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On March 25-26, 2008 in Orlando, 22 award recipients from health care management, health information technology, health plan and pharmacy benefit management organizations were featured in educational sessions and honored at a black-tie gala for excellence in three categories: consumer decision support, consumer/patient safety, and integrated care coordination. Their programs were judged by a distinguished panel of industry experts and selected as winners for their ability to measurably demonstrate an impact on consumer empowerment and/or protection, as well as their potential for wide-spread implementation of the program by other organizations.

Winners of the 2008 Best Practices in Consumer Empowerment and Protection Awards are:
Honorable Mention:

  • OptumHealth, OptumHealth Treatment Decision Support Program
  • Aetna, Inc., Aetna's Health Care Transparency Initiative
  • Sensei, Inc., a Humana Joint Venture, Sensei for Weight Loss
  • BlueCross BlueShield of Kansas City and Prime Solutions, Inc., Adolescent Immunization Community Collaborative
  • FONEMED and Centra Care, Exposure Hotline of Centra Care and FONEMED
  • Eli Lilly and Company, Comprehensive NeuroScience, Inc. and Missouri Department of Mental Health, Behavioral Pharmacy Management Program
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, Blue Care Connection: Closing the Gaps in the Obesity Epidemic
  • Medco Health Solutions, Inc., Improving Patient Safety for Diabetic Patients

Winners in the Health Care Management Category:

  • Bronze Award, Paradigm Health, “Care Management Impact on Advance Directive Completion”
  • Silver Award, INSPIRIS and Mercy Care Plan of Arizona, “INSPIRIS CarePlus Nurse Practitioner-Led Care”
  • Gold Award, PsycHealth, Ltd., “Behavioral Health Home Intervention Impact on Readmissions”

Winners in the Health Information Technology Category:

  • Bronze Award, ActiveHealth Management, “Helping Consumers Close Gaps in Their Health Care”
  • Silver Award, Eli Lilly and Company, Comprehensive NeuroScience, Inc. and Missouri Department of Mental Health, “Behavioral Pharmacy Management Program”
  • Gold Award, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, “My HealtheVet”

Winners in the Health Plan Category:

  • Bronze Award, Martin’s Point Health Care, “Post Hospital Discharge Call Process”
  • Silver Award, Molina Healthcare of Washington and Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, “The Washington Medicaid Integration Partnership”
  • Gold Award, BlueCross Blue Shield of Kansas City and Prime Solutions, Inc., “Adolescent Immunization Community Collaborative”

Winners in the Pharmacy Benefit Management Category:

  • Bronze Award, Express Scripts , “Express Scripts Generics Today”
  • Silver Award, Prescription Solutions, “Geriatric RxMonitor Program”
  • Gold Award, MemberHealth, LLC, “Improving ACE-I Utilization in Medicare Part D”

Best Practices Awards:

  • American Specialty Health, “Reduction in Regional Variation of X-ray Utilization”
  • INSPIRIS and Mercy Care Plan of Arizona, “INSPIRIS CarePlus Nurse Practitioner-Led Care”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Linda Ellerbee
Award-Winning Journalist/Television Producer

Michael Roizen M.D.
Bestselling Author/ Co-Founder & Chairman, RealAge, Inc.

 

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2008 Award Recipients

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