MedRisk's ECB Advisory Board Member Moffat elected President of WCPT

KING OF PRUSSIA, PA. (June 07, 2007) – MedRisk's ECB advisory board member Marilyn Moffat, PT, DPT, PhD, CSCS, FAPTA, was elected president of the World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT) during the WCPT Congress, June 2-7 in Vancouver, Canada.

Moffat, a professor of physical therapy at New York University and former president of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), has been active in WCPT, representing the North America Caribbean Region on the confederation's Executive Committee since 2003. She served on WCPT's task force that developed a description of physical therapy and helped to develop international standards for education and practice. In 2003, she received WCPT's Mildred Elson Award for International Leadership.

Physical therapists (PTs) are health care professionals who diagnose and treat individuals of all ages, from newborns to the elderly, who have medical problems or other health-related conditions that limit their abilities to move and perform functional activities in their daily lives. PTs examine each individual and develop a plan of care using treatment techniques to promote the ability to move, reduce pain, restore function, and prevent disability. Physical therapists also work with individuals to prevent the loss of mobility by developing fitness- and wellness-oriented programs for healthier and more active lifestyles.

About MedRisk

Founded in 1994 and based in King of Prussia, Pa., MedRisk, Inc. provides specialty managed care services along with claims workflow management tools to the workers’ compensation industry. With a demonstrated core competency in physical medicine management, MedRisk has leveraged its technological expertise and evidence-based research to provide a growing list of products and services to its client community including document management, best-practice claim-workflow automation, specialty network services, network integration and data analytics. MedRisk’s programs deliver savings and operational efficiencies that are significantly greater than traditional programs. Customers include insurance carriers, self-insured employers, third-party administrators and general managed care workers’ compensation companies. More information is available at www.medrisknet.com or by calling 1-800-225-9675.

About Expert Clinical Benchmarks

Expert Clinical Benchmarks, LLC, (ECB) is the clinical research and academic subsidiary of MedRisk, Inc. ECB monitors treatment outcomes, measures patient satisfaction, conducts academic offerings for clinicians, performs peer reviews, and is the industry leader in the development and maintenance of physical medicine treatment guidelines and utilization management protocols based on integrated outcome models and evidence-based practices. More information is available at www.expertclinicalbenchmarks.com or by calling 1-800-814-8712.

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Rommy Blum, MedRisk, Inc., 610-768-5812; rblum@medrisknet.com

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