BNET Industries

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$22.8M
  • Private
  • US
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Alere Medical helps patients with chronic illnesses manage their conditions through a unique combination of at-home monitoring, patient education, and nurse-patient relationships. Our vision is to participate in a healthcare system that is efficient and integrated, so patients who are suffering from chronic illnesses can function independently and lead rewarding and productive lives at home. Our mission is to improve the lives and outcomes of people with chronic illnesses by connecting patients' objective findings and subjective symptoms to caring health professionals, who use evidence-based programs to educate patients about their illness and treatment. This connecting and caring empowers patients to lead healthier and more satisfying lives. Founded in 1996, our mission began with a focus on improving care management for the millions of Americans diagnosed with heart failure. Our Heart Failure Program is a cost-effective, at-home monitoring program utilizing our patented DayLink Monitor. It provides physicians with real-time and actionable information about changes in patients' conditions, to reduce the risk of crises such as emergency care or costly hospitalization. Patients on the program also benefit from outbound nurse support and educational materials. The result is reduced hospitalizations, cost savings, and positive clinical outcomes. In 2005, the scope of our mission expanded dramatically when Alere entered into a long-term disease management contract with...

President, Chief Operating Officer
Janet Tewhill
Number of Employees 185
Contact Information

595 Double Eagle Ct Ste 1000

Reno, Nevada 89521

www.alere.com

(775) 829-8885

NAICS Code All Other Outpatient Care Centers: 621498

News & Analysis

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  • Study Shows Incentives and Employee Communications Linked in Driving Health Promotion Programs

    - 2008-11-24

    MARIETTA, Ga. -- Employers now have empirical evidence to guide them as they determine the best ways to drive participation in their health promotion programs. A recent study, published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and titled "Incentives and Other Factors Associated with Employee Participation in Health...

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  • The New Alere® Unveiled

    - 2008-09-09

    Alere([R]) Medical, ParadigmHealth and Matria([R]) Healthcare unite under Alere MARIETTA, Ga. -- Today, Alere Medical, ParadigmHealth and Matria Healthcare unite under a single brand. The unveiling was originally scheduled to coincide with the DMAA: The Forum 08 and Integrated Care Summit, scheduled for September 7-10 in Florida, which was...

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  • State of Colorado Expands Contract with Alere Medical to Include Medicaid Recipients with COPD

    - 2007-10-29

    Second Contract Expansion Adds COPD Program to Successful Programs for Heart Failure and Asthma RENO, Nev. -- Alere Medical, Inc., a leading health management company, announced today that it has been chosen by the State of Colorado to manage its Medicaid recipients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD beginning...

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  • Inverness Medical Innovations to Acquire Alere Medical

    - 2007-10-24

    WALTHAM, Mass. -- Inverness Medical Innovations (AMEX: IMA) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Alere Medical, Inc., a leading provider of health and care management services helping patients with chronic illnesses manage their conditions through a unique combination of at-home monitoring, patient education, and nurse-patient...

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  • ADDING MULTIMEDIA Dr. Gordon Norman Named Chair-Elect of DMAA: the Care Continuum Alliance

    - 2007-09-25

    RENO, Nev. -- Alere Medical Inc., a leading health management company, announced today that Gordon K. Norman, MD, MBA, Executive Vice President and Chief Science Officer, was named chair-elect of DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance. Dr. Norman's election was approved last week at the DMAA Disease Management Leadership Forum in...

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Janet Tewhill President, Chief Operating Officer
Ronald D. Geraty President
Douglas Albro Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer
Gordon K. Norman Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer
John Tropsa Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Michael Majerik Executive Vice President, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer
Timothy J. Moore Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer
Angie Markwell Assistant Vice President, Clinical Services
Elizabeth Hoffman Vice President, Clinical Services
Gayle Litov Assistant Vice President, Human Resources
Jeff Roggensack Vice President, Information Services & Technology
Karen Hechinger Assistant Vice President, Call Center Operations
Kathy Cartelli Vice President, Southern California Operations
Pei Tang Vice President, Healthcare Informatics & Outcomes
Stacy Knapp Assistant Vice President, Branded Products, Optum
Jack Lloyd Founder
Joe Cummings Manager, Marketing Communications
Laura Schoenweiler Alere's Program Manager
Jan Nielsen
Phillip A. Turberg
Robb Smith Director

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
L. James Strand Board of Directors

Organization Position Status
Alere Medical, Inc. President, Chief Operating Officer Current
Paradigm Holdings, Inc. President, Health Improvement Current
Alere Former
University of Minnesota Master's Degree In Healthcare Administration Former

Organization Position Status
Paradigm Holdings, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Current
Alere Medical, Inc. President Current
Los Angeles County and University of South Carolina Medical Center Internship Current
Alere Medical, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Former
Alere CEO Former
Alere Medical, Inc. Founder Former
Harvard Medical School Faculty Former
Harvard Corporation Fellow Division of Healthcare Policy and Research Former
Merit Behavioral Care Officer Former
Aetna Inc. Former
CIGNA Corporation Former
Magellan Health Services, Inc. Former
American Imaging Management, Inc Director Former
Merit Behavioral Care Director Former
Loma Linda University MD Degree Former
Loma Linda University Degree Former

Organization Position Status
Alere Medical, Inc. Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer Current
Paradigm Holdings, Inc. Executive Vice President, Applications, Technology Solutions Current
Technology Solutions Company Executive Vice President of Applications Current
Alere Chief Information Officer Former
Alere Executive Vice President Former

Organization Position Status
Alere Medical, Inc. Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer Current
Paradigm Holdings, Inc. Executive Vice President, Science & Innovation, Health Improvement Current
Dmaa Former
Alere Former
Stanford University MBA Former

Organization Position Status
Alere Medical, Inc. Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer Current

As chief sales and marketing officer, Mike Majerik is responsible for designing and implementing Magellan's sales and marketing strategy, as well as overseeing Magellan's Public Relations and Communications and Proposal Strategy and Development departments to further drive and support Magellan's business growth efforts. Mike most recently served as executive vice president of sales for CorSolutions Medical, Inc. a leading disease management firm that was acquired by Matria Healthcare in 2006. He had held a variety of progressively responsible sales and marketing positions with CorSolutions during his six-year tenure, and prior to that, had served in sales, marketing and business development roles with CM Healthcare Resources, a health care products and services provider, the USCI Division of C.R. Bard, a medical/surgical product manufacturer, and SmithKline Pharmaceuticals, a predecessor organization of pharmaceutical manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline. Mike holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business finance from Indiana University.

Organization Position Status
Magellan Chief Sales and Marketing Officer Current
Alere Medical, Inc. Executive Vice President, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer Current
Paradigm Holdings, Inc. Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Health Improvement Current
Magellan Health Services, Inc. CMO & Chief Sales Officer Former
Corsolutions Medical, Inc. Executive Vice President of Sales Former
Matria Healthcare, Inc. Executive Vice President of Sales Former
Alere Former
Indiana University Bachelor of Science Degree In Business Finance Former

Organization Position Status
Alere Medical, Inc. Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer Current
Paradigm Holdings, Inc. Executive Vice President, Clinical, Health Improvement Current
Health Net, Inc. Chief Medical Officer Former
Health Net, Inc. Senior Vice President Former
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine family practitioner Former
Alere Former
Humana Inc. Former
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Md Former
University of Wisconsin-Madison Masters In Administrative Medicine Former

Organization Position Status
Alere Medical, Inc. Assistant Vice President, Clinical Services Current
Indiana University Master of Science In Recreational Sports Management Former
Alere Former
Indiana University Master of Science In Recreational Sports Management Former

Organization Position Status
Alere Medical, Inc. Vice President, Clinical Services Current
The Evercare Company Vice President of Business Development Former
HealthPartners, Inc. Director of Disease Management Former

Organization Position Status
Alere Medical, Inc. Assistant Vice President, Human Resources Current
Alere Medical, Inc. Human Resources Executive Current
California State University M.A. In Psychology Former

Mr. Roggensack is a senior IT executive with 20 years of experience in directing technology-related products, services, and resources to address business needs. He was most recently Senior Vice President/Chief Information Officer for Rehabcare Group, Inc. in St. Louis, Missouri. He previously served as Vice President of Information Services for Health Partners Southeast, Inc., as well as Vice President of Information Services / CIO for United Healthcare of Illinois. Mr. Roggensack has also held IT management positions with Baxter International Inc. and Andersen Consulting.

Organization Position Status
Alere Medical, Inc. Vice President, Information Services & Technology Current
RehabCare Group, Inc. Chief Information Officer Former
RehabCare Group, Inc. Senior Vice President Former
Baxter International Inc. Former
Andersen Consulting Former

Organization Position Status
Alere Medical, Inc. Assistant Vice President, Call Center Operations Current
Amerigroup Corporation Director of National Call Center Provider Services Former
Hofstra University MBA In Management Former
Hofstra University MBA In Management Former

Organization Position Status
Alere Medical, Inc. Vice President, Southern California Operations Current
PacifiCare Health Systems, LLC Former
Alere Former
Case Western Reserve University Master of Science Degree In Public Health Nutrition Former
University of California, Davis Bachelor of Science Degree In Dietetics Former

Ms. Tang has more than 10 years of experience in health care information analysis, quality measurement and performance reporting. Previously, she was Vice President of Health Informatics and Outcomes Management for CorSolutions Inc. She also worked with more than 50 Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans nationwide on quality measurement, performance reporting and system-wide benchmarking initiatives. Ms. Tang also has extensive knowledge of outcomes management, serving on the CMS Health Outcomes Study Committee from 1998-2000, as well as on the NCQA Committee on Performance Measurement (CPM) from 1998-1999. She is currently a member of the Quality and Research Committee of DMAA.

Organization Position Status
Alere Medical, Inc. Vice President, Healthcare Informatics & Outcomes Current
Cor Solutions Corporation Vice President of Health Informatics and Outcomes Management Former
The Blue Cross Former
Dmaa member Former

Organization Position Status
Alere Medical, Inc. Assistant Vice President, Branded Products, Optum Current
Alere Medical, Inc. Senior Regional Director Former
Suffolk University MBA Former
Cornell University Ba In Biology Former

Jack Lloyd was founder of Nellcor Inc., a manufacturer of medical instruments for anesthesia and critical care, and served as the company's CEO from 1981 to 1990. He retired from Nellcor in 1990 when sales were, which had sales of $150 million. Nellcore is now part of Tyco Medical., merged with Puritan Bennett in 1992. Mr. Lloyd was founder and also President of Humphrey Instruments, now owned by Karl Zeiss, a manufacturer of eye care instruments from 1974 to 1981. He served as Chairman of Aradigm Inc., a developer of aerosol drug delivery systems from 1993 to 1997 and President from 1993 to 1995. He served as director was on the NexRray board from 2000 to 2004. He is founder and director of Alere Medical Inc., a provider of disease management services using electronic home monitoring. Mr. Lloyd serves on the board of several medical device companies and is presently Chairman of Alere Medical Inc. He holds a B.S.M.E. from the University of California at Berkeley.

Organization Position Status
Nexray Founder of Nellcor Inc. Current
Alere Medical, Inc. Founder Current
Puritan Bennett Current
Alere Medical, Inc. Chairman Current
Alere Medical, Inc. Director Current
Nexray Board of Directors Current
Nellcor Founder Former
Aradigm Corporation Chairman Former
University of California, Berkeley B.S.M.E. Former

Organization Position Status
Alere Medical, Inc. Manager, Marketing Communications Current
Alere Medical, Inc. Marketing Executive Current

Organization Position Status
Alere Medical, Inc. Alere's Program Manager Current

Organization Position Status
Alere Medical, Inc. Current

Phillip A. Turberg has been an independent management consultant since he retired in 1992 after serving as a Director of KPMG Peat Marwick, a public accounting firm, New York, New York since 1989. From 1963 to January 1989, he served as President of Huggins and Company, Inc. Mr. Turberg has been a Director of Unity Mutual Life Insurance Company since 1988. He also serves as a Director of Firemark Investors, Morristown, New Jersey; United Agents Insurance Company, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Aspen Holdings, Omaha, Nebraska; Alere Medical Company, San Francisco, California; and Unity Financial Insurance Company, a subsidiary of Unity Mutual. He is a member of the Society of Actuaries and the American Academy of Actuaries. Mr. Turberg's business address is 4 Old Covered Bridge Road, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073.

Organization Position Status
Alere Medical, Inc. Current
American Academy of Actuaries Member Current
Unity Mutual Life Insurance Company Board of Directors Former

Organization Position Status
Alere Medical, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Innercool Board of Directors Current
Iconix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Board of Directors Current
American College of Physicians Fellow Current
Syntex Laboratories Chief Executive Officer Former
Syntex Laboratories Vice President of Medical Affairs Former
Syntex Laboratories Director of Market Planning Former
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School Assistant Professor of Medicine Former
Institutional Venture Partners Former
Syntex Laboratories Chairman Former
Point Biomedical Corporation Board of Directors Former
The University of California, San Francisco M.D. Former
Santa Clara University M.B.A. Former
University of California, Berkeley B.S. Former

Organization Position Status
Nevada Ventures, L.P. Partner Current
Alere Medical, Inc. Director Current
University of Nevada Reno Degree in Finance Former

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