Employee Managed Care Corp. expands into small business market.SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 1996--Employee Managed Care Corp. (EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. 2), a national leader in health information and telephone nurse counseling, recently teamed up with The Health Advantage Co. to market its services to small and medium-sized businesses. As the exclusive national distributor for the EMC2 CareWise(R) program, Plymouth, Mich.-based Health Advantage will serve companies with 5,000 or fewer employees, often through insurance brokers and benefit consultants. Many of these companies are self insured and looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. ways to reduce health care costs through demand management services, which empower their employees to take an active role in their own health care. "As a smaller company, we've found that CareWise is user friendly and offers the most for our benefit dollar," says Robyn Schmidt, benefits manager, Ryan Cos. "Plus, our employees know they've got a tool to take control of their own medical care, such as when they should see a doctor or utilize services." The CareWise program offers its members access to a team of registered nurses, available by phone 24 hours a day to provide confidential decision-counseling and health care information. Nurses can use an online information database with more than 200 medical protocols and 40,000 abstracts. Plus, they work in tandem Adv. 1. in tandem - one behind the other; "ride tandem on a bicycle built for two"; "riding horses down the path in tandem" tandem with CareWise members who have an award-winning book, "The CareWise Guide: Self-Care from Head to Toe," as a resource on the most asked-about topics. All medical information is reviewed for accuracy by The College of Physicians and Surgeons College of Physicians and Surgeons: see Columbia Univ. of Columbia University Columbia University, mainly in New York City; founded 1754 as King's College by grant of King George II; first college in New York City, fifth oldest in the United States; one of the eight Ivy League institutions. . EMC2 is a national provider of health care decision-support services that reduce the cost of medical care while improving employees' health and satisfaction with their health plan. Overall, the company's programs serve more than 2.4 million people. Other Health Advantage clients include MPRO MPRO Michigan Peer Review Organization MPRO Mid-Peninsula Recorder Orchestra (Palo Alto, California) MPRO Machine Processing MPRO Mobile Phone Recycling Organisation , Roplast Industries, Bay Packaging and Arrowhead arrowhead, any plant of the genus Sagittaria, widely distributed marsh or aquatic herbs of the primitive family Alismataceae (water-plantain family). The name derives from the arrowhead-shaped leaves of many species. Healthcare Center. For more information, contact Jeff Chutz at 313/454-7265; email: jchutz@healthadvantage.com. CONTACT: EMC2 Craig S. Russell, 206/749-1861 crussell@emcsquared.com OR The Health Advantage Co. Jeff Chutz, 313/454-7265 jchutz@healthadvantage.com OR Hawkins & Co. Inc. Ruth Ann Burke, 206/217-9700 prhawk@ix.netcom.com |
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