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In the News.....
Here's what is being said about Universal Self Care and its
subsidiaries in recent trade and consumer publications.
Crain's Detroit Business - August 11, 1997, page 13 "With new multimillion-dollar contracts in hand, Livonia-based Universal Self Care, Inc. seems to be handily completing its move from a regional niche health care provider to a national leader." "...Shifts from traditional, fee-for-service plans to managed care providers and self-insured companies have benefited Universal Self Care, which offers diabetes self-care programs." HME News - July 1997, page 11 "Healthcare Management Solutions Inc. has reached an agreement to provide a diabetes management program to 170,000 employees of Schaumburg, Illinois-based Motorola Inc. It is the largest contract to date for the subsidiary of Universal Self Care Inc., a specialty provider of supplies and support services for individuals with diabetes." "We're the link between the physician and the patient and their prescription regime," Healthcare Management Solutions president Ed Buchholz. Two Types - July 1997 issue, page 43 "A scattering of corporations aren't sitting around waiting for Congress to mandate coverage of diabetes education and supplies. They're grabbing the bull by the horn and instituting diabetes programs to lessen the bite out of their health care pocket and investing in their employee health and longevity." "Black & Decker Corporation and Universal Self Care, Inc. forge an alliance to streamline delivery of diabetes supplies to employees: After implementing a new medical plan in 1991, Black & Decker Corporation experienced high costs in providing diabetes supplies to employees and retirees with diabetes. To reduce costs, in 1994, they forged an alliance with Universal Self Care, Inc., a diabetes equipment and supply company." "...Over the first three years of the program, Black & Decker saved $1.4 million just on reducing days spent in the hospital and emergency room visits." Managed Healthcare - July 1997, page 42 "Not only do diabetes management programs control the costs of treating diabetes, they also help employees at Black & Decker Corp. who participate in a diabetes program provided by Healthcare Management Solutions, a subsidiary of Universal Self Care." "The survey was conducted by William M. Mercer and evaluated 790 participants. It found that 70% of them felt their overall health has improved as a result of the program and 95% feel the program has helped them control their diabetes." Employee Benefit News - June 1997, page 24 "Black & Decker has discovered that its three-year-old diabetes management program may pack just as much punch as the company's line of power tools." "A recent study of 363 of the program's 790 participants conducted by William M. Mercer Inc. has uncovered promising results across a number of areas." "'The more employees know about the disease, the better their chance of dieting and exercising,' says Buchholz, whose diabetes management consulting firm runs B & D's diabetes program. Ninety percent of the respondents felt the educational materials they received were effective." The Executive Report on Managed Care - April '97, page 5 "A diabetes disease management program administered by Universal Self Care Inc. for the Black & Decker Corporation has improved employee compliance outcomes, according to the results of a new survey." HME News - April 1997, page 13 "In an effort to provide self-insured and managed care organizations with cost-effective disease management programs, Universal Self Care Inc. recently developed Healthcare Management Solutions." "Some feel the move is an evolutionary step toward bridging the gap between the roles doctors and pharmacists play in educating patients, and that it will positively impact costs traditionally associated with the treatment of chronic ailments." "This success has prompted the development of an asthma program which will incorporate some of the same principles as the diabetes program." |
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