Health Integrated to Present Depression Disease Management Results at Disease Management Conference

Tampa, FL – July 30, 2004 – Health Integrated, Inc., the country's leading provider of Advanced Care Management services, will be presenting preliminary outcomes from its Depression Disease Management Program at the 2nd Annual Disease Management Conference, being held in Boston, Massachusetts. The Conference, sponsored by the Strategic Research Institute, focuses on the provider role, ROI, industry consolidation, opportunities in Medicare Reform and the international market challenges for the future, employer strategies for health promotion and cost containment, technology assessment and consumer-centric health care. The presentation, "Depression Disease Management: Preliminary Clinical Outcome Metrics and Cost Savings in a Commercial Population," is scheduled for Monday, August 2nd at 3:45pm. The presentation will be given by Sam Toney, MD, President and Chief Medical Officer of Health Integrated.

"We are pleased that the Conference highlights these critical issues, and are enthusiastic about presenting the results of our DDM study," said Dr. Toney. "This is a control group study of the impact of Heath Integrated's comprehensive Depression Disease Management program on a significant commercial population. For a program that positively manages the impact of depression, you must utilize multiple sources of case identification – including predictive modeling and multiple referral sources, as well as address all medical co-morbidities, and provide evidenced-based interventions in conjunction with core clinical content," says Toney. "It achieves improved clinical outcomes along with a demonstrable return on investment."

The results being presented include:

• Clinical outcomes – using validated scales and proprietary tools to evaluate the clinical impact of the program
• Utilization outcomes – using claims-based data, along with predictive modeling technology to demonstrate the financial impact of the program
• Productivity outcomes – a discussion of ongoing measures to determine the program's impact on productivity in the workplace

Health Integrated, a privately held company based in Tampa, Florida, is one of the fastest growing health care companies in the nation, providing comprehensive, integrated, medical and behavioral health care support, yielding improved patient outcomes. Health Integrated's focus on the integration of behavioral and medical health care, combined with its ability to work as a partner to provide comprehensive customized care management solutions, has produced significant value to its clients. Health Integrated provides services to major organizations and is accredited by URAC for Health Utilization Management, Case Management and Disease Management. More information about Health Integrated is available at www.healthintegrated.com.

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