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Company News
NEWS RELEASE...
Physician-owned PPO announces name change
(June 18, 2007)
WPPA, Inc., the only physician-owned preferred provider organization (PPO) is a
network of doctors, hospitals and other health care providers contracted through
an insurance plan to extend services to covered employees at a negotiated rate.
We've been answering the question 'what is WPPA?' for so long that we decided it
was time to find an answer for our organization that didn't raise so many questions,"
said Terry Poling, MD, Chairman of the WPPA, Inc. Board of Directors. "We
think ProviDRs Care Network is simple and direct. It says who we are and what
we do."
When it was originally founded in 1985 by the Medical Society of Sedgwick County
(MSSC), WPPA, Inc. was known as Wichita Preferred Providers Association. As
the company's network of providers expanded statewide, the emphasis on Wichita was
dropped from its name and it became known by its initials. WPPA, Inc. will
continue as the legal entity for ProviDRs Care Network under the auspices of MSSC's
Medical Review Foundation.
Currently, the network includes 4,200 physicians and medical practitioners, 949
ancillary providers, 141 hospitals and 218 outpatient facilities serving covered
individuals in four states and 103 Kansas counties. The company also offers
Utilization Review services
conducted by nurses and physicians to determine quality,
cost-effective and appropriate proposed medical care.
In the coming months, ProviDRs Care Network's services will include a
Care Management
program, with disease management and wellness components, to further help reduce
their client's health care costs.
For more information, contact
Erika McGuire
or
Marsha Fisher at (316) 683-4111.
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