AmeriHealth Administrators Selects Thomson Reuters for Care Management Analytics and Account Group Reporting

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Aug 11, 2011, 03:41 ET

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- AmeriHealth Administrators, Inc., a leading national third party administrator of health benefits, has selected Thomson Reuters for healthcare analytic and account group reporting services.

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Under a three-year contract, Thomson Reuters will support AmeriHealth Administrators with:

Sophisticated data analytics that help identify plan members who may benefit from care management programs and measure the effectiveness of those programs.
An application that produces reports quantifying the performance of health benefit plans for the firm's customers, largely self-insured employers.

"We believe Thomson Reuters Advantage Suite® will provide us with better tools to reach plan members with healthcare information that is important and appropriate to their health status. This will enable us to improve the performance of our health management programs through robust health plan analytics that support our customers in managing healthcare and costs," said Gideon Hill, M.D., vice president and regional medical director for AmeriHealth Administrators.

Jon Newpol, executive vice president for the Healthcare business of Thomson Reuters, said: "We are pleased to partner with AmeriHealth Administrators as they make significant strides to manage the cost and quality of healthcare for their plan members and employer customers."

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About AmeriHealth Administrators

AmeriHealth Administrators is one of the largest national third party administrators providing innovative, value-based health benefits programs for self-funded health plans. The company also provides customized outsourcing services for TPAs and other payers, student health plans, and fully-insured products. AmeriHealth Administrators serves over 400,000 plan members representing $1 billion in health benefits. For more information, visit www.ahatpa.com.

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