Greater New Orleans Chapter

Sonja Soto, Humana Health Benefit Plans of Louisiana

Direct Line: 504-219-5215
Office: 1-800-4HUMANA (800-448-6262)
soto@humana.com
www.humana.com

Humana Inc., headquartered in Louisville, Ky., is one of the nation’s largest publicly traded health and supplemental benefits companies, with approximately 10.3 million medical members and approximately 7.2 million specialty-benefit members. Humana is a full-service benefits solutions company, offering a wide array of health and supplemental benefit plans for employer groups, government programs and individuals. Over its 49-year history, Humana has consistently seized opportunities to meet changing customer needs. Today, the company is a leader in consumer engagement, providing guidance that leads to lower costs and a better health plan experience throughout its diversified customer portfolio. More information regarding Humana is available to investors via the Investor Relations page of the company’s Web site at http://www.humana.com, including copies of:
- Annual reports to stockholders
- Securities and Exchange Commission filings
- Most recent investor conference presentations
- Quarterly earnings news releases
- Replays of most recent earnings release conference calls
- Calendar of events (includes upcoming earnings conference call dates and times, as well as planned interaction with research analysts and institutional investors)
- Corporate Governance Information

Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Company

(800) 452-2120
1 Galleria Blvd., Suite 700
Metairie, LA 70001

The Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Company provides health care practitioners unparalleled service and affordable medical malpractice insurance. LAMMICO is a Louisiana-based company, owned by its policyholders. For almost 30 years, LAMMICO has been the only physician-owned company specializing in medical professional liability insurance products and services for Louisiana physicians. A.M. Best, the world’s oldest and most authoritative source of insurer financial performance, rated LAMMICO “A-,” or Excellent, with a stable outlook for its financial stability. LAMMICO has received similar Excellent ratings for the past 17 years.

Thomas H. Grimstad, M.D. is LAMMICO’s current President and Chief Executive Officer. In January 2008, Dr. Grimstad became the fourth physician to lead LAMMICO since the company was founded in 1981. A former past president of the Jefferson Parish Medical Society, Dr. Grimstad has served as a board member at LAMMICO since 1998. Dr. Grimstad leads a workforce of over 120 employees, with corporate headquarters in Metairie and satellite offices located in Baton Rouge & Shreveport. During his tenure, Dr. Grimstad has been instrumental in maintaining LAMMICO’s solid financial position, even in the wake of current economic instability. Since being President and CEO, LAMMICO has awarded three consecutive dividends to all of its policyholders in both Louisiana and Arkansas.

Mike Perkins, Medical Practice Software,Inc.

Direct: 985-646-1665
Toll free: 800-248-4298
Cell: 985-768-9287
mike@duxware.com

Medical Practice Software, Inc. is a practice management software development company located in Slidell, Louisiana. Founded in 1991, we have been working with area physicians providing tools to help them better manage their offices. DuxWare Practice Management software is a powerful, integrated and scalable web-based practice management system. DuxWare was designed to be the single solution to meet all of your medical office management needs. It provides all patient information on one, easy to read, Patient Information Screen as well as simplified Electronic Claims Processing, Electronic Remits, Automatic EOB payment posting, Clinical Claim Scrubbing, Eligibility and web-based EHR integration. These are some of the features making DuxWare the software of choice for many Louisiana clinics as well as providers throughout the US. Call us for a free web-demonstration of DuxWare!

Jon Andonie, Practice Protection Fund

Cell: 504-723-9319
Office: 866-369-9047
jon@practiceprotection.org
www.practiceprotection.org

The PPF is a Louisiana- based physician-owned non-profit Trust fund, with “A” rated re-insurance, that affords highly competitive pricing that saves providers on average 20% - 25% off their current premiums. Our premiums include tail coverage, prior acts, entity coverage, all attorney’s fees and expenses. The PPF was approved by the PCF in September of 2004 and for 6 ½ years now have been providing our clients with aggressive legal defense, great customer service and bi-monthly updates on medical malpractice law and relative medical information. We provide a 1 ½ page application to receive a non-binding quote which will also include group discounts. We also provide risk management and referral programs that will earn you up to an additional 15% off your premium and other services we provide that you can find on our website.

Kathleen Wilkin, Safeguard Printing and Promotional Products

Cell: 985-788-9095
Office: 504-464-2520
kwilkin@gosafeguard.com
www.safeguardprints.com

Safeguard does more than just print forms. We provide a wide range of printed products, promotional items and business apparel to the healthcare market. Call us for some new and creative ways to help you get and retain business.
Click here for more information about the services Safeguard provides.

Suzie Dubois, MD Technologies Inc.

Office: 225-343-7169
sdubois@mdtechnologies.com
www.mdtechnologies.com

MD Technologies Inc. and its subsidiary, MGSI, provide products and services that employ advanced technological solutions to address many of the challenges that face healthcare providers today. Our administrative, clinical, and financial solutions are delivered to clients in such a way that is extremely unique in today’s world. We deliver quality products and service with an unmatched dedication to customer service and support. Our staff is highly trained and committed to helping our clients be as successful as possible. Our dedication and unrelenting commitment to customer satisfaction is how we define ourselves as a Company.

Ronald Merlino, ServiceMaster Commercial & Industrial Cleaning Services

Director of Healthcare Sales
Cell: 504-722-2602
Office: 504-832-9944
Ron@ServiceMasterCICS.com
www.ServiceMasterCICS.com

ServiceMaster Commercial and Industrial Cleaning Service is a full service environmental services organization that is locally headquartered in Metairie, LA. Our healthcare EV program is currently servicing 500,000 plus sq. ft. of medical facilities in Southeast Louisiana. Due to ServiceMaster’s 50 years of experience in the healthcare sector, we bring proven cleaning methods and professional communication to meet your expectations and keep your medical facility operating at peak efficiency.

Vic Hess, Executone Systems Company of LA, Inc.

Sales Manager
Office: 504-838-9600
Fax: 504-833-4725
vhess@executonesystems.com
www.executonesystems.com

We have been in business since 1947 providing communications solutions that now include: IP and Digital Telephone Systems, Nurse Call Systems, Staff & Asset Tracking, Wireless Communication, Pocket Paging , Audio Video and Web Conferencing Systems, Structured Wiring, Sound Systems including Sound Masking, Intercom Systems, Network Services (AT&T and Windstream), Closed Circuit Cameras and monitors. We have the number 1 rated Rauland Nurse Call systems in most of the Hospitals in this region. We provide 24 hour a day 7 days a week emergency service with 13 technicians with over 200 years of combined experience. Our customer satisfaction is high and is measured on a regular basis.

Kim Hahn, CarePoint Partners

Account Executive
Office: 504-780-8899
Fax: 504-780-8450
khahn@carepointpartners.com
www.carepointpartners.com

CarePoint Partners is a visionary leader and provider of pharmacy and related services for patients in need of at home infusion therapy, specialty infusions and specialty injections. The comprehensive care provided to patients is for either acute or chronic conditions that require IV medication and will necessitate the clinical monitoring and oversight by specialty trained pharmacists and nurses. CarePoint Partners works with healthcare professionals to complete the patient’s treatment as ordered. We provide the infusion medication(s) and supplies that the patient needs to safely and effectively complete their treatment. Our pharmacists and nurses are on call 24/7 to answer the patient’s questions and respond to their needs.

ProScan Imaging

Office: 504-456-7900
Fax: 504-456-7999
www.proscan.com/louisiana

When quality counts and cost matters, choose ProScan Imaging. You Have a Choice! ProScan Imaging outpatient facilities provide extraordinary medical imaging services in a safe, relaxed, and professional environment. Using the latest medical imaging equipment and applications, ProScan's highly experienced radiologists and staff provide a broad spectrum of services to meet every patient's needs.
Eastbank Location: 3434 Houma Blvd., Suite 100, Metarie, LA 70006 - High Field MRI and X-Ray
Westbank Location: 4809 Wichers Dr., Marrero, LA 70072 - Open MRI, CT (CAT Scan), X-Ray and Ultrsound

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