Covering Managed Care
A
resource guide for reporters and editors
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Care Index.
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS CONSULTANTS
They offer consulting services to corporations, often have
reports on health insurance offered by employers, and are
good sources of objective information.
Hewitt Associates
100 Half Day Rd., Lincolnshire, Ill. 60069, (847) 295-5000,
fax (847) 883-9019, Web site: www.hewitt.com.
Public relations contacts Kelly Zitlow (847) 442-7660, Mike
Jurs (847) 442-7655. Most Hewitt studies are not available
to the press, but company officials can discuss trends in
managed care.
KPMG Peat Marwick
3 Chestnut Ridge Road, Building 5, Montvale, N.J. 07645,
(201) 505-3400, fax (201) 930-8617, Web site: kpmg.com.
Press contact: Tim Gay (201) 505-3422; director of center
for survey research Jon Gabel (703) 469-3369. Produces an
annual study of health benefits that costs $200, but some
in the press might get it free.
William M. Mercer, Inc.
1166 Avenue of the Americas, New York, N.Y. 10036, (212)
345-7847, fax (212) 345-8483, Web site: www.wmmercer.com/us-news.Press
contact: Stephanie Poe (202) 331-5210; other press contacts:
Blaine Bos (312) 902-7664 (cost and enrollment trends); Michael
Millenson (312) 902-5146 (quality, accountability); Lew Devendorf
(203) 973-2030 (HMOs); Dr. Paul Berger (404) 614-2956 (health-care
providers). Releases a useful annual employee benefit survey.
Towers Perrin
335 Madison Ave., New York, N.Y. 10017, (212) 309-3400, fax
(212) 309-3773, Web site: www.towers.com.
Press contact: Stanley Davis (914) 745-4191; Joe Martingale,
principal (212) 309-3694.
Watson Wyatt Worldwide
1055 Washington Blvd., Stamford, Conn. 06901, (203) 356-1220,
fax (203) 964-9282, Web site:
www.watsonwyatt.com. Contact: Helen Darling, practice
leader, group benefits and health care (203) 977-6317.
