woman, especially an old one. [Middle English kerling, from Old Norse, from karl, man.] , 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 CompPartners, Inc., the leading California HCO HCO Harvard College Observatory HCO Hubbard Communications Office (Scientology) HCO Hearing Carry-Over HCO Health Care Organization HCO Helicopter Control Officer HCO Human Capital Office (Health Care Organization), has announced the creation of a subsidiary, CompPartners Texas. Based in Austin, Texas, the new company will provide state-specific workers' compensation workers' compensation, payment by employers for some part of the cost of injuries, or in some cases of occupational diseases, received by employees in the course of their work. managed care and property and casualty solutions to insurance companies, managed care entities, TPAs (Third-Party Administrators), employers, and government entities. Carlin named Lisa G. Hannusch president of the new entity. "Ms. Hannusch's in-depth understanding of Texas, its insurance issues and its medical system, combined with our proven cost-containment strategies will help rein in the skyrocketing claims costs in Texas." Hannusch's 20-year health care career encompasses management positions within medical, regulatory, insurance and technology companies. Most recently she was director of workers' compensation for ADP (1) (Automatic Data Processing) Synonymous with data processing (DP), electronic data processing (EDP) and information processing. (2) (Automatic Data Processing, Inc., Roseland, NJ, www.adp. Claim Services Group and previously served as director of claims service for Texas Mutual. CompPartners Texas will benefit from lessons learned and methods developed by the highly successful California HCO. Its combination of a workers' comp PPO PPO abbr. preferred provider organization PPO Managed care Preferred provider organization, see there Infectious disease Pleuropneumonia-like organism, see there , medical case management, return to work services, physician peer review and other managed care services has saved up to 50 percent on its customers' claims cost. "We will leverage CompPartners' expertise to build a comprehensive, integrated care management company focused on the special needs of the Texas market," said Hannusch. Services will include integrated workers' compensation solutions with regional providers engaged to address the issues facing Texas workers' compensation participants. About CompPartners Based in Irvine, Calif. and founded in 1998, CompPartners is the largest HCO in California and has demonstrated the ability to contain workers' comp medical and indemnity costs in California. CompPartners serves insurers, TPAs, and employers. In addition to the HCO, CompPartners also offers a national Physician Peer Review program for workers' compensation and auto-liability. CompPartners was the first organization to be nationally accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. by URAC URAC Utilization Review Accreditation Commission (health care accreditation & certification) URAC University Recreation & Aquatic Centre Ltd (Australia) URAC Union Regional de Apoyo Campesino as an external review organization for workers' compensation. For more information, visit http://www.comppartners.com. CompPartners Texas will be headquartered in Austin, Texas. Editor note: a digital photograph of Lisa G. Hannusch is available by contacting Mary Estes, mestes@estesandcompany.com; 813-839-3324. |
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