Secretary of Health and Human Services
under President George W., Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice
President , Healthcare Division, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina., Assistant Manager, Special Investigations Department
Intelligence Unit, Health Care Service Corporation
* Scott Dickison, Director , Finance Decision Support, The Regence Group
* Troy Michalski, Cost Accountant, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana
* Jody Porrazzo, Ph. product or service names are
registered trademarks or trademarks of SAS Institute Inc.
The ActiveHealth patented CareEngine System supports physicians and their
patients by matching evidence-based medicine against member claims information
with the goal of identifying gaps in care or opportunities to improve
outcomes.

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Thought leaders and industry executives will share ideas on the ways
healthcare providers and insurers can use business intelligence software to
treat patients more effectively and to operate more efficiently.

Sites providing information on regulatory issues, compliance, clinical guidelines, and developments in health care services .

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S. The goal of Care Considerations is to improve the dialog between
physician and patient, thereby improving the quality of care delivered and, in
turn, reducing medical costs. Inc.

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Dzau, M. Deal Expands Relationship with Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina

NEW YORK, ActiveHealth Management announced that
it has finalized a deal to deliver physician and member messaging via its
CareEngine(R) System to 192,000 plan participants of Companion HealthCare, a
wholly owned subsidiary of Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina. Program
implementation will begin on February 1, 2005 and is an expansion of the
existing relationship with Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina.

About ActiveHealth Management
Founded in 1998 by physicians, ActiveHealth is an information -driven
health management and data analytics company that helps health plans and self-
insured employers take full advantage of evidence-based medical knowledge to
improve patient care and reduce healthcare costs.

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The company has additional offices in Chantilly, Virginia; Chicago, Illinois;
and Cleveland, Ohio.

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ActiveHealth Management Inks Deal With Companion HealthCare in South Carolina

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-- Experts to highlight novel strategies in healthcare performance management,
fraud prediction , disease management and predictive analytics --

CARY, N. Bush, will deliver the keynote address , "Innovations
in Healthcare: What's Next?" Thompson will also lead a panel discussion, "A
Quest for Collaboration Between Providers and Insurers: Speaking the Universal
Language of Quality," a dialogue including Richard Sorian, Vice President for
Public Policy and External Relations, National Committee for Quality Assurance
(NCQA); Victor J., Director of Econometric Risk Strategy, APEX
Management Group, a Division of Gallagher Benefit Services, Inc.
* Sam Preston, Informatics Manager, Aetna Integrated Informatics
* Sue Schade, Chief Information Officer, and G.D., Program Manager, Health Security Program; RTI
International

For more information on SAS ' "Balancing Healthcare Quality and Costs in a
Changing World" executive conference, please visit
http://www.

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More than 192,000 members of the
Companion HealthCare network will benefit from clinical oversight provided by
the CareEngine System.

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In the
case of Companion HealthCare, members will also be notified of the treatment
issue via Care Considerations that are written in easy-to-understand
terminology. Leveraging its patented
CareEngine (R) platform, ActiveHealth combines clinical expertise with
innovative medical information technology to enable doctors and patients to
work together to reduce medical errors, improve patient safety , improve
overall health outcomes and reduce costs.

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D. Physicians are notified about these treatment issues via "Care
Considerations," which detail the clinical issue found and provide suggestions
for changes in treatment that reflect medically accepted standards of care as
reported in peer-reviewed medical literature and specialty guidelines. ActiveHealth has reported that by communicating
Care Considerations to both the physician and patient, the rate of compliance
with the standard of treatment is increased. Nearly 8 million health plan members
benefit from ActiveHealth health management programs .

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Healthcare performance management, fraud prediction, disease management
and predictive analytics will be among the topics discussed in presentations
delivered by industry experts and innovators .
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"This is an exciting time for ActiveHealth Management and Companion
HealthCare," said Lonny Reisman, MD, CEO of ActiveHealth Management.

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C.D. Cary, NC, USA.

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, As electronic health records (EHR),
computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems, public clinical trials
databases and other cutting edge technologies become standard tools, the
spotlight on healthcare IT has never been brighter. SAS, the leader in
business intelligence, will help extend the frontiers of innovation in
healthcare IT with "Balancing Healthcare Quality and Costs in a Changing
World," a conference starting today at SAS' worldwide headquarters here. Troy Tomilonus, Manager ,
Decision Support Systems; Brigham and Women's Hospital
* Travis Tucker, Director of Informatics, Matria Healthcare Inc.

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Other scheduled presenters include:
* William Burton, Director of Performance Services and Jeff Harger,
Manager, Information + Technology , Performance Services; Duke
University Hospital
* Kyle Cheek, Ph.D.
* Dea Zullo, Associate Director, Research and Development Office, and Joe
Eyerman, Ph. All rights reserved. "This is
the beginning of a great relationship whereby our proven CareEngine System can
help Companion HealthCare improve the quality of care for its members while
helping to reduce trend in medical costs," continued Dr.

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For nearly three decades, SAS has been giving customers around the world
The Power to Know (R). (R) indicates USA registration.

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Services include URAC-
accredited disease management, utilization management and case management
services in addition to clinical predictive modeling, performance measures and
data analytics through Heath Data Management Solutions, Inc. The company's unique approach to physician and
member engagement enables it to communicate treatment improvement
opportunities in time to avoid serious and costly adverse clinical events.
ActiveHealth is based in New York City and employs more than 220 people.

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About SAS
SAS is the market leader in providing a new generation of business
intelligence software and services that create true enterprise intelligence. Companion HealthCare has an A+ rating from AM Best,
and an Excellent Accreditation status, the highest level awarded, from the
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).

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Conference attendees also will
have an opportunity to view several "Intelligence in Action " demonstrations of
SAS' proven healthcare IT solutions. Other brand and product names are
trademarks of their respective companies.

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SAS solutions are used at more than 40,000 sites - including 96 of the top 100
companies on the FORTUNE Global 500(R) - to develop more profitable
relationships with customers and suppliers; to enable better, more accurate
and informed decisions; and to drive organizations forward. SAS is the only
vendor that completely integrates leading data warehousing , analytics and
traditional BI applications to create intelligence from massive amounts of
data .

SAS and all other SAS Institute Inc. Copyright (C) 2005 SAS Institute
Inc.

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, President and Chief Executive Officer of the
Duke University Health System and Chancellor for Health Affairs, Duke
University; and Robert T.
The ActiveHealth suite of services is designed to seamlessly integrate
with insurers' existing care management systems.

About Companion HealthCare
Companion HealthCare is a wholly owned subsidiary of BlueCross and
BlueShield of South Carolina and an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and
Blue Shield Association.

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(HDMS) , a wholly
owned ActiveHealth subsidiary.

ActiveHealth Management and CareEngine are registered marks of Active
Health Management.