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LifeMasters Contracts With Presbyterian Health Plan to Provide Disease Management Services
LifeMasters to Offer Monitoring and Counseling to Chronically Ill with Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) and Diabetes
Irvine, Calif. (April 9, 2003) - LifeMasters® Supported SelfCareSM, Inc. a leading disease management company, today announced it has signed an agreement to provide disease management services to Presbyterian Health Plan members suffering from coronary artery disease (CAD) and diabetes. Under the three-year contract, eligible members in the 300,000 member Presbyterian Health Plan began enrolling in LifeMasters' program as of April 1, 2003. Presbyterian Health Plan is the largest private health plan in New Mexico.Once enrolled, Presbyterian's commercial, Medicare+Choice and Medicaid members with CAD or diabetes will benefit from LifeMasters' remote monitoring and coaching. Enrolled high-risk members will transmit vital sign information from their home daily to a LifeMasters nurse, who watches for irregularities and will immediately contact the beneficiary and alert his or her physician if there is a problem. Nurses will also coach Presbyterian's eligible members on proper diet, exercise and other healthy behaviors-keeping them healthier and reducing unnecessary costs such as expensive trips to the emergency room or surgeries.
"LifeMasters is excited to work with Presbyterian Health Plan to provide disease management services to their plan members," said Christobel Selecky, LifeMasters Chief Executive Officer. "Our disease management program ensures that each beneficiary receives the highest-quality care possible. By keeping people healthier and out of the hospital, there is the added benefit of cost-containment for Presbyterian. This approach has consistently proved effective, and everyone involved-from beneficiary to physician to health plan-will benefit from the increased communication and care that disease management provides," she concluded.
"Presbyterian's mission is to improve the health of individuals, families and communities," said David Scrase, MD, president of Presbyterian Health Plan. "This new program from LifeMasters will unquestionably help us make good on this commitment to improve the health of our members. For people with chronic illnesses, customized disease management offers the next level in attention and care."
Headquartered in Irvine, California, LifeMasters' largest call center is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
"As a proud member of the Albuquerque business community, we're thrilled to offer our services to thousands of New Mexico residents, helping them to manage their conditions and improve their health," said Ms. Selecky.
About LifeMasters® Supported SelfCareSM, Inc. LifeMasters® Supported SelfCareSM, Inc. provides disease-management programs that create interactive health partnerships among patients, physicians and payors. LifeMasters is fully accredited by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) to provide disease management services in each of five disease categories, including: diabetes, congestive heart failure (CHF), coronary artery disease (CAD), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma. LifeMasters programs are available in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. LifeMasters programs improve quality of care for individuals with chronic illnesses, reduce chronic-disease costs for payors and provide decision-support tools for physicians.
Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Irvine, California, LifeMasters manages individuals with chronic illness for some of the nation's leading health plans, employers and governmental organizations, including Aetna, Fallon Community Health Plan, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee and Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration (Medicaid). More information about LifeMasters can be found at http://www.lifemasters.com or by calling 1-800-760-9261.
About Presbyterian Health Plan Presbyterian Health Plan is a division of Presbyterian Healthcare Services, the state's largest locally owned, New Mexico-based healthcare system. Presbyterian Health Plan (PHP) offers a statewide healthcare delivery system and seventeen years' experience in managed care. PHP provides customers with a comprehensive provider network, quality medical management program, commitment to customer service and cost-effective, consumer-driven managed healthcare services As part of Presbyterian Healthcare Services, the Health Plan represents an organization with a 94-year history of service to New Mexicans, and therefore, unlike most managed care organizations that are accountable to shareholders, Presbyterian Health Plan is ultimately accountable to a Board of Directors comprised of volunteers from New Mexico communities. Presbyterian's sole interest has been and will continue to be the service of New Mexico residents, employers and communities.
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| Denise Apcar LifeMasters, Inc (650) 829-6217 pr@lifemasters.com |
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