Board Of Trustees Of The FELRA & UFCW Health And Welfare Fund Selects Health Dialog To Provide Care Management Services
BOSTON, Dec. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Health Dialog Services Corporation today announced that it has been selected by the Board of Trustees of the FELRA & UFCW Health and Welfare Fund to provide 36,000 UFCW members and their dependents access to whole person care management services. The agreement is financed by the FELRA & UFCW Health and Welfare Fund, a multi-employer fund that provides health and welfare benefits to grocery store employees primarily in the Baltimore and Washington, DC metropolitan areas, but also in regions of Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and West Virginia. Members covered through this new initiative include employees of Safeway, Inc., Giant Food, Inc., Super Fresh, and other employers.
The Health Dialog program, known as Collaborative Care(SM), includes Health Coaching support for chronic conditions, significant medical decisions, and general health and wellness needs. Health Dialog Health Coaches are specially trained healthcare professionals, such as nurses and dieticians, who educate and work with individuals so they can become more active and effective participants in the management of their health. Health Coaches encourage individuals to learn about their conditions, consider their treatment options in the context of their values and preferences, and engage in more constructive dialogs with their physicians.
"We are honored to support the FELRA & UFCW Health and Welfare Fund in its effort to improve the quality of care for these members," said George Bennett, Chairman and CEO of Health Dialog. "This alliance allows us to serve individuals across several grocery store corporations. To be selected by such a multi-employer fund demonstrates that our model can deliver value to a broad variety of organizations."
"The UFCW has been an active participant in the national healthcare debate, addressing the need for healthcare reform and implementing programs to meet this need," said Joe Hansen, International President of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union. "The investment in Health Dialog's offering demonstrates our commitment to this cause of making healthcare better."
About Health Dialog
Health Dialog is a leading provider of care management services, including disease management, and is one of the fastest growing privately held firms in the U.S. The firm helps physician groups, health plans, and self-insured employers improve healthcare quality while reducing overall costs. The firm's services include analytic services and telephonic and other care management support for individuals. Health Dialog helps individuals become more actively engaged in their healthcare and have more effective relationships with their physicians. For more information about Health Dialog, please visit http://www.healthdialog.com.
CONTACT: Cathleen Porter Mullen for Health Dialog cathleen.porter@mullen.com 978.468.8956 Regina Parundik Mullen for Health Dialog regina.parundik@mullen.com 412.402.0193
Health Dialog Services CorporationCONTACT: Cathleen Porter, +1-978-468-8956, cathleen.porter@mullen.com; orRegina Parundik, +1-412-402-0193, regina.parundik@mullen.com, both ofMullen for Health Dialog
Web site: http://www.healthdialog.com/