Milliman Care Guidelines Offers National Client Award for Healthcare Leadership

Recognizes Clients for Innovation and Leadership in Healthcare

SEATTLE, July 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Milliman Care Guidelines LLC, A Milliman
Company, has established an award for clients who are using the company's
evidence-based clinical guidelines and software to improve healthcare
delivery.
The company will name the first recipients of The Richard L. Doyle Award
for Innovation and Leadership in Healthcare during its next Client Forum,
April 2009, in Miami. Dr. Doyle developed the first Milliman Care
Guidelines(R) products in 1990.
The Care Guidelines were the first clinical guidelines to offer a
proactive, "look-ahead," approach to most conditions, allowing clinicians to
see the entire continuum of care for a patient, and to identify milestones
along the road to recovery. Today, Care Guidelines products and software are
licensed by more than 1,000 clients, including six of the seven largest US
health plans, as they strive to deliver optimal care to their patients and
members.
The Doyle Award is intended to encourage clients to develop innovative
ways to apply the Care Guidelines to improve healthcare management.
Applicants are asked to demonstrate the positive effects of the Care
Guidelines on healthcare quality or patient safety; on patient, member, payor
or external quality agency satisfaction; on staff efficiency, or on healthcare
cost.
The grand prize winner will receive two paid registrations to the Client
Forum, including travel and lodging, and their accomplishments will be
recognized in an opening-day plenary session. The organization will receive a
crystal trophy for display, and Milliman Care Guidelines will host a reception
for client employees at the winner's location. All applicants will have the
option to describe their work and share best practices in a general poster
session during the Client Forum.
Doyle Award applications will be judged by a panel of healthcare experts
who are familiar with the Care Guidelines, but are independent of Milliman.
Judges include:
-- Leah Binder, Chief Executive Officer of The Leapfrog Group
-- Dr. Richard L. Doyle, Originator of the Milliman Care Guidelines
(retired) -- Liza Greenberg, President of Health Project Consulting
-- Donna Merrick, Director of Standards Development for URAC
-- Michael Millenson, President of Health Quality Advisors

Licensed users of the Care Guidelines may contact Milliman representatives
or visit The Doyle Award web page at www.careguidelines.com/company/doyle for
application details.
About Richard L. Doyle, MD
Dr. Doyle is the visionary behind the Milliman Care Guidelines. He began
creating clinical guidelines as San Diego's Mercy Hospital Chief of Staff in
the 1980s to help improve hospital efficiency and quality. In 1990, Dr. Doyle
joined Milliman (then Milliman & Robertson) to publish the company's first
clinical guidelines, then called Healthcare Management Guidelines. Before
retiring in 1997, he had produced the original editions of four of the Care
Guidelines products currently in use.
About Milliman Care Guidelines
Milliman Care Guidelines LLC, A Milliman Company, is located in Seattle,
and independently develops and produces evidence-based clinical guidelines and
a variety of software options that are used to support the care of almost
two-thirds of US health plan members. Covering the continuum of care, the
seven-product Care Guidelines series is updated annually by an experienced
team of clinicians, and includes Ambulatory Care, Inpatient and Surgical Care,
General Recovery Guidelines, Recovery Facility Care, Home Care, Chronic Care
Guidelines and Behavioral Health Guidelines. For more information, visit
www.careguidelines.com.
About Milliman
Milliman Care Guidelines is a wholly owned subsidiary of Milliman, which
serves the full spectrum of business, financial, government, and union
organizations. Founded in 1947 as Milliman & Robertson, the company has 48
offices in principal cities in the United States and worldwide. Milliman
employs more than 2,000 people, including a professional staff of more than
900 qualified consultants and actuaries. The firm has consulting practices in
healthcare, employee benefits, life insurance/financial services, and property
& casualty insurance. For more information, visit www.milliman.com.
SOURCE Milliman Care Guidelines LLC

Sherrie Dulworth, Vice President of Quality and Product Design, Milliman Care
Guidelines, +1-914-244-0067, sherrie.dulworth@milliman.com