WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) announced today that Medstat, a unit of The Thomson Corporation, has been selected as the newest member of its vendor affinity program, AHIP Solutions. Medstat will serve as the sole AHIP Solutions’ decision support resource, providing AHIP members with business intelligence to support operations including disease management, financial risk management, benefit plan design, and the detection of fraud and waste in their systems.
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“Our AHIP Solutions program has been designed to create strategic partnerships that can best support our members,” said AHIP President and CEO Karen Ignagni. “Our partnership with Medstat gives our members access to a variety of decision support tools that are particularly important as health insurance plans continue to evolve to better promote high-quality, cost- effective, evidence-based coverage and care.”
“AHIP’s Solutions program brings added value to its members and equips them with preferred access for today’s most recognized innovations,” said Dr. Michael Sherman, Medstat Vice President. “It’s gratifying to be aligned with this industry-leading organization.”
Medstat has developed tailored product offerings available to AHIP members through the AHIP Solutions program. For more information, visit http://www.medstat.com/1healthplan/ahip.asp.
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About The Thomson Corporation and Medstat
The Thomson Corporation (http://www.thomson.com/), with 2003 revenues from continuing operations of $7.44 billion, is a global leader in providing integrated information solutions to business and professional customers. Thomson provides value-added information, software tools and applications to more than 20 million users in the fields of law, tax, accounting, financial services, higher education, reference information, corporate training and assessment, scientific research and healthcare. The Corporation’s common shares are listed on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges Toronto. Thomson Healthcare information solutions (http://www.thomson.com/healthcare) include Medstat, PDR(R), American Health Consultants, Center for Clinical Research Practice, CenterWatch, Gardiner Caldwell, New England Institutional Review Board, Physicians World, Micromedex, and Scientific Connexions.
Medstat (http://www.medstat.com/) is a healthcare information company that provides market intelligence and benchmark databases, decision support solutions, and research services for managing the cost and quality of healthcare. The company applies these capabilities to improve policy and management decision making for employers, government agencies, health plans, hospitals and provider networks, and pharmaceutical companies.
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