American Specialty Health Expands Its Value Added Program By Offering Nutritional Products and Health Education Materials to Providers
Posted on: Thursday, 28 July 2005, 06:00 CDT
American Specialty Health (ASH), the nation's leading complementary health care organization, announced an agreement with one of its subsidiary companies, Healthyroads, Inc., to offer ASH providers nutritional products and educational materials at prices available to ASH members. ASH providers can now purchase Healthyroads products at 15-40 percent off of MSRP and are not charged any additional shipping fees.
Healthyroads provides consumer retail, health education, and wellness programs. Through the Healthyroads.com(R) Web site, ASH providers are now able to purchase more than 2,400 health and wellness products, including vitamins and minerals, herbal remedies, diet and sports nutrition products, skin and body care products, and yoga and fitness equipment. In addition, the Healthyroads library contains more than 1,300 peer-reviewed articles on a wide variety of health topics.
ASH providers have access to the most up-to-date, high-quality educational materials to distribute to their patients to assist in resolving their musculoskeletal conditions more rapidly and to empower their patients to achieve their overall health goals.
"Our goal is to take an active role in helping our providers be more efficient, create additional options and resources for managing patients conditions and overall health needs," said George DeVries, chairman, president, and chief executive officer of ASH. "At the same time, we can assist providers in lowering their monthly costs and overhead."
American Specialty Health, Incorporated (ASH) and its subsidiaries are the nation's leading specialty benefits organization for complementary health care -- providing benefit, health education, and affinity network programs to health plans, insurance carriers, employer groups, and trust funds nationwide. Based in San Diego, ASH has more than 500 employees and more than 12.1 million members in benefit programs nationwide. For more information about American Specialty Health, visit us online at ASHCompanies.com.
Source: Business Wire
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