March 3, 1997
Contact: David Batista
Phone: 909.469.9200
Fax: 909.593.5732
E-Mail: Davidb@mcol.mcareol.com
Web-Site: http://www.mcol.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Modesto, CA - Managed Care On-Line ™ has entered into a
publishing agreement with Healthdemographics to offer excerpts of
their coordinated healthcare databases referred as HealthPac
through Managed Care On-Line™ for MCOL subscribers. In
addition, Healthdemographics will also offer MCOL subscribers an
electronic version of Clarity, their newly unveiled quarterly
newsletter.
"Managed health care professionals need access to the most
reliable forecasting models to have an accurate assessment of
today’s healthcare market. We are pleased to offer MCOL
subscribers access to excerpts of these forecasting tools at no
additional charge," stated Claire Bollier Thayer, MCOL
Director of Research and Development.
"At Healthdemographics, we developed the most sophisticated
predictive models in the industry utilizing the latest basic
research on utilization, accounting for regional variations in
healthcare utilization and factoring in the potential impact of
managed care and disease management. We are excited to make
excerpts of this unique forecasting data to MCOL
subscribers" commented Michael Chermak, Healthdemographics
Chief Operating Officer.
Healthdemographics is a leading provider of high quality health
care data and analytical systems. HealthPacs include demographic
data about communities, population based models of the incidence
of disease by category, estimates of the demand for services that
arise from that incidence, and the supply of local providers
available to meet that demand. Utilizing specially developed
factors incorporated into fundamental models, Healthdemographics
provides clients with the best view of the current and future
markets where managed care, disease management and cost effective
practice paradigms will dramatically alter the fundamental
utilization of resources.
MCOL offers informational software and services for those
professionally involved with managed care. MCOL product lines
include: Managed Care On-Line ™, a private on-line service
with powerful managed care data, informational and communication
resources; web site design and maintenance services for managed
care and health care related companies; individual managed care
informational software titles; and sponsored custom software for
managed care related companies. MCOL is based in Modesto,
California with additional offices in Oregon and Southern
California.
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