CareCounsel in the News...

6/2006, HR Magazine
Health Advocates

07/06/2005, Bankrate.com
Appealing a denied medical insurance claim: 10 steps

02/2005, Workforce Management
Health Care Advocates Treat Medical Problems with a Dose of Knowledge

10/25/2004, Crain's New York Business
“Patient Advocates Fit the Bill”

10/18/2004, Managed Care Report
“3 Reasons You Should Offer Health Advocate Services”

05/07/2004, CareCounsel founder, Larry Gelb, was featured on the human resources radio show, "Employee Benefits with Larry Lipman" (The interview can be heard here.)

Regina Herzlinger, Consumer-Driven Health Care (Chapter 44, "CareCounsel: Consumer-Driven Health Care Advocacy"), San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2004.

01/12/2004, Business Insurance
“Advocacy Firms Help Cure Benefit Troubles”

12/2003, Heart & Soul
“Navigating the Health Care System”

05/2003, Human Resource Executive
“Healthy Backing”

12/09/2002, North Bay Business Journal
“CareCounsel Finds Health Care Niche”

09/01/2002, Employee Benefit News
Advocacy Builds Better Consumers

07/2002, Harvard Business Review
“Let’s Put Consumers in Charge of Health Care”

05/09/2002, SmartMoney.com
Claim Denied?  Says Who?

05/06/2002, BusinessWeek
Need Help with the Health-Care Maze?

03/09/2002, Marin Independent Journal
Helping Navigate Health Insurance

01/06/2002, The New York Times
“Paying Someone Else to Talk Back to Your Doctor”

10/01/2001, Rough Notes Online
“The Patient’s Bill of Rights”

10/01/2001, Human Resource Executive
“Benefits Liaison for Hire”

02/2001, That Money Show on PBS
Healthcare Headaches

10/01/2000, Workspan
“New Benefit Responds to Managed Care’s Hidden Costs”

04/09/2000, The New York Times
“Advice is the Newest Prescription for Health Care Costs”

03/02/2000, Human Resource Executive
“Best of the Rest: Surfing the Mass of HR-Related Web Sites Can Be a Daunting Task”

02/04/2000, USA Today
“New Businesses Blunt Pain of Frustrating Insurance Claims”

02/2000, Models of Care
“Models of Care for Patient Satisfaction”

12/1999, On Managed Care
“The New Employee Benefit: Health Care Assistance and Advocacy”

12/01/1999, Human Resource Department Report
“Could You Reduce HR Dept. Costs by Using a Healthcare Advocate?”

07/19/1999, Modern Healthcare
“A Growing Concern: Employers’ (and Employees’) Frustrations with Health Plans Lead to a New Type of Business”

02/1999, Employee Benefit Planner
“Ombudsman: New Programs Help Employees Navigate Health Services”

01/30/1999, Healthcare Business
“Ombudsman for Hire: CareCounsel Helps Employees Manage Managed Care”

12/01/1998, EAP Digest
“From Employee Assistance to Health Assistance”

11/08/1998, Jane Bryant Quinn’s On the Money syndicated column
“Independent Healthcare Advocate Just What Patient Ordered”

11/02/1998, MedFAX
“Firm Looks to Market Ombudsman Services as an Employee Benefit”

10/29/1998, Underwriters’ Report
“San Rafael Firm Helps Workers with Employer Benefit Plan Issues”

10/19/1998, Business Insurance
“Plan Satisfaction Service Offered”

09/1998, Physician’s Practice Digest
“The Patient Will See You Now”

09/28/1998, Journal of Commerce
“Benefits Consultant Creates a Healthier Situation for Employees”

09/21/1998, The San Francisco Chronicle
Frustrated with Health Insurer?  New Firm Can Help Sort Out Problems

05/05/1998, Human Resource Executive
“Healthier Education”

11/11/1997, The Marin Independent Journal
“Health Care Advice for Consumers”

09/01/1997, Employee Benefit News
“Help Lines Resolve Health Plan Disputes”

07/28/1997, Newsweek
“When your HMO Says No: How to Fight for the Treatment You Need — and Win”

 

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Press Release Archive

Press Release 12/18/2006
Eos Airlines Adds CareCounsel’s Healthcare Advocacy Benefit to Its Innovative Consumer-Driven Health Plan

Press Release 02/07/2006
CareCounsel Adds Subimo’s Health Management Tools to Healthcare Advocacy Program

Press Release 01/11/2006
California Employers Offer Health Advocates to Help Retirees with Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit

Press Release 11/05/2002
California State Automobile Association Supports Retirees with CareCounsel’s Healthcare Assistance Program

Press Release 04/10/2002
San Diego Retirees Get CareCounsel’s Healthcare Advocacy Program

Press Release 11/15/2001
American Cancer Society Employees to Receive CareCounsel’s Healthcare Advocacy Benefit

Press Release 02/05/2001
Healthcare Advocacy a Fixture at an Increasing Number of Companies

Press Release 09/06/2000
Santa Barbara County Implements Healthcare Advocacy Program

Press Release 11/15/1999
CareCounsel Endorses American Association of Health Plans’ Patient Assistance Recommendations

Press Release 04/27/1999
Bristol-Myers Squibb Supports Retirees with CareCounsel’s Healthcare Assistance Program

Press Release 09/10/1998
CareCounsel Selected as Health Benefits Advocates for the Fritz Companies

Press Release 07/23/1998
CareCounsel’s Healthcare Assistance Program Earns National Recognition from Employer Quality Partnership

Press Release 01/27/1998
CareCounsel Wins Contract to Provide Healthcare Assistance Program

Press Release 10/09/1997
CareCounsel Offers Health Care Quality Ombudsman Program

Press Release 09/23/1997
Facing Cancer?

Press Release 08/06/1997
CareCounsel, LLC Joins with Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center to Offer Cancer Quality Care Review