Wellpoint Pharmacy
WellPoint Pharmacy Management Receives 'Standard Of Excellence' From Web Marketing Association WEST HILLS, Calif., Oct. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WellPoint Pharmacy Management, announced today that its unique provider education web site, http://www.dynamiccme.com/ , has been awarded the 2005 "Standard of Excellence" WebAward for outstanding achievement in website development by the Web Marketing Association. This international competition recognizes outstanding Website development and focuses on the entire Website; it assures Internet users that the site is creative, innovative and user-friendly.
"We are pleased to have received this recognition," said Ren Elder, president, WellPoint Pharmacy Management. "Leveraging technology enables us to provide our clients with dynamic solutions to implement cost-effective and value added business solutions."
DynamicCME, designed with CECity, an industry leader in web-based continuing medical education and quality improvement technology, is a comprehensive, web-based education portal that WellPoint Pharmacy Management provides to its clients. DynamicCME delivers a real time, interactive continuing education experience to client providers. WellPoint Pharmacy Management launched the site in March 2005, and was the first Pharmacy Benefits Manager to provide this type of unique and real-time interactive, web-based CME education portal for client physicians nationwide.
This unique and secure application uses provider-specific medical and pharmacy claims data to display current practice patterns and appropriate prescribing benchmarks around key clinical issues within each CME program. The goal is to bridge the gap between clinical guidelines and clinical practice using technology that offers physicians, 24-hour/7 days a week access to patient-specific medical education. DynamicCME incorporates National Committee for Quality Assurance and Health Employer Data and Information Set standards, as well as National clinical guidelines and practice pattern data to guide providers toward best practice prescribing.
WellPoint Pharmacy Management is the nation's leading health plan-owned pharmacy benefit management company. WellPoint Pharmacy Management is the trade name of Professional Claim Services Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of WellPoint, Inc. . With complete pharmacy benefit management services for employers and health plans nationwide, WellPoint Pharmacy Management's products include, clinical management programs, drug formulary management, claims processing, benefit design consultation, pharmacy network management, local network contract development, specialty pharmacy, manufacturer discount programs, prescription drug databases and utilization management. In addition, WellPoint Pharmacy Management provides mail order pharmacy fulfillment services through its affiliate, PrecisionRx, Inc. WellPoint Pharmacy Management can be found on the web at http://www.wellpointrx.com/ .
CECity.com, Inc. (CECity) is the leading technology provider of online continuing healthcare education, quality improvement and eCME and eCE distribution solutions. CECity develops healthcare specific, turnkey technology solutions, which can be fully branded for its clients. CECity's products range from online eLearning/eCME management solutions that automate, track, process and measure eCME, to quality improvement systems that seek to positively impact healthcare provider behavior and measure patient outcomes.
CONTACT: Kellie Bernell of WellPoint Pharmacy Management, +1-805-557-6755, or kellie.bernell@wellpoint.com
Web site: http://www.wellpointrx.com/ http://www.dynamiccme.com/ http://cecity.com/
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