BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Sept. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hooper Holmes, Inc. today announced a joint marketing agreement between its Health & Wellness Division and BioSignia, Inc, a provider of next generation healthcare solutions. Under the agreement, Hooper Holmes will actively promote BioSignia’s Know Your Number(R) Program, a proprietary modeling approach to chronic disease risk prediction, to wellness, disease management, and managed care organizations as part of Hooper Holmes’ complete wellness solution. In addition, BioSignia will market Hooper Holmes Health & Wellness as a preferred partner for on-site biometric screening services.
“BioSignia’s Know Your Number(R) Program is a valuable tool for assessing and comparing the health of individuals and presenting information in a clear and easily understood way,” said Chris Behling, President of Hooper Holmes’ Health & Wellness Division. “This is an excellent complement to our unique ability to collect and analyze health data anywhere in the country and a further link in our complete supply chain solution for wellness, disease management, and managed care companies. We now have another powerful tool for transforming the data we collect via biometric screenings into useful and actionable information, allowing our customers to predict, manage and mitigate health care expenses.”
“We are excited about this partnership because of the mutual business opportunities it creates,” said Tim Smith, president and CEO of BioSignia. “Our Know Your Number(R) Program is a best-in-class, internet based, patented tool for performing disease-specific risk assessment (DRA). It is a perfect complement to the “toolset” of any company in the wellness, population health and disease management space. As a result of our partnership with Hooper Holmes, we will be able to offer this powerful information to more people, institutions and companies in our continued efforts to make a positive impact on health outcomes and costs.”
About Hooper Holmes Health & Wellness
Hooper Holmes’ Health and Wellness Division leverages Hooper Holmes’ unique set of assets to provide a complete service for wellness, disease management, and managed care companies. Health & Wellness provides scheduling support, fulfillment of supplies, blood collection kits, medical screenings, lab testing and data transmission. By leveraging a network of over 9,000 examiners and a wholly owned reference lab with medical device manufacturing and robust fulfillment capabilities, the Division helps its customers reach more participants, gather more participant data earlier in the disease management process, better target interventional health support services and more easily reach participants on their terms, at work or at home.
About BioSignia
Headquartered in Research Triangle Park, NC, BioSignia is a leading technology company focused on bringing innovative predictive modeling solutions to the preventive health and life insurance markets. At the core of BioSignia’s flagship solution, Know Your Number, is the company’s proprietary synthesis modeling approach to chronic disease risk prediction. In 2004, BioSignia received the Disease Management Association of America’s prestigious award for Best Enabling Tool for Disease Management. Since then, the company’s talented R&D team has continued to advance synthesis modeling, continuously updating it to reflect the ever expanding need for effective chronic disease prevention, management and treatment. For more information, visit www.knowyournumber.com
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CONTACT: James Calver, President and Chief Executive Officer of HooperHolmes, +1-908-766-5000; Investors, John Capodanno, or Media, JonathanBirt, Financial Dynamics, +1-212-850-5600; Timothy Smith, Ph.D. Presidentand Chief Executive Officer of BioSignia, +1-919-933-2021; or Investors,Thomas Livingston, CFO, or Media, David Chapman, 919 Marketing,+1-919-557-7890
