Press Releases: 2007

Free Webinar to Feature Innovative Asthma Management Program

Philadelphia, PA – the AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies in conjunction with the Health Management Congress will present a free web seminar on Effective Health Education and Management Programs for the Public Sector on Wednesday, July 25, from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm.

Presented by Maria Pajil Battle, Senior Vice President, Public Affairs and Marketing, AmeriHealth Mercy, and Maureen George, PhD, RN, AE-C, Asthma Educators, this webinar will focus on Healthy Hoops, AmeriHealth Mercy’s health education and management program.

This web seminar will demonstrate the necessity and value of pediatric health management and education programs, emphasizing the importance of a holistic approach to disease management to engage patients in managing the disease, improve health outcomes, increase access to care and lower utilization and cost.

The seminar will focus on:

• asthma management
  
• the ROI of disease management and wellness programs, especially for children
  
• understanding how cultural practices can get in the way of getting health care and learning ways to work around those barriers

Click here to register for this free web seminar.

The 12th Annual Health Management Congress, being held September 24-26, 2007, is the only independent conference that offers strategies to develop, implement, and manage wellness, prevention and disease management programs with measurable benefit to health plans, employers, and hospitals. Please visit www.iirusa.com/hmc/13358.xml for more information.

With more than 20 years of experience exclusively serving the Medicaid population, the AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies and its affiliates comprise the largest family of Medicaid managed care plans in the United States, touching the lives of more than 2 million members nationwide.  For more information, visit AmeriHealth Mercy.