Schooner Healthcare Services, LLC Announces New Leadership Team

New Advisory Board established;
Former URAC CEO joins company along with Chief Medical Officer

Annapolis, Maryland - September 20, 2007 -- Schooner Healthcare Services, LLC announces the addition of key senior management leaders to head the growing healthcare consulting and technology company. Senior management now includes:

• Garry Carneal, JD MA, President and CEO;
• Joel V. Brill, MD, AGAF FASGE FACG CHCQM, Chief Medical Officer; and
• Randall Madry, Chief Operating Officer.

“I am delighted that Joel and Randy, both nationally-recognized thought leaders, have joined Schooner Healthcare to identify workflow solutions and deploy technology applications to promote better clinical and financial health care outcomes for our clients,” said Carneal, founder and President/CEO of Schooner Healthcare.

According to Dr. Brill, a nationally-known medical management and predictive modeling expert, “Schooner Healthcare is honored to work with clients such as the Case Management Society of America (CMSA), Population Health Impact (PHI) Institute, Action Healthcare Management, CareStaff/eResource Planner, EmergingMed, the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians, Inc. (ABQAURP), FONEMED, life:WIRE, and others, dedicated to improving health by providing patient focused solutions.”

Madry and Carneal served as back-to-back CEOs of URAC from 1994 through 2005. Madry commented that “during our combined tenure, URAC diversified from a single, specialty accreditation agency for utilization management to one of the premier accreditation bodies offering 17 different accreditation programs.”

Schooner Healthcare also announces formation of the Schooner Healthcare Advisory Board, which will provide strategic guidance to the company on opportunities to enhance the care management process. Members include:

• Ken Bleakley, President & CEO, FONEMED;
• Connie Commander, RN, BS, CCM, CPUR, Immediate Past President, Case Management Society of America;
• Tom Guild, JD, former General Counsel, Symphony Health Services;
• C. Taney Hamill, CEO, Women Business Leaders of the U.S. Healthcare Industry Foundation;
• Carolyn Hartley, President & CEO, Physicians EHR, LLC and Editor-in-Chief, Physician's eHealth Report;
• Sanford Hoffman, MD, former President, American Rhinologic Society;
• Gary D. Lake, FSA, Consulting Actuary;
• Cheri Lattimer, RN, BSN, President, CMI, Inc;
• Marc Leib, MD, JD, Chief Medical Officer, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System;
• Howard Rosen, President and Founder, Life:WIREtm;
• Louis Saccoccio, JD, Executive Director, National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association;
• Warren Todd, Executive Director, International Disease Management Alliance; and
• Thomas Wilson, PhD, DrPH, President & Epidemiologist, Trajectory Healthcare, LLC.

Additional Advisory Board members and staff will be joining Schooner Healthcare in the coming months.

Schooner Healthcare Services, LLC (www.schoonerhealth.com) offers medical management and health IT solutions to improve health outcomes, increase patient satisfaction, and control costs. The company promotes superior quality and  efficiency through the high-touch coordination of patient and provider needs through enhanced communication links, medical management processes, and technology applications. Contact Garry Carneal, Schooner Healthcare’s President & CEO, to learn more about the organization at (410) 280-0025 or [email protected].

Contact:

Garry Carneal
Phone: (410) 280-0025
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.schoonerhealth.com