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All finalists are invited to attend a black tie dinner event during the conference, at which time they will discover how they will be distinguished as award winners. Gold, Silver and Bronze awards, as well as those receiving Honorable Mention awards, in each of the four organization categories, will be named at the dinner. Platinum award winners will also be announced in the two topic categories.

Finalists in URAC's Best Practices Awards competition are:

-- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma, "Office-Based

Cardiovascular Stress Testing"

-- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, "The Positive Impact of Written

Asthma Action Plans"

-- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, "Cultural Excellence Training"

-- Centene Corporation, "CONNECTIONS PLUS"

-- Ceridian, "Health & Wellness Outreach and Engagement"

-- Children's Mercy Family Health Partners, "CMFHP Disease

Management Program"

-- CIGNA HealthCare, "Colorectal Cancer Screening Program"

-- Companion Benefit Alternatives, "Essential Solutions for Depression

Management"

-- Comprehensive NeuroScience, Eli Lilly and Company, and The State of

Arkansas Department of Human Services, "Arkansas Diabetes Disease

Management Program Phase 3"

-- CVS Caremark, "Drug Therapy Management"

-- Delaware Physicians Care, Incorporated, "DPCI Diabetes Text

Messaging Pilot Project"

-- Eliza Corporation and Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States,

"Eliza Corporation"

-- Great Moves! and Children's Hospital Boston, "Great Moves!

Pediatric Weight Management Center"

-- HealthPartners, "Improving Employee Health through Behavior

Change"

-- New Directions Behavioral H
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