News

YONKERS, NY,  July 16, 2008 – CMO, the Care Management Company – a subsidiary of Montefiore, a health-care system that serves over 400,000 individuals in the Bronx, New York – has chosen Health Hero Network as a provider of home telehealth technology services for CMO’s care- and disease-management programs, including its CareGuidance Medicare demonstration. Health Hero Network is a subsidiary of the Bosch Group, a diversified global corporation based in Stuttgart, Germany. Initially, the partnership will focus on individuals with complex chronic conditions, including a Medicare demonstration program the CMO has designed to improve patient support, quality of care, and reduce Medicare costs. These individuals tend to be elderly and frail, and have diverse health care and social support needs. The partnership is ultimately aimed at using interactive, network-based technologies that will enable CMO and Montefiore to broadly address the needs of its population proactively, preventively, and cost-effectively.

“Montefiore is one of the premier health systems in the US, both in terms of the quality of service it provides to its community, as well as its history of innovating in a way that genuinely serves human needs,” said Health Hero Network CEO Derek Newell. “We look forward to working with Montefiore to further its efforts to move health care and support for individuals with chronic conditions outside of traditional clinical settings.”

About CMO, The Care Management Company
CMO, The Care Management Company, is an innovative provider of integrated healthcare management solutions. The company's comprehensive services are designed to manage and improve the process, quality and continuity of healthcare while successfully managing medical expenses and improving patient outcomes.

CMO is one of the first provider-driven healthcare management companies with the infrastructure and expertise to assume financial accountability for a patient population and successfully manage the delivery of high-quality clinical services.

CMO provides collaborative care management that includes medical and behavioral case management, disease management, and health promotion. In addition to integrated care guidance, CMO provides full-service claims administration, decision support services, credentialing and contact center outsourcing.

CMO supports a large community-based healthcare delivery system that includes a network of over 2400 credentialed providers. CMO provides services to nearly 200,000 health plan members using an experienced staff of well-trained nurse case managers - supported by knowledgeable, highly professional customer service and provider relations staff, robust information technology including sophisticated telemonitoring devices, and home visit programs.

As a subsidiary of Montefiore Medical Center, The University Hospital and Academic Medical Center for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, CMO has access to world leaders in healthcare, healthcare information technology, academic medicine and clinical research.