Rockport Healthcare Announces Affiliation with Evolutions Healthcare Systems
Move further strengthens company’s national presence
HOUSTON, TX (July 20, 2010)—Rockport Healthcare Group, a national preferred provider organization (PPO) focused exclusively on workers’ compensation, has announced a network partner alliance agreement with Florida-based Evolutions Healthcare Systems, one of the largest independently owned PPO networks serving employers, carriers and third party administrators nationwide.
Rockport offers access to top workers’ compensation providers for third party claims administrators, managed care oganizations, employers and carriers looking to control rising healthcare costs related to the treatment of workplace injuries. The latest agreement signed by Rockport adds approximately 15,000 healthcare providers to the company’s national network, which currently includes more than 525,000 providers.
“Evolutions is recognized as one of the leading PPOs in the industry and offers the quality providers in the key states and regions that will meet our clients’ needs,” said Doug Markham, Chief Operating Officer at Rockport Healthcare. “In addition to our direct contracting efforts, we will continue to add these relationships to strengthen our already comprehensive national network.”
Rockport Healthcare Group’s PPO Network Tops 500,000 Workers’ Comp Providers
Milestone highlights the company’s ongoing commitment to meeting employers’ needs
HOUSTON, TX (April 6, 2010)—Rockport Healthcare Group announced today that its Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) network has expanded to include over 500,000 providers, making it one of the largest national networks dedicated to the workers’ compensation industry.
“During the past two years, Rockport has steadily grown to meet the needs of its clients and adapt to changes in the marketplace. This recent expansion highlights our continuing efforts to enhance services and broaden the scope of our coverage,” notes Doug Markham, Chief Operating Officer at Rockport.
“Traditional PPO networks often lack the expertise necessary to ensure the most appropriate treatment for work-related injuries. Rockport is different. We focus on bringing providers into our networks who understand workers’ compensation protocols, and have the experience needed to help injured workers return to the job safely and quickly,” explains Markham.
Texas State Office of Risk Management Selects Forté for Bill Review and UR Services
Contract marks expansion of five-year relationship for one of nation’s largest self-administered workers’ comp programs
AUSTIN, Texas (October 20, 2009)—Forté, one of the industry’s leading providers of comprehensive medical management services for workers' compensation and liability claims, announced today that the Texas State Office of Risk Management (SORM), one of the largest self-administered workers' comp programs in the nation, has selected the company to provide medical bill review services.
Forté will now review over 100,000 SORM workers' comp bills annually and provide pre-authorization, peer review and case management services. SORM provides workers' comp coverage for about 175,000 employees working throughout 170+ state agencies in Texas, such as the Department of Public Safety, Office of the Governor, Department of Criminal Justice, Health and Human Services Department, Department of Agriculture, Public Utility Commission, and the Parks and Wildlife Department.
Rockport Healthcare Group, a national preferred provider organization focused exclusively on workers' comp and sister company to Forté, will also provide network services.