BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Sept 14, 2007 -- Hooper Holmes, Inc. (AMEX:HH) today announced that its Health & Wellness Division will exhibit for the first time at the 2007 Disease Management Leadership Forum & Integrated Care Summit from September 16th-19th. The conference is sponsored by the Disease Management Association of America and the National Association of Manufacturers and is being held at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas.
Hooper Holmes Health and Wellness service is a "one-stop shop" for wellness and disease management companies, providing scheduling support, fulfillment of supplies, blood collection kits, medical screenings, lab testing, and data transmission. As a result, these companies can now reach more participants, gather more participant data earlier in the disease management process, better target interventional health support services and more easily reach participants on their terms, at work or at home.
"Our capabilities uniquely match the needs of wellness and disease management companies, and this business sector is important to the overall growth of our company," said Chris Behling, President of the company's Health & Wellness Division. "We will use our presence at the Leadership Forum to educate the industry about our abilities to collect biometric data and deliver end-to-end management of wellness screenings."
Since creation of the Health & Wellness Division in January 2007, Hooper Holmes has worked in collaboration with several wellness companies on a series of successful pilot programs. In July 2007 the company announced its 25,000th employee screening for health and wellness companies, which marked a major milestone in bringing national coverage and consistency to the screening of employee groups and individuals in a market that is growing at 30% year over year.
About Health & Wellness
Hooper Holmes' Health and Wellness division leverages Hooper Holmes' unique assets to provide a complete service for wellness, disease management, and managed care companies. Health & Wellness provides scheduling support, fulfillment of supplies, blood collection kits, medical screenings, lab testing, and data transmission. By leveraging a network of over 9,000 examiners and a wholly-owned reference lab with medical device manufacturing and robust fulfillment capabilities, the Division helps its customers reach more participants, gather more participant data earlier in the disease management process, better target interventional health support services and more easily reach participants on their terms, at work or at home.
About Hooper Holmes
Hooper Holmes' vision is to be the leader in collecting personal health data and transforming it into useful information, enabling customers to take actions that manage or reduce their risks and expenses. As the leading provider of risk assessment services for the insurance industry, Hooper Holmes provides insurers with the widest range of medical exam, data collection, laboratory testing and underwriting services in the industry.
With presence in over 250 markets and a network of more than 9,000 examiners, Hooper Holmes can arrange a medical exam anywhere in the U.S. and deliver the results to its customers. Each year we arrange more than 2.3 million medical exams and process about the same number of samples in our laboratory. We underwrite 300,000 cases annually and complete more than two million telephone interviews. We are also a leading provider of medical claims evaluation services used by property and casualty insurance carriers, law firms, self-insureds and third-party administrators to handle personal injury and accident claims.
Certain information contained herein includes information that is forward- looking. The matters referred to in forward-looking statements may be affected by the risks and uncertainties involving the Company's business. These forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by cautionary statements contained in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings. The Company disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.