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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”