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U.S. Preventive Medicine(R) to Establish Operations Center in Jacksonville
Company Expects to Add More Than 100 Jobs in Local Market
| Source: U.S. Preventive Medicine
JACKSONVILLE, FL and DALLAS, TX--(Marketwire - January 25, 2008) - U.S. Preventive Medicine®
(www.USPreventiveMedicine.com), a company building the first health network
focused on prevention in the United States and internationally, announced
today it will create its first ever national and international operations
center in Jacksonville, Fla.
The company, which offers a suite of wellness, chronic care management and
early disease detection programs, plans to expand from its current
Jacksonville location, which has served as a regional office, to larger
office space in the second quarter of 2008. U.S. Preventive Medicine will
maintain its headquarters in Dallas, Texas.
"We chose Jacksonville as our operations hub because of its substantial
health care talent pool and because it is conveniently equidistant to our
U.S. and United Kingdom operations," said Frederic S. Goldstein, the
company's President and Chief Operating Officer. The company recently
announced its expansion into the United Kingdom.
"Another consideration for this city was the acquisition late last year of
Specialty Disease Management Services, which was based in Jacksonville.
That brought in an exceptionally skilled management team who is putting
this company quickly on a successful U.S. and international growth
trajectory," Goldstein said.
In conjunction with the move, U.S. Preventive Medicine is hiring 20 new
employees during the first quarter of 2008, including in the areas of call
center support, IT, health management coordination, and sales and
marketing, and expects the Jacksonville office to grow by more than 100
positions in the coming year, with another 100 personnel hired throughout
the U.S. and U.K. as the company is awarded additional contracts. U.S.
Preventive Medicine currently has 60 employees.
"We are growing quickly, and to deliver on our promise of giving
individuals 'more good years' through innovative programs, we need to be
able to operate efficiently and nimbly," said Goldstein. "The most
important thing we can do is continue to develop preventive services and
products that address the health care crisis facing our country."
Helping the company achieve its goals is Tommy Thompson, former U.S. Health
and Human Services Secretary and four-term Governor of Wisconsin. As the
company's national policy advisor, Thompson is assisting the company in
mobilizing employers, government entities and health care providers to
focus on prevention as the solution to the health crisis facing the nation.
"Everyone is preaching that prevention is a good thing, but until now, no
one entity has surfaced that could pull all the pieces together," Thompson
said. "U.S. Preventive Medicine has wrapped a business model around
prevention, early detection and chronic condition management that is
exactly the solution our country needs. I am proud to serve as national
policy advisor, knowing that there is heavy lifting ahead... but we intend
to bring the best and brightest in our nation together to solve this
impending crisis."
During the past 12 months, U.S. Preventive Medicine has evolved from a
development stage company into an integrated, preventive health care
company providing comprehensive health care services in seven states for
individuals with chronic conditions such as asthma, diabetes, chronic heart
failure, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, HIV/AIDS, high risk
pregnancies, mental illness and other complex conditions. The company also
is launching The Prevention Plan™, a groundbreaking program that enables
individuals to determine their top health risks and receive a customized
plan to lower those risks and become healthier. The Centers for Preventive
Medicine, now being expanded across the nation, provides early disease
detection assessments through advanced diagnostic technology.
About U.S. Preventive Medicine:
U.S. Preventive Medicine®, a privately owned company, is building the
first health network in the United States and internationally focused on
prevention. USPM offers employers, government agencies and consumers
proprietary products that include The Prevention Plan™, a groundbreaking
personalized wellness program delivered online to individuals; The
Prevention Plan CM™, field-based chronic disease management programs
customized for employers and government agencies to reduce health care
costs; and The Centers for Preventive Medicine®, which offer high-tech
diagnostic screenings delivered to consumers in partnership with hospitals,
health systems and other providers. For more information, please visit
www.USPreventiveMedicine.com.
U.S. Preventive Medicine and/or The Center for Preventive Medicine do not
themselves provide physician or professional services. All physician
services are provided by independent practitioners exercising independent
professional medical judgment. In addition, U.S. Preventive Medicine and/or
The Center for Preventive Medicine do not interfere with or regulate the
private physician-patient relationship. This document neither offers for
sale nor solicits offers to purchase a franchise or investment unit in a
Center for Preventive Medicine or any other security.