LifeMasters Announces Agreement to Offer Disease Management Services to High-Risk Wisconsin...(tes we know that many are not receiving ...),Health

Program participants will receive coaching and regular telephone support from their own personal health coach. They will learn how to monitor their vital signs and symptoms to detect early changes in their health status, such as blood glucose levels. An integral part of the program also includes integrating the members' physicians by alerting them to significant changes in their patient's health between office visits so they can intervene early to avoid emergency room visits and preventable hospitalizations.

About LifeMasters Supported SelfCare, Inc.:
LifeMasters Supported SelfCare, Inc. is a leading provider of health improvement and condition management programs and services that create health partnerships among individuals and their physicians. The programs improve the quality of care for populations with risk factors and chronic conditions and reduce healthcare cost trends for the nation's leading health plans, employers, retirement systems, labor unions/trusts and governmental organizations. LifeMasters offers programs for individuals with diabetes, congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, hypertension and asthma, cancer, depression, metabolic syndrome and musculo-skeletal pain. LifeMasters' programs are holistically focused, support co-morbidities like depression, and facilitate lifestyle changes such as smoking cessation and weight loss. LifeMasters is accredited by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) and URAC. More information can be found at http://innovation.lifemasters.com/ [innovation.lifemasters.com].

Media Contact:
Abbie Pauley
412-926-7093
apauley @ lifema
'/>"/>