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Cardium Health and Tenneco Automotive Sign Disease
Management Agreement
Heart Disease, Diabetes and Asthma Prevention Programs Will Help Control Rising
Health Care Costs and Improve Employee Health
Farmington, CT (April 2004) — Cardium Health, one of the leading
providers of heart disease, diabetes, and respiratory disease management programs to Fortune
1,000 companies, announced that it has entered into a new four-year agreement with Tenneco
Automotive to provide its health promotion and disease management programs to Tenneco Automotive
employees and their dependents. The programs will focus on enhancing health and preventing
the progression of heart disease, diabetes, and respiratory disease by: reducing complications
and re-hospitalizations; minimizing disability and absenteeism; and helping to contain
the cost of direct medical claims.
Says Rex Abercrombie, Tenneco Automotive’s Vice President Compensation & Benefits: “We
chose to partner with Cardium because of their commitment to best practices and the impressive
clinical and financial outcomes they produce for their clients in the areas of heart disease
and diabetes.”
Cardium Health’s programs combine expert personal counseling, along with health
education and support tools, to “coach” participants about healthier lifestyle
choices. Cardium’s professional counselors act as personal health coaches, teaching
participants to plan healthier diets and appropriate exercise routines, monitoring their
compliance with medication prescriptions, and helping them to stop smoking. The counseling
team, including cardiovascular nurses, diabetes nurse educators, registered dietitians,
exercise physiologists, and trained counselors, works with participants’ personal
physicians to develop a customized care plan.
“We are extremely pleased to partner with Tenneco Automotive in their endeavor to
improve employee health and reduce direct medical and disability costs,” says Charleen
Ernst, President and CEO of Cardium Health. “Our preventive and health promotion
programs demonstrate significant, long-term health benefits for participants by improving
and enhancing health while delivering overall cost savings.”
Tenneco Automotive is a $3.8 billion manufacturing company with headquarters
in Lake Forest, Illinois and approximately 19,200 employees worldwide. Tenneco Automotive
is one of the world’s largest designers, manufacturers and marketers of emission
control and ride control products and systems for the automotive original equipment market
and the aftermarket. Tenneco Automotive markets its products principally under the Monroe®,
Walker®, Gillet® and Clevite®Elastomer brand names. Among its products are
Sensa-Trac® and Monroe Reflex® shocks and struts, Rancho® shock absorbers,
Walker® Quiet-Flow® mufflers, Dynomax® performance exhaust products, and Clevite®Elastomer
noise, vibration and harshness control components.
Contact
Jennifer Kaduk
marketing@cardiumhealth.com
860.677.8900
About Cardium Health: Cardium Health is a national health
improvement and disease management company. As one of the leading providers of disease
management programs to large, self-insured employers, the company’s core focus is
on reducing healthcare costs by providing medical support and educational interventions
to those individuals with chronic conditions. The Company’s people-centered disease
management programs are based on proven clinical and economic best-practice protocols.
They include such conditions as heart disease, diabetes, asthma, COPD, back pain and smoking,
and easily integrate into employers' back-to-work and wellness initiatives. For more information
about Cardium Health and its programs, visit www.cardiumhealth.com,
email cardium@cardiumhealth.com,
or call 860.677.8900.
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