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Beech Street Enhances its Healthcare Management Services Offerings Through Close Collaboration with SHPS
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CNS Contact: Paula Haggerty
630.649.5272
phaggerty@concentra.com
502.420.5533
sarah.bovine@shps.com
Naperville, IL, February 2, 2007 - Concentra Network Services ("CNS"), a leader in healthcare cost management solutions, announced today that its subsidiary, Beech Street, has expanded its healthcare management suite of services through SHPS, a leading provider of healthcare consumerism solutions, to offer 'best-in-class' utilization management and case management services. The new services are part of SHPS' Total Care Management solution, which also includes Disease Management and Maternity Management services already deployed by Beech Street.
Beech Street currently provides healthcare management services to more than a million people in the U.S. and by utilizing the full range of services within SHPS' Total Care Management solution, Beech Street's clients will benefit from an integrated delivery platform that will enhance standards in quality and effectiveness in its performance of medical management services. SHPS' Total Care Management programs are URAC accredited and have been providing employers with benefit plan administration and care management services since 1988.
"SHPS' capabilities and vision align with our long term strategy and commitment to provide quality and value to our clients and their members," commented Kurt Anderson, CNS Group Health President. "We continually strive for improved performance through innovation and service excellence and are pleased to team with SHPS to deliver these enhanced services to our clients, ultimately promoting better health and lowering overall healthcare costs."
"SHPS has long valued our relationship with Beech Street," said Jeff Rosenblum, SHPS' Executive Vice President, Channel Solutions. "We are pleased to extend that relationship to now offer our complete set of Total Care Management solutions to help drive Beech Street's continued success."
About Concentra Network Services, Inc.
Concentra Network Services (CNS) includes Beech Street Corporation, a national group health PPO; Focus HealthCare Management, a national workers' compensation PPO; Health Network Systems, a network management company; Concentra Preferred Systems, a non-network bill audit specialist; and Concentra Provider Bill Review, a workers' compensation fee schedule repricing specialist. The CNS portfolio companies are positioned as a "network services organization" offering specialized cost management services designed to increase network penetration across the insurance industry including group health, workers' compensation, auto and disability markets. By minimizing non-network exposure, healthcare payers improve medical loss ratios and reduce administrative expenses. Concentra Network Services, Inc., is a wholly owned operating division of Concentra Operating Corporation, and is headquartered in Naperville, Illinois.
About SHPS
SHPS provides a broad range of innovative health management tools, resources and services that empower consumers to make wise healthcare decisions. With comprehensive services that transform consumer health behaviors, SHPS' integrated delivery system maximizes the value of consumers' and employers' healthcare dollars. Among its many clients, SHPS serves large and mid-sized employers, health insurance carriers, Medicare Part D providers and government agencies. The company employs registered nurses and health professionals, employee benefit specialists and IT experts in facilities across the United States. Visit www.shps.com.
