Catalina Health Resource Announces Tommy Thompson as Chairman of New Advisory Council
25 August 2005 - 10:45PM
PR Newswire (US)
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Aug. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Catalina
Marketing Corporation (NYSE:POS) has announced that the former
Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
Tommy G. Thompson, has agreed to chair the newly formed Health
Education and Patient Privacy Advisory Council under the auspices
of Catalina's Health Resource division. In this role, Thompson, a
partner at law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (Akin
Gump), will advise the company on the establishment of the Council
in addition to acting as the panel's independent chairman. "I see
this collaboration with Catalina as a continuation of my personal,
long-standing commitment to empowering individuals to have greater
control over their own healthcare decisions," said Secretary
Thompson. "A critical way to achieve this goal is by providing
patients with straightforward access to important healthcare
information." "During the four years that Secretary Thompson served
at Health and Human Services, he was the nation's leading advocate
for the health and well-being of all Americans," said Craig H.
Scott, president of Catalina Health Resource. "Providing meaningful
patient health education is the mission of our business, and the
opportunity for us to work with Secretary Thompson and gain from
his insights will undoubtedly benefit millions of Americans."
Catalina's new Health Education and Patient Privacy Advisory
Council will focus on initiatives that benefit patients by
providing them with information that leads to more informed
decisions about their healthcare while also preserving their
privacy. The company's signature healthcare communication product,
called PATIENTLink(TM), is a printed health media communication
that is distributed to patients with over one billion prescriptions
each year via retail pharmacies throughout the United States.
Through PATIENTLink(TM), Catalina Health Resource partners with
leading pharmaceutical manufacturers, retail pharmacy chains and
government agencies to deliver public health communication that
promotes prescription compliance, educates patients about their
medical conditions and encourages patients to discuss therapy
options with their healthcare professionals. About Catalina
Marketing Corporation and Catalina Health Resource Based in St.
Petersburg, FL, Catalina Marketing Corporation (
http://www.catalinamarketing.com/ ) and its healthcare division,
Catalina Health Resource, are leading providers of communications
and targeted media based on de-identified purchase and prescription
histories. This provides healthcare and other companies the ability
to conduct educational programs that provide patients and consumers
with relevant, meaningful information. Catalina Health Resource
offers an array of direct-to-patient and direct-to- consumer
information vehicles that allow individuals and families to make
more informed decisions about their healthcare. The company's
products are fully compliant with the important privacy protection
requirements found in the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). About Akin Gump Founded in
1945, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, a leading
international law firm, numbers more than 900 lawyers with offices
in Austin, Brussels, Dallas, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Moscow,
New York, Philadelphia, Riyadh (affiliate), San Antonio, San
Francisco, Silicon Valley and Washington. The firm has a
diversified practice and represents regional, national and
international clients in a wide range of areas, including
antitrust; appellate; banking and finance; capital markets;
communications and information technology; corporate and
securities; corporate governance; employee benefits; energy;
entertainment and media; environmental; estate planning, wealth
transfer and probate; financial restructuring; global security;
government contracts; health; insurance; intellectual property;
international trade; investment funds; labor and employment; land
use; litigation; mergers and acquisitions; private equity;
privatization; project development and finance; public law and
policy; real estate development and finance; Russia/CIS; tax; and
technology. Certain statements in the preceding paragraphs are
forward-looking, and actual results may differ materially.
Statements not based on historic facts involve risks and
uncertainties, including, but not limited to, the changing market
for promotional activities, especially as it relates to policies
and programs of packaged goods and pharmaceutical manufacturers and
retailers, government and regulatory statutes, rules, regulations
and policies, the effect of economic and competitive conditions and
seasonal variations, actual promotional activities and programs
with the company's customers, the pace of installation of the
company's store network, the success of new services and businesses
and the pace of their implementation, the company's ability to
maintain favorable client relationships, the outcome and impact of
an ongoing SEC investigation into certain of the company's prior
fiscal years, and the outcome and impact of the pending shareholder
class action and derivative lawsuits. DATASOURCE: Catalina
Marketing Corporation CONTACT: Nicole Andriso, Public Relations
Manager of Catalina Marketing Corporation, +1-727-563-5822; or
Kristen M. White, Communications Manager of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer
& Feld LLP, +1-202-887-4536 Web site:
http://www.catalinamarketing.com/
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