FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Daniel Day
Corporate Marketing
IntelliCare
207-771-2976
dday@intellicare.com
IntelliCare Hires Jean Nichols as
Vice President of Customer Relations
(PORTLAND, MAINE) October 10, 2006 – IntelliCare, Inc., a provider of outsourced healthcare call center services, has announced today that it has named Jean Nichols as Vice President of Customer Relations. Nichols is a leader in the health plan industry, and brings more than 15 years experience to her new role.
IntelliCare has grown, and will continue to expand significantly as we bring both new and existing solutions to customers and prospects. Jean’s exceptional healthcare sales and management expertise are a welcome addition to our executive management team. Our ability to attract such experienced and talented individuals to our team is a testimony to the success IntelliCare has had in becoming a leader in providing outsourced healthcare call center solutions.
Nichols will draw upon her deep background in the healthcare industry — from sales and account management to healthcare policy and law — as she oversees IntelliCare’s focus on meeting customer needs through innovative product development, strategic planning, and guidance of the account managers, project managers and sales staff. Immediately prior to joining IntelliCare, she was the Director of Provider Network Management for Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Maine. She has also served as an Attorney for Bonneau & Geismar, LLC, Chief Sales Executive for Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Maine and Vice President of Major and National Accounts for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Maine. Jean holds a Bachelor’s degree from St. John’s University and a Juris Doctor from St. John’s University School of Law.
IntelliCare’s distributed medical contact center network of telenurses manage telephone-based nurse line programs and offers disease management infrastructure services to a broad range of healthcare providers, health plans, and care managers. The company also develops and sells the intelligent application technology it uses to support its medical contact center operations.
About IntelliCare
IntelliCare, Inc., A Medco Health Solutions Company, provides medical call center services to patients and members of health plans, hospitals and disease management programs. Founded in 1997 in Portland, Maine, the company operates the largest network of healthcare contact centers in the United States and provides 24 x 7 Nurse Line, Telephone Triage, Physician Referral, Class Registration and various custom solutions to more than 250 hospitals, health systems, health plans, group practices, and employers nationwide. IntelliCare’s clients outsource their call center operations to IntelliCare, or use the company's technology, to effectively and efficiently improve access to quality care. For more information about IntelliCare, please visit www.intellicare.com.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, rules and regulations promulgated under the Act, unanticipated changes in Medicare reimbursement, outcomes of government reviews, inquiries and investigations and related litigation, continued compliance with government regulations, fluctuations in customer demand, management of rapid growth, competition from other healthcare product vendors, timing and acceptance of new product introductions, general economic conditions, geopolitical events and regulatory changes, as well as other especially relevant risks detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended March 31, 2005, and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2005. The information set forth herein should be read in light of such risks. The Company assumes no obligation to update the information contained in this press release.
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