FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Robin Wrinn
Vice President of Corporate Communications
(770) 907-7596, ext. 437
ATLANTA, GA, February 3, 2003 – LogistiCare Inc., the nation's leading specialized transportation network manager, announced it has named Julie Ferro to the newly created role of business development manager – Florida operations.
A veteran in the managed care industry, Ferro will be responsible for business development and new market strategies for the company's Florida operations. She will be located at LogistiCare's Miami, Fla., office and will report to Alex Batista, Florida operations director.
Ferro comes to LogistiCare after serving as an independent consultant with Health Network One, where she specialized in business development opportunities for managed care providers. Prior to that, she had been manager of contracting and provider relations for Total Health Choice.
John L. Shermyen, chairman and CEO of LogistiCare, said, "This is an important position in our company as we continue to grow in the commercial client sector. We are gratified to have a manager of Julie's caliber to accept this role. Her superior knowledge of managed care organizations will be a tremendous asset both to our business and that of our clients'."
In Florida, LogistiCare currently operates a network operations center in Miami, Fla., and a technology center in Gainesville, Fla. LogistiCare entered the ambulance management outsourcing business in Florida in 1989. The company currently provides call taking, routing and dispatching services to multiple transportation companies that in turn provide ADA paratransit, Medicaid non-emergency transportation and hospital transportation. On an annual basis, the company arranges an estimated 975,276 trips for 15,338 individuals.
LogistiCare pioneered the transportation management or "brokerage" concept, which offers governmental and private organizations a complete, single contract, outsourcing solution for their specialized transportation needs. LogistiCare's solution centralizes the transportation process to ensure the appropriate level of service is provided in the most efficient manner, eliminating the need to interact with a fragmented system of multiple transportation providers offering varying level of service (e.g., ambulatory, stretcher, wheel chair). Transportation brokers manage call center operations, eligibility screening, scheduling, dispatch, billing, as well as credentialing and managing local networks of commercial, non-profit and public transportation providers.
Headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., LogistiCare is the nation's leading manager of outsourced specialized transportation network management services for government agencies, managed care organizations, self-funded insurers, hospitals, transit authorities and school boards. The company currently holds more than 25 contracts in seven states and the District of Columbia and manages a national network of more than 1,000 transportation providers. Its 23 office locations throughout the United States coordinate over 7 million trips for more than 3 million recipients each year. LogistiCare originated as a software solutions developer and later evolved into an outsourcing company based on the success of its proprietary management software. Its services are distinguished by an emphasis on customer service and quality assurance, complemented by the most advanced technology, including telephony, Internet, mobile data, global positioning systems and other wireless devices.
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