Interplan Health Group Announces Its Business Intelligence Solutions for Improving Workers' Compensation Outcomes

Business Wire, April 19, 2006

FARMINGTON, Conn. -- Interplan Health Group (IHG) announces its comprehensive analytic toolset, IHG eDataWorks, for Workers' Compensation. IHG eDataWorks helps reduce the cost of workers' compensation, by integrating claims and medical information and applying interactive analytic tools, which facilitate earlier return to work, design of outcome oriented PPO's, and evaluation of cost containment programs.

Combining cutting-edge business intelligence technology with knowledge from industry experts has enabled IHG to offer a comprehensive approach to measuring, monitoring and modifying workers' compensation and network programs. Customers can utilize these tools to apply a continuous improvement model in achieving better outcomes for injured workers. "When CA passed SB899...it set the stage for an industry paradigm shift from broad-based unit-cost discount PPO networks to outcomes-oriented employer-specific networks composed of the right medical providers," said Maddy Bowling, President, Maddy Bowling & Associates Consulting Inc.(1)

These capabilities compliment InterPlan Advantage, IHG's national workers' compensation PPO. Interplan Health Group utilizes business intelligence to build high performance networks, customized for the specific needs of its customers. "Our customers' value access to their integrated information via a web based reporting front end, which enables them to perform scores of their own analyses such as performance, forecasting and trending. Frequently, even large claims payers don't have this flexible reporting and analytic capability within their own systems environment," said Maureen Starr, SVP, Interplan Health Group.

IHG eDataWorks features and benefits:

--Monitor network performance based upon proprietary outcome measures.

--New data warehouse containing integrated medical bill, claims, provider and other data.

--Web-Enabled Analytical tools and Reporting to effectively assess and measure WC cost, utilization and outcomes.

--Customized network configurations to optimize network performance at the employer level.

About IHG

IHG is a Health Services and Medical Cost Containment company specializing in providing a broad array of managed care offerings to our clients. Through our national PPO networks of Superien and InterPlan Advantage, Workers Compensation programs, Care Management, Out of Network solutions, and AmeriScript our National Pharmacy Benefit Manager, IHG provides a variety of integrated products and services to our client base which consists of local and multi-state employer groups, trust funds, fully insured carriers, third party administrators and large national accounts. Our products, services and analytic tools have proven to significantly reduce overall administrative expenses and cost of quality healthcare services for our clients, which cover a broad range of members from injured workers to traditional and non-traditional group health plans.

About Maddy Bowling & Associates Consulting Inc.

Maddy Bowling, president of Chicago-based Maddy Bowling & Associates Consulting Inc. (www.maddybowlingconsult.com), has been in the industry for more than 26 years and is a frequent speaker and journal contributor. She can be reached at mb@maddybowlingconsult.com.

(1)"Pushing a Revolutionary Agenda," Risk and Insurance, July 2005