CareWise, Inc. to Provide Health Counseling Services To Private Healthcare System Network.SEATTLE--(BW HealthWire)--June 5, 1998--CareWise, Inc. and Private Healthcare Systems, Inc. (PHCS PHCS Private Healthcare Systems PHCS Primary Health Care Service PHCS Preventive Health Care System PHCS Princeton Health Care System (Princeton, New Jersey) PHCS Senior Chief Photographer's Mate (Naval Rating) ) have recently signed an agreement to make demand and disease management services available to PHCS's nationwide customers. Starting this month, PHCS will offer both the CareWise(R) and CareSupport(R) programs to its 14 shareholder insurance companies and other customers, which currently have more than 6 million members enrolled in PHCS networks. Implementation is already underway for one of PHCS's customers with approximately 50,000 participants. "We are excited to be offering demand and disease management services to our customers," said Richard Ri·chard , Joseph Henri Maurice Known as "Rocket." 1921-2000. Canadian hockey player. A right wing for the Montreal Canadiens (1942-1960), he led his team to eight Stanley Cup championships and was the first player to score 50 goals in a Belloff, president and 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. at PHCS. "With CareWise, we'll we'll Contraction of we will. we'll we will or we shall we'll will ~shall have an even broader range of resources to help our customer's members get immediate answers to their questions and become more educated health care consumers." The award-winning CareWise program integrates consumer-oriented medical information, tested communication materials and telephone nurse counseling. Available 24 hours a day through a toll-free number, registered nurses provide decision counseling to callers by helping callers determine the appropriate level of care at the appropriate time. CareSupport is specifically designed to assist individuals with chronic illnesses -- such as depression, diabetes and asthma asthma (ăz`mə, ăs`–), chronic inflammatory respiratory disease characterized by periodic attacks of wheezing, shortness of breath, and a tight feeling in the chest. A cough producing sticky mucus is symptomatic. -- become more proficient pro·fi·cient adj. Having or marked by an advanced degree of competence, as in an art, vocation, profession, or branch of learning. n. An expert; an adept. at managing their disease or condition, thus reducing the overall health care costs associated with the illness. "We are delighted to be partnering with PHCS," said John Gebhart, president and CEO of CareWise, Inc. "By offering CareWise and CareSupport services to its customers and their members, PHCS is further distinguishing itself as an innovative service organization." PHCS is a national managed health care company that meets the needs of insurers and major corporations through a variety of provider networks and medical management services. Its provider networks include more than 2200 hospitals and more than 250,000 providers nationwide. CareWise, Inc. is a national provider of health care decision-support services that assist in lowering the cost of medical care while striving to improve plan members' health and satisfaction with their health plan. The company's programs serve more than 2 million people worldwide. Clients include United Airlines, HMO HMO health maintenance organization. HMO n. A corporation that is financed by insurance premiums and has member physicians and professional staff who provide curative and preventive medicine within certain financial, Blue/Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Shield A US not-for-profit health care insurer that is a reimbursement intermediary for physicians. Cf Blue Cross. of New Jersey, the American Postal Workers' Union The Workers' Union was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1929. See also
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Craig Russell, 206/749-1861
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