IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 6, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- "With many doctors complaining of their earning potential being squeezed by HMO's and skyrocketing medical malpractice insurance costs, new companies are exploring creative business models that focus on physician/patient relationships rather than patient/HMO/insurance company relationships," stated SmallCap Sentinel analyst D.R. Clark. "A new physician-centric business model through Physicians Healthcare Management Group, Inc. (Pink Sheets:PHYH) creates the opportunity for the physicians to manage their own community-based HMO, building equity in their own practice while ideally enhancing the experience and care for the patient."
"This innovative plan provides oft-beleaguered doctors with an upside they have rarely enjoyed. Now a physician's personal wealth will be tied to their own health plan in addition to their practice," said Clark.
Phyhealth develops and operates fully integrated healthcare organizations in partnership with physicians. Phyhealth Plans preserve the physician-patient relationship and deliver high-quality affordable healthcare within its selected communities. Phyhealth offers a turnkey, prepaid health plan solution to physicians for their Medicare and other individual patients who prefer to choose their own doctor and who make their own healthcare insurance purchasing decisions. Phyhealth Plans are unique in integrating all aspects of the delivery and financing of care, including providing medical liability insurance protection through Physhield Insurance Exchange, Phyhealth's exclusive risk retention group. The Phyhealth model empowers physicians to proactively manage their patient's general health and medical care and enhances physician financial rewards by increasing practice revenues, reducing expenses and restoring the economic value (equity) of their medical practices.
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The report will address issues affecting companies including CIGNA Corporation (NYSE:CI), WellPoint Inc. (NYSE:WLP), UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH), and Physicians Healthcare Management Group, Inc.
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