KePRO, a leading quality improvement and care management organization, today announced that it has selected Health Hero Network, to provide its Health Buddy(R) System telehealth platform for remote patient monitoring to KePRO public program and commercial clients. The partnership will strengthen KePRO's care-management services for members living with chronic conditions and who have acute healthcare needs as part of KePRO's comprehensive, member-centric care-management solutions.

"The strategic partnership with Health Hero Network will allow KePRO to more closely monitor member care, leading to better health outcomes," said Joseph A. Dougher, KePRO's Chief Executive Officer. "KePRO's care management solutions focus on strengthening and supporting the patient-physician relationship for members with acute and chronic conditions. Using the award- winning Health Buddy System as an interface between members at home and their care team enables KePRO to facilitate education, monitor behavior and vital signs, and better manage the total health care needs of all members. This will lead to improved health outcomes for traditionally high cost members and provide substantial cost savings for our clients."

KePRO's comprehensive solutions go far beyond traditional utilization- management, case-management and disease-management models. The company coordinates the care provided to members with acute, chronic and complex conditions across the continuum of care. Using a powerful, proprietary analytics engine and advanced technology solutions, KePRO identifies member health risks, as well as total population health risks. Members receive the right care, at the right time, in the right setting, while clients realize increased cost savings. With the Health Hero Network partnership, KePRO will expand its interventions by integrating home monitoring technologies and real- time clinical information into its health management programs to generate even greater cost savings for clients, and behavior change and improved health outcomes for members.

"We are excited to partner with KePRO because their vision of improved quality of care and increased cost savings matches our own long term view of the synergies between remote patient monitoring and chronic-care management", said Derek Newell, CEO of Health Hero Network. "With our recent acquisition by the Bosch Group, we are even better positioned to further accelerate the development of advanced technologies for remote patient care. As we develop the next generation of remote patient monitoring technologies, we expect the benefits of such a strong partnership with KePRO to increase the contributions both organizations make to achieving improved quality of care for patients with chronic conditions."

About KePRO

KePRO, a leading quality improvement and care management organization, offers innovative and outcomes-focused solutions to reduce the utilization of health care resources and optimize quality of care for public and commercial clients. KePRO's comprehensive, member centric care management solutions go far beyond traditional utilization management and case management by coordinating the care provided to members with acute, chronic and complex conditions across the continuum of care, and identify members who are at the highest risk for future services, but have not yet had an acute event. Tailored programs maximize members' quality of life, and realize greater cost savings for members and clients.

Headquartered in Pennsylvania, KePRO also has offices in Florida, Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, Tennessee, and Virginia. KePRO is URAC health utilization management and case management accredited.

About the Bosch Group

The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. In the areas of automotive and industrial technology, consumer goods, and building technology, some 271,000 associates generated sales of 46.3 billion euros (over $63 billion) in fiscal 2007. The Bosch Group comprises Robert Bosch GmbH and its more than 300 subsidiaries and regional companies in roughly 50 countries. This worldwide development, manufacturing, and sales network is the foundation for further growth. Each year, Bosch spends more than 3 billion euros for research and development, and applies for over 3,000 patents worldwide. The company was set up in Stuttgart in 1886 by Robert Bosch (1861-1942) as "Workshop for Precision Mechanics and Electrical Engineering."

In North America, the Bosch Group manufactures and markets automotive original equipment and aftermarket products, industrial automation and mobile products, power tools and accessories, security technology, thermo-technology, packaging equipment and household appliances. Bosch employs approximately 25,000 associates in more than 70 locations throughout the U.S., Canada and Mexico, with reported sales of $9.5 billion in fiscal 2007.

About Health Hero Network

Based in Palo Alto, Health Hero Network develops and markets the Health Buddy System for health improvement. The Health Buddy System serves as the interface between patients at home and care providers, facilitating monitoring of and self-management support for patients with chronic conditions. The System includes monitoring technologies, clinical information databases, Internet-enabled decision support tools, health management programs and content development tools. Through increased communication, behavior modification, and prevention, the Health Buddy System improves the quality of patient care while reducing overall costs. Health Hero Network's systems are protected by 57 issued US patents.

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