CorSolutions Announces Dr. Richard Vance as Chief Medical Officer.Health/Medical Writers BUFFALO GROVE Buffalo Grove A village of northeast Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Population: 43,300. , Ill.--(BW HealthWire)--July 14, 2000 CorSolutions, the market leader in disease management services, today announced the appointment of Dr. Richard Vance as chief medical officer (CMO CMO See: Collateralized mortgage obligation CMO See collateralized mortgage obligation (CMO). ). L. Peter Smith, chief executive officer of CorSolutions Medical, Inc. made the announcement. Dr. Vance comes to CorSolutions from Humana Inc. where he most recently served as the vice president for health systems intervention A procedure used in a lawsuit by which the court allows a third person who was not originally a party to the suit to become a party, by joining with either the plaintiff or the defendant. and analysis. In this position at Humana, Dr. Vance oversaw o·ver·saw v. Past tense of oversee. the development of disease management, case management, population health and physician profiling physician profiling Managed care A method of cost containment that focuses on the patterns of health care provided by a single physician or group, instead of on specific clinical decisions; the resulting profile is then compared to other norms based on for Humana. "We have high respect for the wealth of experience Dr. Vance is bringing to CorSolutions and are excited to have him join our company," said Smith. "Dr. Vance's background in disease management and managed care will help us better serve our customers, including physicians and their patients, as disease management continues to change with new medicine and new technology." "I am very excited to join a longstanding partner and leading provider of disease management services," said Dr. Vance. "This move is an extension of Humana's and CorSolution's commitment to create a seamless, end-to-end solution (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. for members enrolled in our disease management programs and will help both companies advance to the next level of consumer-centric care. I look forward to working with the leadership at Humana, CorSolutions and other industry leaders to provide tools to enable members and physicians to coordinate the best health solutions available." Prior to working for Humana, Dr. Vance was a senior-level director of the health system resource utilization and outcomes management at the Bowman Gray School of Medicine/North Carolina Baptist Hospitals, Inc. of Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina Winston-Salem is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 185,776; in 2004 the city annexed an additional 17,483 raising the population to 203,259. . He received his medical degree from the Bowman Gray School of Medicine at Wake Forest University. Presently Dr. Vance is on the board of the Disease Management Association of America (DMAA DMAA Disease Management Association of America DMAA Distal Metatarsal Articular Angle (radiology) DMAA Dimethylacetamide (solvent) DMAA Dragon Martial Arts Association (UK) ). In the past he was a member of the Managed Care Advisory Board with Merck, SmithKlineBeecham and HMR HMR Hazardous Materials Regulations HMR Human Resources HMR Home Meal Replacement HMR Hamrun (postal locality, Malta) HMR Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont (Montréal, Canada) pharmaceutical companies as well as the past chairman of the Institutional Review Board at the Bowman Gray School of Medicine. About CorSolutions CorSolutions, the nation's leading disease management company, currently serves more than 100 health plans and physician practice management organizations, representing 50 million commercial and 2.8 million Medicare risk members throughout the country. Addressing four costly, highly prevalent chronic diseases, it offers education and guidance for people at all levels of disease severity. Featuring the proven MULTIFIT(SM) lifestyle treatment and support program, CorSolutions offers a wide variety of easy-access alternatives including telephonic consultations with highly experienced registered nurse coaches, online support (www.ecorsolutions.com) and empowering neighborhood-based self-management classes. CorSolutions is wholly owned by CorSolutions Medical, Inc., formerly known as Ralin Medical, Inc. Based in Buffalo Grove, IL, the company has grown from $5 million in annual revenues in 1995 to more than $45 million in 2000. |
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