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Milliman Care Guidelines Expands Clinical Training Team and Curriculum

Wed Jan 9, 2008 8:01am EST
Frater, Hastings Latest To Join Accomplished, Full-Service Clinical Training
Team

SEATTLE, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Jeff Frater, RN, CCM, and Jill Hastings,
RN, PAHM, have joined Seattle-based Milliman Care Guidelines LLC, A Milliman
Company, as clinical trainers.
    Frater is a Certified Case Manager and president-elect of the Case
Management Society of America, the industry's leading professional association
for case managers.  Hastings holds a Professional, Academy for Healthcare
Management designation, and has extensive clinical systems implementation and
development experience.  With these two latest additions, Milliman Care
Guidelines now has nine professional trainers.
    Frater said, "In my role as a trainer for Milliman Care Guidelines, and in
my leadership role at the Case Management Society of America, I see great
opportunities for improving the level of information available to case
managers across the country, and having a positive effect on patients and
providers."
    Milliman Care Guidelines clinical trainers -- all experienced case
managers -- help clients across the country achieve efficient, high-quality
patient care through effective use of the Milliman Care Guidelines(R).
Following the most rigorous evidence-based methodology, the Care Guidelines
identify opportunities to integrate best practices and provide decision
support to thousands of practitioners and care managers.  Care Guidelines
clinical trainers provide instruction and guidance to clients through Web
seminars, custom Web-based training, on-site training, regional seminars and
national events.
    By integrating the current best evidence into the Care Guidelines,
Milliman offers users easy access to annotated bibliographies, references, and
footnotes.  The clear and accessible information helps to facilitate positive
communication between payors and providers.
    About Milliman Care Guidelines
    Milliman Care Guidelines LLC, A Milliman Company, is located in Seattle,
and independently develops and produces evidence-based clinical guidelines
that are used to support the care of one in three Americans. Covering the
continuum of care, the annually-updated, seven-product Care Guidelines series
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.
    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 47
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
employee benefits, healthcare, life insurance/financial services, and property
and casualty insurance. For further information, visit www.milliman.com.
SOURCE  Milliman Care Guidelines LLC

Scott Harris, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing of Milliman Care
Guidelines, +1-206-381-8160, or cell, +1-480-203-7268,
scott.harris@milliman.com



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