| 3/6/2007 |
CONSOLIDATED SERVICES GROUP
PARTNERS WITH MYMATRIXX®
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Missy Pudimott
(800) 225-4246 ext. 6493
missy.pudimott@chn.com
CONSOLIDATED SERVICES GROUP PARTNERS WITH MYMATRIXX®
Hamilton, NJ, February 20, 2007 – Consolidated Services Group,
Inc. (CSG), the largest privately owned medical case management, preferred
provider organization (PPO) and medical consulting firm on the East Coast,
announced today a new partnership with myMatrixx® as their preferred
prescription service for the business areas of workers’ compensation
and auto liability. This partnership will significantly reduce costs
by pairing the expertise of one of the nation’s leading pharmacy
service companies with CSG’s extensive managed care experience.
The cost of prescription drugs currently accounts for up to 12 percent
of total workers’ compensation medical costs and is rising rapidly
by up to 20 percent per year. Together, CSG and myMatrixx will work to
reduce overall costs while providing efficient outcomes to each benefit
recipient through the use web-based, paperless solutions that accurately
track and manage pharmacy orders. Through the partnership, CSG now gains
access to a network of over 50,000 retail pharmacies, a corporately-owned
mail order pharmacy, and an information-based clinical pharmacy program.
“The cost of prescription drugs is an on-going concern in our
industry.” said Michael Morrone, President of CSG. “We have
taken the time to seek out the right partner and we can now provide a
quality pharmacy management program to our worker’s compensation
and auto clients.”
According to myMatrixx CEO, Steven MacDonald, the company is looking
forward to expanding their claims management capabilities with CSG. “We
are pleased that we can now provide CSG with a more efficient way to
manage pharmacy orders on behalf of their claimants.”
A national pharmacy services company, myMatrixx®, services self-insured
employers, third party administrators, managed care companies, and workers’ compensation
and auto insurance companies. myMatrixx® provides a paperless solution
to fulfill, track and manage pharmacy orders on behalf of benefit providers,
through the Internet.
Based in Lansdale, Penn., Consolidated Services Group, Inc. services
a significant number of the industry’s largest property and casualty
carriers. After acquiring CHN, an established URAC-Accredited PPO and
worker’s compensation Managed Care Company, CSG now represents
several major insurers, third-party administrators, and many municipal
and school board joint insurance funds in New Jersey and New England
regions. Its unparalleled proprietary integration technology, Medlogix,
helps make CSG a single source medical claims resource that surpasses
others in the marketplace.
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About CSG
Consolidated Services Group (CSG) has more than 25 years of experience
in the property and casualty medical claims management business, specializing
in managed care, utilization review and cost containment services to
auto liability, general liability and workers’ compensation insurers.
CSG services a significant number of the industry’s largest property
and casualty carriers, while CHN represents several major insurers,
third-party administrators, and many municipal and school board joint
insurance funds in the New Jersey and New England regions. For more
information, please visit www.csg-inc.net or www.chn.com. |