Managed Care Company, CareSource, Named to Training Magazine's Top 125 List

    DAYTON, OH, February 18, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- CareSource, a public-sector managed care company, has earned recognition in its first-time submission as one of Training Magazine's Top 125 companies that excel at staff development, with its CareSource University program.

"As we begin a new decade with the incredible possibilities in our industry around healthcare reform and health information technology, we look forward to offering information in a way that is innovative, personalized and immediately applicable to our organizational objectives," said Jaclyn Smith, director of CareSource University.

CareSource, listed at #78, joins the ranks of some of America's largest and most successful companies including Microsoft Corp, McDonalds USA, LLC, Verizon, UPS, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, and Bank of America. CareSource was honored for their staff devleopment and CareSource University at the awards gala, which was held at the Training 2010 Conference & Expo in San Diego, CA, in early February.

"We are extremely pleased to be recognized for our company-wide learning and development university," said Pamela Morris, president and CEO at CareSource. "With a mission to serve the underserved, CareSource employees make decisions every day based on what's best for our members. CareSource University has been pivotal in providing the learning and development resources our employees need to serve our members effectively."

Choices from more than 500 comprehensive curriculum offerings allow CareSource University to provide a best-of-class, full-service career planning and development resource to all employees, including clinical licensure programs, new employee on-boarding, leadership and career development, and coaching.

Training Magazine annually selects 125 global and national organizations that exhibit best training practices, evaluation methods and outstanding training initiatives. Awardees range in size from Fortune 500 companies to smaller organizations of 100 or more employees. Judging is based on elements such as scope of development programs, financial investment in employee development, and how closely training efforts are linked to business goals and objectives.

For more information about CareSource, visit www.caresource.com.

About CareSource
CareSource is a nonprofit health plan founded on the principles of quality and service, delivered with compassion and a thorough understanding of the Medicaid consumer. CareSource offers a full spectrum of services for the administration of public-sector health care programs. Among these services are general administration, including claims processing, case and medical management, provider relations, decision support informatics, quality improvement, and regulatory compliance, member services, including a member call center and 24-hour nurse advice line, and financial consultation and turnaround.

CareSource also provides services to nonprofit managed care plans that serve more than 818,000 Medicaid and Medicare Special Needs Plan consumers in Ohio and Michigan. For more information about CareSource, visit www.caresource.com.

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