CorSolutions Announces Completion of Leading-Edge Quality Initiative.ROSEMONT, Ill. -- Health Intelligence and Solutions Company Affirms Its Industry Leadership by Endorsing Independent Third-Party Program Data Verification CorSolutions, the nation's leading health intelligence and solutions company, has announced completion of a quality initiative involving independent evaluation of its data management processes, documentation, outcomes methodologies/engines and results. The year-long review, reengineering and validation See validate. validation - The stage in the software life-cycle at the end of the development process where software is evaluated to ensure that it complies with the requirements. effort was conducted with the assistance of Milliman, a highly respected consulting and actuarial ac·tu·ar·y n. pl. ac·tu·ar·ies A statistician who computes insurance risks and premiums. [Latin firm known for its objective and independent analysis in the healthcare industry. Increasing demand by employers, health plans and government agencies for accountability and transparency (1) The quality of being able to see through a material. The terms transparency and translucency are often used synonymously; however, transparent would technically mean "seeing through clear glass," while translucent would mean "seeing through frosted glass." See alpha blending. of health and productivity programs continues to drive rapid advances within the healthcare industry. For disease management providers, sophisticated, accurate and consistent measurement methodologies are essential to meeting growing business needs. Milliman's third-party, independent review and evaluation of CorSolutions' processes, methodologies and results helped to assure they are consistent with the highest industry standards. This critical, additional dimension underscores the integrity of CorSolutions' reporting that clients require as part of their investment in disease management services. Until now, this type of independent quality review has not been widely used by the disease management industry. "Outcomes measurement remains the bedrock to achieving our mission to measurably meas·ur·a·ble adj. 1. Possible to be measured: measurable depths. 2. Of distinguished importance; significant: a measurable figure in literature. improve lives for our participants and clients," said Richard Vance, president and chief executive officer at CorSolutions. "To underline underline an animal's ventral profile; the shape of the belly when viewed from the side, e.g. pendulous, pot-belly, tucked up, gaunt. our commitment to the highest quality standard, CorSolutions has taken this important step to have our processes, reporting methodologies and result engines independently verified. We believe that this gives our clients an additional level of confidence in their investment in CorSolutions' services for their employees, members and their families." "Demonstrating positive program results is an enormously important first step to proving the value of disease management," said Bruce Pyenson, FSA FSA Financial Services Authority FSA Food Standards Agency (UK) FSA Farm Service Agency (USDA) FSA Financial Services Agency (Japan) , principal with Milliman's New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. office. "Most buyers think about disease management in terms of individuals' health improvement, but the foundation of the industry is huge amounts of data. Our work during 2004 at CorSolutions spanned database architecture and operations through process control, and was performed by Milliman teams while maintaining the functionality of CorSolutions' on-going customer service. CorSolutions' dramatic growth is certainly an economic testament to the need for health improvement programs. A central component of success is maintaining the confidence of disease management purchasers in the positive impact these programs have on participants. Independent validation of how disease management companies achieve this success should become a marketplace priority." About CorSolutions CorSolutions provides disease management services to individuals suffering from a wide variety of expensive, chronic and acute medical conditions See carpal tunnel syndrome, computer vision syndrome, dry eyes and deep vein thrombosis. . CorSolutions is the nation's first customer-centric health intelligence and solutions company that measurably improves lives. An industry pioneer with the longest tenure of delivering proven healthcare outcomes, CorSolutions addresses the demands of business today with an innovative, comprehensive approach to health and productivity. The company offers a completely integrated suite of clinical, administrative and provider services that span the entire health continuum Continuum (pl. -tinua or -tinuums) can refer to:
About Milliman Milliman serves the full spectrum of business, financial, government and union organizations. Founded in 1947 as Milliman & Robertson, the company has 32 offices in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. as well as offices in Europe, South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and Asia. Milliman employs approximately 1,800 people, including a professional staff of more than 800 qualified consultants and actuaries. The firm has consulting practices in employee benefits, healthcare, life insurance/financial services, and property & casualty insurance. It is a founding member of Milliman Global, an international organization of consulting firms Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a serving insurance, employee benefits and healthcare clients worldwide. For further information, visit www.milliman.com. |
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