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TrestleTree to
speak at Health Care Innovations 2007 Conference
SPRINGDALE, AR – June 18, 2007 –TrestleTree,
Inc. today announced that its Chairman
and co-founder, Ted Borgstadt, will be a featured panel speaker
for the Health Care
Innovations 2007 conference held June 19th and 20th in Redwood City,
CA. This annual event
is sponsored by Dow Jones and Company and brings together some of
the nation’s leading
edge healthcare companies and venture funds.
The title of the panel discussion is “The Boomers are
Coming: But Will Their Health Care
Needs Be Adequately Addressed?” The aging of the baby
boomer population means health
care will face an unprecedented influx of elderly patients. And
with that will come questions
about caring for them. In this panel, companies like TrestleTree
are addressing this market and
will address some of the issues and concerns they have in doing
so. Some of the questions that
will be addressed by the panel include challenges of this generation
and the likelihood of a
new standard of care being developed. Also, what are the foremost
issues facing the health
care industry as it strives to accommodate a record number of patients?
Are new
developments happening fast enough?
The moderator for the panel will be Corey Mulloy, General Partner
of Highland Capital
Partners. The following people will be joining Mr. Borgstadt for
this lively discussion:
Panelists:
• Ted R. Borgstadt, Chairman & co-founder, TrestleTree
• Lawrence W. Hay, Chief Executive Officer, SmartCare Family
Medical Centers
• Rishabh Mehrotra, President & Chief Executive Officer,
SHPS
About TrestleTree
TrestleTree,
Inc. is a health transformation company whose business is to
reduce the health
care costs of self-insured companies and state Medicaid agencies
through health behavioral
coaching for employees. The company produces health care savings
by changing critical
health behaviors that drive spending in both medical and pharmacy
claims. TrestleTree
provides health-coaching relationships to employees who are diagnosed
with a chronic illness,
such as diabetes, asthma, high blood pressure, or high cholesterol,
as well as those employees
who have a pre-diseased condition, such as obesity or tobacco use.
The company utilizes
health coaches, who work via teleconference calls, to deliver its
primary service. Health
coaches are health care professionals such as nurses, registered
dieticians, exercise
physiologists, and pharmacists who combine health care knowledge,
credibility and high
patient touch qualities with specialized skills in behavior modification
acquired through
TrestleTree’s proprietary training and software.
Contact:
Paige
Grunnagle
(479)
927-4602
Paige.grunnagle@trestletree.com
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