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MedRisk expands EPO Network with 8,000 ChiropractorsKING OF PRUSSIA, PA. (July 10, 2006) – MedRisk, Inc. has expanded its physical medicine provider network by significantly increasing the number of chiropractors. MedRisk’s customers can now access expert chiropractic care for work-related injuries in 26 states. “This major expansion brings MedRisk’s unique per visit and episodic reimbursement management methodology to over 8,000 thousand chiropractors, broadening our customers’ unsurpassed savings into this critical area of physical medicine service,” said Shelley Boyce, president of MedRisk. Under the EPO arrangement, physical medicine providers agree to a unique reimbursement system based on diagnosis and the chronicity and severity of work-related injuries, which controls cost through the clinical management of utilization, and ensures quality practice standards. MedRisk’s EPO typically delivers savings on physical medicine claims that are between 30 and 40 percent below fee schedule and UC&R. The EPO now offers chiropractic services in Calif., Colo., Conn., D.C., Del., Fla., Ga., Ind., Ill., Kan., Ky., Md., Minn., Mo., N.C., N.J., N.Y., Okla., Ore., Pa., S.C., Tenn., Texas, Va., and Wis. About MedRiskFounded 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 Media Contacts: | |
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