ANNAPOLIS, Md., Aug. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- InforMed announced today that Garry Carneal, JD, MA has been named President of InforMed Medical Management Services, Inc. (IMMS). IMMS is a joint venture between InforMed-LLC, an Annapolis-based health care IT company, and Medical Management and Rehabilitation Services (MMARS), a Baltimore-based medical management organization and URAC accredited organization. IMMS is a Medical Management company that uses advanced web-based technology to provide medical management that enhances the patient-physician relationship with both informational and clinical support.
“IMMS has captured what I think is the future of health care information and medical management,” Carneal said of his joining the firm. “It became an exciting choice to join IMMS when I realized that IMMS is doing now what many are dreaming of in the future, and that’s tying critical information together with the patient and physician via the web,” Carneal summarized of his choice to lead IMMS.
“Garry has demonstrated his leadership during his nine-year tenure at URAC by expanding URAC’s mission from a small boutique accreditation firm to one of the premier health quality organizations in the United States,” noted Mitchell Davis, CEO and President of InforMed. “His talents and experiences in the health care quality field will help drive IMMS to the next level,” he added.
“I have admired the InforMed and MMARS product offerings for some time and believe that they represent ‘best in class’ operations,” remarked Carneal. He notes further, “One thing that makes the IMMS offerings so powerful is the emphasis on community-based health care partnerships among patients, employers, providers, health systems and payers.”
“Garry offers an important perspective relating to how medical management systems should be structured and run based upon his work at URAC,” observed Carolyn Miller, President and founder of MMARS. “He is widely recognized as a leading thinker on quality-based medical management systems, and his expertise and leadership will make an important contribution to the IMMS team,” Miller explained.
Carneal begins his new position at IMMS on September 6, 2005. Prior to being President of URAC, Carneal served as Vice President of Legal and State Services at the American Association of Health Plans (AAHP) and as Legislative Counsel to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC).
InforMed
InforMed was established in 1992 to improve the efficiency, quality, safety and cost effectiveness of health care through technology and service deployment. InforMed’s executive team leads the company with a passion for improving health care. This passion is fueled by InforMed’s unique and extensive blend of experience in health care systems development, with an emphasis on financial reporting, data base management, the processing of health care transactions, and the use of the Internet as a distribution tool.
MMARS
Medical Management and Rehabilitation Services (MMARS) was founded in 1993 to provide comprehensive case management, disease management and other medical management services across a wide spectrum of health care settings and markets. MMARS is a national company whose commitment is to provide customized, cost effective and comprehensive health care management services. MMARS is designated as a Minority Business Enterprise and Women’s Business Enterprise. In addition, MMARS is a URAC accredited organization and was one of the first companies in the nation to receive a case management accreditation from URAC in 1999.
IMMS Contact information: Garry Carneal, President, IMMS; 1596 Whitehall Road, Annapolis, Maryland 21401; (410) 972-2025 W; (202) 365-2512 C; garrycarneal@informed-llc.com.
Contact: Harry Spring 410-972-2025 HarrySpring@Informed-llc.com
InforMed
CONTACT: Garry Carneal, President of IMMS, +1-410-972-2025,+1-202-365-2512(cell), garrycarneal@informed-llc.com; or Harry Spring ofInforMed-LLC, +1-410-972-2025, HarrySpring@Informed-llc.com
Web site: http://www.informed-llc.com/
