CHOICE Launches State's First Heart & Hypertension Workers' Compensation Specialty Network.Business Editors & Health/Medical Writers TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 16, 2002 CHOICE Medical Management Services, Inc. unveiled its new specialty 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. network for heart and hypertension at the 2002 Florida PRIMA Prima® Cardiology A laser guide wire system for treating occluded coronary arteries by excimer laser ablation, indicated when mechanical guide wire and other treatment modalities have failed State Conference. It is Florida's first heart and hypertension workers' compensation specialty network specialty network Single specialty network Managed care A loosely cohesive group of physicians specialized in one area of medicine–eg, cardiology, oncology, Ob/Gyn, ophthalmology, radiology, etc, who form a network to attempt to capture a segment of a Pt . Available Nov. 1, The CHOICE Specialty Network for Heart & Hypertension gives Florida employers a solution to the budgeting headaches created by new workers' compensation legislation this past summer. On July 1, the Florida Legislature The Florida Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Florida. The Florida Constitution mandates a bicameral state legislature with an upper house Florida Senate of 40 members and a lower Florida House of Representatives of 120 members. extended heart/lung workers' compensation coverage under Section 440.091 to firefighters, paramedics, EMTs, state and local law enforcement officers, correctional officers and correctional probation officers probation officer n. 1. An official usually attached to a juvenile court and charged with the care of juvenile delinquents. 2. An official charged with supervising convicts at large on suspended sentence or probation. . The mandate has created new budgeting challenges for municipalities and other entities that employ these positions. CHOICE quickly responded to this unique market need by developing a Heart and Hypertension Program that functions within the MCA MCA in full Music Corporation of America Entertainment conglomerate. It was founded in Chicago in 1924 by Jules Stein as a talent agency. In the 1960s it bought Decca Records and Universal Pictures, and today it produces films, music, and television shows. and can be accessed on two levels. Clients can initiate a preemptive pre·emp·tive or pre-emp·tive adj. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of preemption. 2. Having or granted by the right of preemption. 3. a. program that sends high-risk potential employees for evaluation or they can use a responsive program that provides established treatment protocols when indicated CHOICE works directly with the clients to develop customized programs to meet their specific needs and will accept physician nominations from clients, based on local market experience, to further customize their provider network solution. Sondra Seay, Executive Vice President, will provide more details on CHOICE's new service during a joint presentation with the City of Ft. Pierce at the Annual Health Benefits Conference and Expo October 21-22 in Ft. Lauderdale Florida. "The CHOICE Specialty Network for Heart & Hypertension is another example of how CHOICE anticipates the needs of the market," said Tom Barrett Notable people with the name Tom Barrett include:
Based in Tampa, Fla., CHOICE Medical Management Services, Inc., is a full service, fully integrated workers' compensation managed care organization built upon proven cost-saving Return-to-Work strategies that deliver tangible, measurable results. CHOICE serves insurance carriers, third-party administrators, municipalities, large employers and managed care organizations. For more information, contact Yvonne Halvaei, Marketing Manager at 813-282-9801 or yhalvaei@choicemedmgt.com. |
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