IPS Aligns With Devon Health Services for Pain-Focused Managed Medical Services
January 22 2008 - 10:53AM
PR Newswire (US)
IPS's Privileged Provider Network to Offer Pain Care and Treatment
to Patients in Devon Health's Primary Service Region covering
Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 22
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Integrated Pain Solutions, LLC (IPS), a
wholly owned subsidiary of PainCare Holdings, Inc. (AMEX:PRZ),
today announced that it has signed a national service agreement
with Devon Health Services, Inc., a noted national healthcare cost
management company based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. IPS will
provide Devon Health access to its national privileged network,
focused specifically on administering care and treatment from its
multi-disciplinary network of highly credentialed physicians that
work together to ensure that patients get the proper pain
management for work related injuries and pain issues, while
simultaneously reducing costs for payors. Initial concentration
will be on serving patients in Devon Health's primary service
region covering Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. Devon
Health is a national leader in the managed care marketplace,
focused on providing highly effective healthcare cost management
solutions and expert guidance to its client base comprised of the
country's top third party administrators, insurance companies,
unions and other self-funded payors. Brian D. Atkinson, Chief
Operating Officer of Devon Health, stated, "Since our founding in
1991, Devon Health has earned industry respect and recognition
through our progressive approach and execution of strategies
designed to help our clients successfully navigate, adapt to and
combat the rising cost of quality healthcare. Given IPS' specific
expertise in the field of pain- centric care, treatment, follow-up
and analysis, we believe they bring a powerful and highly
innovative dimension to Devon Health's overriding value proposition
to our clients - particularly in the management of escalating
Workers' Compensation cost." Katie White, IPS President, added, "We
are very proud to welcome Devon Health to IPS' growing national
customer base, because both Devon Health and IPS share a commitment
to materially improving the standard of care for patients, while
also containing costs for payors. This is an ideal partnership of
strength, sure to benefit the collective patients, payors and
providers we will be working together to serve." About Devon Health
Services, Inc. Devon Health Services, Inc. is a National Healthcare
Cost Management Company offering complete healthcare benefit
packages, including a national PPO network, Pharmacy, Dental,
Vision, Workers' Compensation, and Motor Vehicle PPO networks, and
Claims Settlement Services. Devon Health was founded in 1991 by
John A. Bennett, M.D., an Internal Medicine physician. The company
is headquartered in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. About Integrated
Pain Solutions (IPS) Integrated Pain Solutions (IPS), a wholly
owned subsidiary of PainCare Holdings, Inc., is the first and only
managed services organization offering a multidisciplinary
healthcare network focused on pain management to payor
organizations, such as insurance and workers' compensation carriers
and unions. IPS reduces costs and increases quality of life by
providing highly credentialed physicians and centers of excellence
on pay-for-performance incentives, a continuum of care that begins
with care coaching, a shared financial and clinical data warehouse,
and evidence-based clinical outcome measurements to determine the
most effective pain-management plan. For more information, please
visit http://www.integratedpainsolutions.net/. About PainCare
Holdings, Inc. Headquartered in Orlando, Florida, PainCare
Holdings, Inc. is one of the nation's leading providers of
pain-focused medical and surgical solutions and services. Through
its proprietary network of acquired or managed physician practices
and ambulatory surgery centers, and in partnership with independent
physician practices and medical institutions throughout the United
States and Canada, PainCare is committed to utilizing the most
advanced science and technologies to diagnose and treat pain
stemming from neurological and musculoskeletal conditions and
disorders. Through its wholly owned subsidiary, Caperian, Inc.,
PainCare offers medical real estate and development services.
Through Integrated Pain Solutions, the Company is engaged in
pioneering the nation's first Managed Services Organization that
offers a multi-disciplinary healthcare network focused on the
treatment of pain. For more information on PainCare Holdings,
please visit http://www.paincareholdings.com/. Safe Harbor
Statement This press release contains forward-looking statements
that may be subject to various risks and uncertainties. Such
forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the "safe harbor"
provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
and are made based on management's current expectations or beliefs
as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available
to, management. These forward-looking statements, which may include
statements regarding our future financial performance or results of
operations, including expected revenue growth, cash flow growth,
future expenses, future operating margins and other future or
expected performance, are subject to the following risks: the
acquisition of businesses or the launch of new lines of business,
which could increase operating expenses and dilute operating
margins; the inability to attract new patients by our owned
practices, the managed practices and the limited management
practice; increased competition, which could lead to negative
pressure on our pricing and the need for increased marketing; the
inability to maintain, establish or renew relationships with
physician practices, whether due to competition or other factors;
the inability to comply with regulatory requirements governing our
owned practices, the managed practices and the limited management
practices; that projected operating efficiencies will not be
achieved due to implementation difficulties or contractual spending
commitments that cannot be reduced; and to the general risks
associated with our businesses. In addition to the risks and
uncertainties discussed above you can find additional information
concerning risks and uncertainties that would cause actual results
to differ materially from those projected or suggested in the
forward-looking statements in the reports that we have filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking
statements contained in this press release represent our judgment
as of the date of this release and you should not unduly rely on
such statements. Unless otherwise required by law, we undertake no
obligation to publicly update or revise any forward- looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events
or otherwise after the date of this press release. In light of
these risks and uncertainties, the forward-looking events and
circumstances discussed in the filing may not occur, and actual
results could differ materially from those anticipated or implied
in the forward-looking statements. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE
CONTACT: Dodi Handy, President and CEO, or Daniel Conway, Chief
Strategist Elite Financial Communications Group 407-585-1080 or via
email at DATASOURCE: Integrated Pain Solutions, LLC CONTACT: Dodi
Handy, President and CEO, or Daniel Conway, Chief Strategist, of
Elite Financial Communications Group, +1-407-585-1080, Web site:
http://www.paincareholdings.com/
http://www.integratedpainsolutions.net/
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