Focused Health Solutions Partners With Emmi Solutions to Help Employers Achieve Greater...

Focused Health Solutions Partners With Emmi Solutions to Help Employers
Achieve Greater Returns on Their Employee Health Care Investments

DEERFIELD, Ill., June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Focused Health Solutions, a leading
national provider of health promotion and wellness services, has partnered
with Emmi Solutions, LLC, to offer enhanced solutions to large, self-insured
employers looking to reduce medical claims, lower absenteeism and improve
workforce productivity.

The partnership provides Focused Health participants with access to Emmi
Solutions' award-winning Emmi(R) programs. Emmi programs use plain language
and audio-visual techniques to educate and engage patients about their health
conditions. Patients can view Emmi programs at their own pace, in the
convenience of their own homes. After viewing Emmi programs, patients are
better prepared to ask more informed and directed questions, ultimately making
the most of the time they spend with their physicians or healthcare providers.

Emmi Solutions' programs provide a perfect complement to the full suite of
customized health management solutions that Focused Health offers to employers
looking for a better return on their investments in employee health care.

Focused Health's high-touch, goals-based solutions address a variety of
chronic diseases and wellness conditions--from asthma to cancer symptom
management to stress. But instead of one-size-fits-all programming and passive
mailing campaigns, Focused Health offers its participants customized feedback
reports to monitor healthy behaviors; individually tailored coaching programs
to encourage ongoing involvement, personal telephonic reviews from a health
coach to review an individual's health results, and access to knowledgeable
nurse managers and behavioral specialists.

These programs are delivered through a unique and effective engagement
model--featuring enrollment incentives, copay reimbursements and goals-based
incentives--that encourages participation, rewards long-term behavior change,
and teaches healthy self-management behaviors that last a lifetime.

"By partnering with Emmi Solutions, Focused Health will further maximize the
value our clients and participants receive from enrolling in our programs,"
said Charlene Bonvissuto, a registered nurse and president and chief executive
officer at Focused Health. "Emmi Solutions' emotionally engaging and
clinician- and patient-tested programs will allow us to build even stronger
relationships with our participants and further improve employer
satisfaction."

Emmi programs help patients gain the knowledge, confidence and motivation to
take a more active role in their care. This is good for patients and employers
looking for a better return on their healthcare expenditures. Emmi programs
are available for a wide variety of surgical procedures and chronic conditions
and will be used by Focused Health nurses and health coaches during feedback
discussions and in creating care plans for participants. Viewers also are
given the opportunity to take notes and initiate questions for further
discussion.

"We are extremely excited about our partnership with Focused Health Solutions
because we share a common passion for creating an exceptional and engaging
user experience," said Ronald Rooth, chief executive officer for Emmi
Solutions. "Empowering patients is perhaps the most important part of
rehabilitating our healthcare system and yet, it's often overlooked. We are
pleased to be collaborating with Focused Health Solutions on the next
generation of health management solutions.

For more information on how Focused Health Solutions' health promotion and
wellness services can help an organization manage its healthcare costs, visit
www.focusedhs.com.

About Focused Health Solutions
Focused Health Solutions (FHS) is a leading national provider of customized
population health management services. Founded in 1999, the Deerfield, IL
based company boasts a senior management team with over 100 years of
collective experience in the healthcare industry and a blue chip customer
base. FHS combines innovative data analysis, condition-specific clinical
pathways, proprietary telehealth technology, Health Risk Assessments, and deep
clinical expertise to reduce healthcare costs and improve health. The FHS
population health management model integrates sophisticated systems and
experienced personnel to produce quantifiable clinical and economic benefits
for its program participants and clients. Focused Health Solutions is a member
of DMAA, NCQA, HERO and MWA. For more information, visit www.focusedhs.com.

About Emmi Solutions
Emmi Solutions, LLC, is the creator of technology-based communication
solutions and producer of award-winning Emmi programs. Healthcare
organizations nationwide use Emmi to engage patients and positively impact the
patient experience across the continuum of care. Whether it's helping people
prepare for a procedure, manage a chronic disease or successfully live with a
medical device, every detail of the Emmi platform is designed with a single
goal in mind: to improve the patient experience. Emmi Solutions' clients and
partners know the benefits of engaging patients to take an active role in
their care: increased patient satisfaction, enhanced patient-physician
relations, increased operational efficiencies, and improved quality and
safety. For more information, visit www.emmisolutions.com or call
1-866-294-3664.

SOURCE Focused Health Solutions

Win B. Cayo of Focused Health Solutions, +1-847-282-8524,
win.cayo@focusedhs.com