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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$750.0M
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Washington Business Group, headquartered in Washington , DC is a broad-based, innovative group of technical professionals. We offer a wide array of services including Construction Program Management, Building's Security Through Design and Construction, Architecture and Interior, Engineering Design, Realty Services, IT Consulting and Project Support Services. Our Client list includes federal, state and local governments, privately owned national and international corporations, non-profit organizations, and religious institutions. Our Mission is to produce efficient, cost-effective results with a long-term commitment to high-quality services. Our Approach is to establish a close partnership with our clients to ensure that we understand and fulfill their specific needs and objectives.
Number of Employees 34
Contact Information
PO BOX 23271
Washington, District of Columbia 20026
1 202 863 9637
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NAICS Code Other Management Consulting Services: 541618
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Most large employers will cover OTC drugs, survey finds.(Health care: feature section)(Over The Counter)(Brief Article)
Nearly all large employers will allow workers to pay for over-the-counter drugs with funds in their health-care flexible spending accounts FSA, according to a poll conducted by the Washington Business Group on Health. Seventy of the 72 large companies surveyed said they would cover...
www.wbgh.com - Web Sights - Washington Business Group on Health
The information on the web site of the Washington Business Group on Health focuses on resolving the problems related to healthcare benefits costs of large employers.
www.mbgh.org/reports/copq-rtcopqhctrpl.pdf - Web Sights - Washington Business Group on Health - Brief Article
Visitors to this Washington Business Group on Health Web site will be able to access the report Reducing the Costs of Poor-Quality Health Care through Responsible Purchasing Leadership.
The Case for Absence Management
Employers who implement disability and absence management programs have a 74 percent lower absence rate than employers who do not, according to Watson Wyatt and The Washington Business Group on Health. Many, however, don't know what their absence rate is, and they cite a lack of information systems as a...
Donna Lencki, Chairman and CEO of Choicelinx Corporation to Address Washington Business Group on Health
Business Editors and Health/Medical Writers MANCHESTER, N.H.--BW HealthWire--Nov. 28, 2000 Fortune 500 Companies Explore How the Internet May Change the Future of Employer-Sponsored Health Care Choicelinx Corporation Chairman and CEO, Donna K. Lencki will present at a meeting of the Washington Business Group on Health WBGH...
Disability's Indirect Costs on the Rise
The indirect costs of disability continue to rise. Total average costs for overtime, replacement employees, and workstation/job accommodations stand at 8 percent of payroll, up from 6.7 percent of payroll last year, according to Watson Wyatt and the Washington Business Group on Health. This jump is due almost entirely to...
Disability-related costs up slightly, survey says.
A survey carried out in 1999 indicated that overall average costs for workers' compensation, sick pay and long and short-term disability as a percentage of payroll were 6.3 percent, up slightly from the previous year's figure of 6.1 percent. The survey, done by Watson...
Link up for the long haul: study: employers need real alliances with plans to save.(study by Watson Wyatt Worldwide and the Washington Business Group on Health)
Watson Wyatt Worldwide and the Washington Business Group on Health surveyed 252 companies representing 4 million employees and found that 43% claim to have set up long-term relationships with health plans. Industry observers feel that such multi-year relationships with healthcare providers are becoming increasingly important to maintain quality care. One...
Survey: managed competition favored as a reform model - highlights of the Washington Business Group on Health's survey results
WBGH members believe private industry can do a better job than government of selecting and managing health plans. Large U.S. corporations overwhelmingly endorse managed competition as the preferred model for national health care reform, a survey of 76 such companies shows. Given three options, eight in 10 say it's...
Coalition urges Clinton to avoid health care 'quick fix.' (Washington Business Group on Health)
A coalition of six health care provider associations representing nurses, insurers, hospitals and employers has called on President-elect Bill Clinton to restructure medical care delivery and payment systems. The group praised Clinton's commitment to community partnerships and managed competition. Delivery reform was deemed imperative to cost containment and quality control...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Craig Horton | |
| David Nash |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Bill Greer | Board of Directors |
| Donald G Lightfoot | Board of Directors |
| Tom Oksanen | Board of Directors |
Craig Horton serves as Chairman of the Board of WorkWell Systems, Inc. As Managing Director for SSDC Corp., Mr. Horton is the chief executive responsible for the growth and development of the company in its disability related coordination of benefits services. He is also Vice President of SSDC's parent company Assurant Employee Benefits. SSDC is a leading provider of Social Security and Medicare related benefits coordination and data management services to large employer markets. Prior to SSDC, Mr. Horton was a co-founder of CORE in 1990 when he was a leader of the leveraged buyout of the company from Baxter Healthcare. He served as the President, Chief Operating Officer and member of the board of directors of CORE during its eleven years of operation as private, then public company. Mr. Horton was a key executive participant in the decision and process that led to the acquisition of CORE by Fortis, Inc. in July 2001 and served as the transition officer following its acquisition. He also served as the Fortis representative on the Washington Business Group on Health's Employer Health and Productivity Council and is a member, sponsor and frequent speaker at other disability and productivity councils and associations including: Integrated Benefits Institute (IBI); Disability Management Employer's Coalition (DMEC); and the National Institute of Disability Management and Research (NIDMAR). Mr. Horton received his B.A. (magna cum laude), MBA and MPH degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ssdc, Inc. | Vice President | Current |
| Assurant Employee Benefits | Vice President | Current |
| Ssdc, Inc. | Managing Director | Current |
| Dmec | Current | |
| Fortis, Inc. | Current | |
| Washington Business Group, Inc. | Current | |
| Workwell Systems, Inc. | Chairman of the Board | Current |
| Core Corporation | Co-Founder | Former |
| University of California, Los Angeles | Mba and Mph Degrees | Former |
DAVID B. NASH, MD, MBA, FACP , was appointed to the InforMedix Board of Directors on March 14, 2006 and was elected by the shareholders on March 14, 2006. He is Founder and Dr. Raymond C. and Doris N. Grandon Professor and Chairman of the Department of Health Policy, at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. Internationally recognized for his work in outcomes management, disease management, medical staff development and quality-of-care improvement, his publications have appeared in more than 100 articles in major journals. He has edited fifteen books, including A Systems Approach to Disease Management by Jossey-Bass, Connecting with the New Healthcare Consumer by Aspen and The Quality Solution by Jones and Bartlett. Dr. Nash has served on the Board of Directors of five companies, including two publicly-traded companies, three disease management companies, and two companies that were acquired while he served as a Director. These companies include: Patient InfoSystems (PATI:NASDAQ) from 1996 -2000; I-Trax Corporation (DMX:AMEX) from 2002 to current; Future Health, which was recently acquired by Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company from 2003 to current ; Pharma Detailing.Com from 1999 to 2000; and DoctorQuality which was also acquired from 2000 to 2003. In addition, Dr. Nash has served on the Advisory Boards of nine other companies including Pfizer Health Solutions. Repeatedly named by Modern Healthcare to the top 100 most powerful persons in healthcare list, his national activities include appointment to the JCAHO Advisory Committee on Performance Measurement, the CIGNA Physician Advisory Committee, membership on the Board of Directors of the Disease Management Association of America (DMAA) and Chair of an NQF Technical Advisory Panel - four key national groups focusing on quality measurement and improvement. Dr. Nash was also named as a finalist in the 15 th Annual Discover Awards for Innovation in Public Health by Discover magazine. In 1995, he was awarded the Latiolais ("Lay-shee-o-lay") Prize by the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy for his leadership in disease management and pharmacoeconomics. Currently, he is Editor-in-Chief of four major national journals including P&T , Disease Management , Biotechnology Healthcare and the American Journal of Medical Quality . Dr. Nash received his BA in economics (Phi Beta Kappa) from Vassar College in 1977; his MD from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in 1981; and his MBA in Health Administration (with honors) from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1986. While at Penn, he was a former Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar and Medical Director of a nine physician faculty group practice in general internal medicine.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Informedix, Inc. | Founder | Current |
| Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University | Founder | Current |
| Biotechnology Healthcare | Dr. Raymond C | Current |
| New Medicine, Inc. | Editor | Current |
| Innovative Healthcare Speakers Bureau | Current | |
| Washington Business Group, Inc. | Current | |
| The Institute for Predictive Medicine | Chairman of Medical Advisory Board | Current |
| U.S. Preventive Medicine, Inc | Chairman, U.S. Preventive Medicine National Advisory Board | Current |
| Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University | Chairman of the Department of Health Policy | Current |
| Catholic Healthcare Partners | Board of Directors | Current |
| Biotechnology Healthcare | Board of Directors | Current |
| Informedix, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Tufts Health Care Institute, Inc | Board of Directors | Current |
| CHD Meridian Healthcare, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University | Associate Dean | Former |
| American College of Physicians | Deputy Editor | Former |
| Take Care Health Systems - Employer Solutions Group | Director | Former |
| West Virginia Medical Institute | Board of Directors | Former |
| Thomas Jefferson University Hospital | Director | Former |
| University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry | MD | Former |
| Wharton Graduate School of the University of Pennsylvania | MBA In Health Administration | Former |
| Vassar College | BA In Economics | Former |
Bill Greer, MBA is Vice President, Benefits for Kellogg Company and is responsible for plan design and administration of all Kellogg benefit programs in the U.S. as well as consulting on major benefit changes outside the U.S. His specific responsibilities include plan design, improving employee health and productivity and managing the administration of all benefit activities including the People Services Center, a call center dedicated to providing support to 25,000 employees and retirees in the U.S. Prior to assuming his current responsibilities, Bill worked in various benefits and compensation positions for Kellogg and prior to that worked in finance and accounting for the Firestone Tire & Rubber in Akron, Ohio. In addition to his day-to-day responsibilities, Bill is currently chairman of the local Salvation Army, President of the Council on Employee Benefits, vice chairman of the Southwest Michigan Healthcare Coalition, and is a member of the Washington Business Group on Health and the American Benefits Council. In May 2006, Bill was appointed by President Bush to the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports to help promote physical fitness in the workplace. Bill received his M.B.A in Finance and Real Estate from Indiana University and his B.S. in Finance from Miami University.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| The Health Enhancement Research Organization (Hero) | Board of Directors | Current |
| Washington Business Group, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Salvation Army | Chairman | Former |
| Indiana University | M.B.A In Finance and Real Estate | Former |
| Miami University | B.S. In Finance | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Igp Technologies, Inc. | Managing Director | Current |
| Washington Business Group, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Los Angeles World Affairs Council | Board of Directors | Current |
| Igp Technologies, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Washington Business Group, Inc. | Member | Current |
| Los Angeles World Affairs Council | Member | Current |
| Igp Technologies, Inc. | Senior Executive | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Washington Business Group, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Massachusetts Health Data Consortium | Director | Current |
| Neebc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Washington Business Group, Inc. | Member | Current |
| Compugraphics | Benefits Manager | Former |
| Hr Generalist | Benefits Manager | Former |
| Assumption College | BA In Economics | Former |
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