Steve Schelhammer, Accordant CEO, Delivers Disease Management Keynote At Health Insurance Reform Project

Disease Management in Fee-For-Service Medicare

WHO:             Steven K. Schelhammer, CEO of Accordant Health Services, Inc. (www.accordant.com)    

WHAT:         Health Insurance Reform Project / Health Affairs Meeting

Disease Management in Fee-For-Service Medicare

WHEN:         Wednesday, June 26, 2002

WHERE:        One Washington Circle Hotel-Zenith Room, Washington, D.C.

Wednesday, June 26, 2002, 9:00AM

Accordant CEO, Steve Schelhammer will engage healthcare executive panel members on the topic of Target Populations and Objectives. Schelhammer will examine a wide range of new disease management ideas,even highly contentious ones as they relate to Medicare, with support and participation from panel members of leading healthcare administrators, medical officers, and medical directors from the private and public sector.

Schelhammer will elaborate on several key topics covering disease management and reemphasize that the Health Insurance Reform Project (HIRP) embraces disease management:

·         How should target populations be
         selected

·         What objectives should be targeted

·         How should outcomes be measured

About Accordant

Accordant, based in Greensboro, N.C., focuses on assisting patients who have complex chronic diseases with the goal of improving clinical, patient satisfaction, and cost-of-care outcomes. The company relies on its expert Tele-Web" system that integrates Internet and call-center technologies to enable flexible, intelligent and customized information sharing among patients, providers and health plans. Accordant is a leader in population-based disease management for a constellation of complex, chronic diseases including multiple sclerosis, Lupus, Parkinsons, rheumatoid arthritis, hemophilia, cystic fibrosis, and sickle cell anemia. Accordant has supported over 20,000 chronic patients whose participation has been sponsored by their health plan. Accordants Medical Advisory Board is comprised of national medical experts who participate in the development and continuous quality improvement of the companys programs. For more information about Accordant, visit www.accordant.com or call 1-800-948-2497.