Ancillary Care Management and Interplan Health Group Join Forces to Improve Access to Ancillary Services
Posted on: Wednesday, 4 October 2006, 12:00 CDT
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Ancillary Care Management, Inc. (ACM) and Interplan Health Group (IHG) today announced a new business partnership in which ACM will become a key provider in IHG's Group Health & Workers Compensation Network for home health, home infusion, specialty pharmacy, and home medical equipment. IHG members will now have access to ACM's credentialed national network of more than 5,700 ancillary care providers.
"Through this new business relationship with ACM, IHG now is able to provide members access to a nationwide network of credentialed providers in the fast-growing and in-demand ancillary care arena," Cornelia Outten, Senior VP Provider Networks of IHG said. "As a national healthcare management company, we are dedicated to successfully helping our clients navigate to better outcomes and more cost-efficient care. With access to ACM's first-in-class network, we are able to continue to work toward fulfilling that mission."
As a single point for managing ancillary services, ACM brings together its industry-leading technology and clinical expertise to ensure that participating plan members receive home health services and related patient care from the most cost-effective in-network providers. "Working directly with discharge planners and medical management companies, ACM will be able to quickly and efficiently connect patients to the best in home nursing, home medical equipment, home infusion, and specialty pharmaceuticals through our state-of-the-art MyReferralPoint(TM) program," added Gary A. Loeber, R.Ph., ACM's EVP of Business Development.
About ACM
Ancillary Care Management (ACM) empowers clients to improve the management of healthcare services through technology-enabled solutions that enhance the quality, speed, and cost effectiveness of patient care. With over 35 million lives under contract, ACM manages specialty and infusion pharmaceuticals, home nursing, home medical equipment, and respiratory services. ACM is URAC-accredited for health utilization management and offers solutions that link participants in the complex ancillary benefits environment through a suite of Web-based tools, accessible through http://www.acmcentral.com/ .
MyReferralPoint(TM) is a first-in-class program that offers physicians, discharge planners, and case managers a single-source for care coordination and placement that efficiently connects patients with quality home care services, products, and supplies anywhere in the U.S. Visit http://www.acmcentral.com/ or call 1-877-608-1515 for more information.
About Interplan
Interplan Health Group (IHG) is a Health Services and Medical Cost Containment company specializing in providing a broad array of managed care offerings to our clients. Through IHG's national PPO network of Superien(R), and directly contracted PPO networks in eighteen states, Workers' Compensation programs, Care Management, Out-of-Network solutions, and national Pharmacy Benefit Manager AmeriScript(R), IHG provides a variety of integrated products and services to our client base which consists of local and multi-state employer groups, trust funds, fully insured carriers, third party administrators and large national accounts. IHG's commitment to state-of-the-art informatics and technology solutions has resulted in products and services that significantly reduce the costs of quality healthcare services and overall administrative expenses for our clients.
Ancillary Care Management, Inc.
CONTACT: Wendy Capetz, Ancillary Care Management, Inc.,+1-952-826-2552, or Dayle Buchman, Director Marketing, Interplan Health Group,+1-209-473-0811
Web site: http://www.acmcentral.com/http://www.interplanhealth.com/
Source: PRNewswire
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