CorSolutions and Health Alliance Plan Expand Cardiac Chronic Care Management Services.Health/Medical Writers BUFFALO GROVE Buffalo Grove A village of northeast Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Population: 43,300. , Ill.--(BW HealthWire)--May 7, 2001 CorSolutions, the nation's leading provider of chronic care management services, announced an expansion of its contract with Detroit-based Health Alliance Plan (HAP HAP. An old word which signifies to catch; as, "to hap the rent," to hap the deed poll." Techn. Dict. h.t. ), the managed care subsidiary of Henry Ford Health System. CorSolutions will provide its comprehensive congestive heart failure congestive heart failure, inability of the heart to expel sufficient blood to keep pace with the metabolic demands of the body. In the healthy individual the heart can tolerate large increases of workload for a considerable length of time. (CHF CHF In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Swiss Franc. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ) program to members enrolled in HAP's commercial products and HAP Senior Plus program, which cover 300,000 patients. This expanded agreement represents CorSolutions' continued ability to demonstrate clinical and patient satisfaction results, and realize cost savings for its customers. Since February 2000, CorSolutions has provided CHF chronic care management services to patients enrolled in HAP's subsidiary, Preferred Health Plan (PHP (PHP Hypertext Preprocessor) A scripting language used to create dynamic Web pages. With syntax from C, Java and Perl, PHP code is embedded within HTML pages for server side execution. ). The contract was arranged through CorSolutions' Partnership Programs Division, which specifically caters to physician organizations and integrated healthcare delivery systems. "We are delighted to expand our partnership with HAP and the Henry Ford Health System," said L. Peter Smith, 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. of CorSolutions. "Results of the program demonstrate hospital admissions are down by 73 percent, clinical indicators clinical indicator Patient care An objective measure of the clinical management and outcome of Pt care are strong, and members are reporting satisfaction rates of 97 percent. The expansion is further validation of our successful approach to chronic care management and customer service." "Our CorSolutions partnership has been successful due to the support received at all levels from both organizations to create a positive outcome for our patients," said Tom Groth, president of Preferred Health Plan. "We are expanding our CorSolutions relationship because the company increases the quality of care our patients receive, reduces hospitalizations and supports physicians' treatment plans." CorSolutions' chronic care management services benefit patients by reinforcing their physician's plan of care through interaction with CorSolutions' medical professionals. The relationship enables PHP to provide patients and physicians with value-added care tools that improve the quality of care, including 24-hour access to CorSolutions' cardiac nurses, intensive one-on-one education with a cardiac nurse, routine ongoing monitoring of symptoms and education about early warning signs. "Provider-driven organizations, such as HAP, have broadened opportunities for us to bring chronic care management services to patients," said Smith. "Our Partnership Programs Division recognizes that these organizations have needs and cultures that are often different than HMOs and other managed care organizations. By focusing on these differences, we've developed a win-win situation - our customers receive high quality services from a risk-sharing partner, and we are able to expand our business." About CorSolutions CorSolutions Medical, Inc. is the nation's leading provider of chronic care management services, providing population-based chronic care management for individuals affected by coronary artery disease coronary artery disease, condition that results when the coronary arteries are narrowed or occluded, most commonly by atherosclerotic deposits of fibrous and fatty tissue. , congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease chronic obstructive pulmonary disease n. Abbr. COPD A chronic lung disease, such as asthma or emphysema, in which breathing becomes slowed or forced. , diabetes and asthma. Through telephone consultation, interactive voice response, home visits and the company's interactive patient/member Web site, www.ecorsolutions.com, CorSolutions' nurses concentrate on stabilizing and improving patients' health, promoting patient satisfaction and quality of life, and reducing unnecessary healthcare costs. Using the exclusive MULTIFITsm approach of physician-directed, nurse-mediated, patient-managed care, CorSolutions consistently delivers measurable health improvements and significant cost-savings for its customers. CorSolutions currently has more than 100 contracts representing 45 million commercial and 1.5 million Medicare risk members throughout the country. Based in Buffalo Grove, IL, CorSolutions has grown from $5 million in annual revenues in 1995 to more than $45 million in 2000. For more information, visit the company's corporate Web site at www.corsolutions.com. About Health Alliance Plan (HAP) Headquartered in Detroit, with offices in Southfield and Flint, Health Alliance Plan (HAP) is a nonprofit health plan serving more than 512,000 members and 4,000 employer groups employer group Association of employers Managed care An entity with a current group benefits agreement in effect with a health plan to provide covered health care services to its employee-subscribers and eligible dependents. through a full line of managed care products. HAP's Commercial 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, achieved Excellent Accreditation from the National Committee for Quality Assurance National Committee for Quality Assurance Medical practice A private, not-for-profit organization which has become the leading accreditor of managed care plans; in site visits, NCQA reviewers evaluate a managed care plan in terms of quality management, physicians' , the NCQA's highest quality performance status. HAP is a subsidiary of the Henry Ford Health System, one of the nation's leading regional health care systems. |
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