WASHINGTON, July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) announced today that it has formed a new strategic alliance between its vendor affinity program, AHIP Solutions, and Concentra Preferred Systems, Inc., the nation's largest healthcare cost management specialist. This new arrangement provides AHIP members preferred access to Concentra professional services that are designed to help reduce medical and administrative costs, increase productivity and maximize return on investment.
"Concentra is another exciting addition to the AHIP Solutions portfolio of partners," said AHIP President and CEO Karen Ignagni. "AHIP Solutions has always based its selection of strategic partners on which companies can best support the range of business operations of our members," she continued. "AHIP members will now have preferred access to Concentra's industry leading services for cost management."
Concentra, and its subsidiary Health Network Systems, LLC (HNS), offer services that include professional claims resolution, pricing, provider data management, auditing, and consultative services that are designed to provide both network and non-network cost management solutions. Concentra services can help lower medical and administrative costs associated with contracted and non-contracted medical care.
"We are very encouraged about the prospects of working with AHIP and its members," stated Tom Bartlett, President of Concentra Preferred Systems. "We continue to be impressed with the leadership role AHIP has taken through its sponsorship of the AHIP Solutions Program and its efforts to identify organizations like Concentra with the potential to produce material value to health insurance plans."
About Concentra
Concentra Preferred Systems, Inc.(R) and subsidiary Health Network Systems LLC, are the nation's largest healthcare cost management specialists, processing over $5 billion claims annually for leading health insurance carriers, Blues plans, TPAs and self-insured employers. Over its 13-year history, CPS has developed cost control strategies that have generated over $4 billion in savings for its clients -- a figure without peer in the cost management sector. Concentra Preferred Systems, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Addison, Texas based Concentra, Inc.(R) More information on CPS and HNS services is available at http://www.cpsconnect.com/ or http://www.hnsconnect.com/.
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America's Health Insurance PlansCONTACT: Mohit Ghose of America's Health Insurance Plans,+1-202-778-8494; or Amanda Peterson of Concentra Preferred Systems, Inc.,+1-630-649-5237
