Antares Signs Agreement With National Multiple Sclerosis Society.Business Editors, Health & Medical Writers CLEVELAND--(BW HealthWire)--Aug. 10, 2000 Antares Management Solutions has signed an agreement with the Northeast Ohio Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society The National Multiple Sclerosis Society, a United States-based non-profit organization, and its network of chapters nationwide promote research, educate, advocate on issues relating to multiple sclerosis, and organize a wide range of programs, including support for the newly to provide information systems support for the nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. . Antares, a Medical Mutual of Ohio Medical Mutual of Ohio (formerly known as Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Ohio) is a health insurance company that operates out of downtown Cleveland, Ohio. It has more than 1.5 million customers and 2,500 Ohio-based employees and has operated since 1934. subsidiary, will conduct analysis, maintenance, installation and possible conversions for the desktops and local access network already in place at the Society's Cleveland and Akron offices. The agreement also calls for Antares to duplicate the Society's national systems structure and their standards for database management, Internet access See how to access the Internet. and resource listings. This value-added programming guarantees service for all MS Society installed equipment and information systems, including access to the Antares Help Desk. MS employees and volunteers will be able to call the help line for answers to technical questions or a service technician will be dispatched to the office if the problem is unable to be solved over the phone. Antares Management Solutions offers state-of-the-art computer systems and administrative services to businesses in the health insurance industry, as well as other companies and organizations nationwide. Headquartered in Westlake, Ohio, Antares has annualized annualized Of or relating to a variable that has been mathematically converted to a yearly rate. Inflation and interest rates are generally annualized since it is on this basis that these two variables are ordinarily stated and compared. revenues of $48 million. For more information, visit www.AntaresSolutions.com. The National Multiple Sclerosis Society is an organization dedicated to ending the devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. effects of Multiple Sclerosis. For more information on Multiple Sclerosis and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, please call 1-800-667-7131 or visit www.nmssneo.org. |
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