Albuquerque, NM. May 7, 2004 – Alternative Link announced today that Synthia Molina executive officer, will speak at the TEPR (Towards an Electronic Patient Record) 20^th Annual Conference and Exhibition in Fort Lauderdale on May 19th.  Ms. Molina will make her presentation on the compelling and timely topic, “Delivering Integrative Healthcare Under Consumer-Driven Health Plans: An ABC Coding Case Study.”

The presentation will be given at the Greater Ft. Lauderdale Broward Convention Center beginning at 4:20 p.m.   The three-day trade show and conference, sponsored by the Medical Records Institute, brings together 3,500 healthcare technology professionals focused on efforts to maximize the quality, implementation and confidentiality of electronic health records.

“We’re both honored and excited to be speaking at one of the industry’s leading health technology conferences,” said Ms Molina, whose company originated ABC codes for integrative healthcare practices and disciplines. “Consumer driven health plans carry tremendous promise to control healthcare costs and improve quality of care, but less so without the more widespread adoption of codes that reflect the American consumer’s movement to non-traditional medical practitioners.”

In her presentation, Ms. Molina will highlight a case study of the nation’s only system for automatically processing insurance claims for integrative healthcare, deployed by Bridges in Medicine Healthcare, Inc. and Lovelace Sandia Health System. She will detail how economic and health outcomes of care are being improved so that more beneficiaries are able to receive better care at a lower cost.  In addition, Ms. Molina will discuss how ABC codes support the financing, administration and delivery of care and help advance best practices and evidence-based medicine.

Alternative Link developed the only comprehensive code set for integrative healthcare.  The codes reflect chiropractic, massage and acupuncture practices, as well as care delivered by nurses, holistic physicians and others.  They are supported by practitioner identifiers, relative value units and legal practice guidelines and support cash pay practices and both mainstream and consumer-driven health plans.  Alternative Link has been influential in promoting the use of ABC codes in healthcare research, management and commerce.  In addition to supporting insurance billing, the codes improve tracking, analysis and reporting of care, so the best practices of conventional, complementary and alternative care can be made available to consumers.

For a copy of their presentation, “Delivering Integrative Healthcare Under Consumer-Driven Health Plans: An ABC Coding Case Study,” please click here.

About Alternative Link

Alternative Link, the developer of ABC codes, delivers information products and consulting services that help health-promoting organizations and individuals finance, administer and deliver cost-effective care that improves individual and public health, business and industry efficiencies and socioeconomic development.