Cypress Care Co-Founder Lisa Datelle Listed as Finalist in National Awards for Women In Business
Best Entrepreneur, Overall Company, and Employer of the Year
ATLANTA – January, 29 2007 – Lisa Datelle, co-founder and executive vice president of Cypress Care, Inc., has been named a finalist in three major categories for The 3rd Annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business.
The national awards program short-listed Ms. Datelle for Best Entrepreneur – Service Businesses – Up to 100 Employees; Best Overall Company of the Year – Service Businesses – up to 100 Employees, and Employer of the Year.
Ms. Datelle helped build the business she co-founded in 2001 into one of the nation’s leading pharmacy benefits management companies servicing the workers’ compensation industry. Under her direction, the company has experienced tremendous growth, has launched two national pharmacy cost containment programs, and has pioneered technology services that have revolutionized the PBM industry. Saving her clients’ money and providing a work environment that fosters diversity, creativity, and a sense of family have always been at the heart of her efforts.
Cypress Care’s financial growth rate has exceeded 200% a year for three consecutive years, with a 50% increase in new employees. The company's new Medicare Set-Aside (MSA) service has entered the market to save the federal government revenue under Medicare Part D. Its new auto pharmacy management service (AutoRX™) offers one of the nation's largest pharmacy networks to insurers to dramatically lower their expenditures for initial treatment costs resulting from an auto accident. Cypress Care continues to lead the workers' compensation pharmacy benefits industry while they research and develop better solutions to old problems in many industries.
In 2006 Cypress Care released the latest version of its benchmark technology, Sequoia™. Version 3.0 of this powerful tool continues to refine and perfect clinical management services for clients, and provides real-time universal access to client records, data, and reports with the click of a button. The "black-boxed" services incorporated into their program drive efficiency and security, and guarantees savings to their clients. Their newly developed Clinical Management service identifies and addresses potential safety issues, abuses, and fraud for client's prescription drug users, adding yet another layer of safety.
Ms. Datelle was selected from a pool of more than 600 nominees in more than 40 categories. Nicknamed for the Greek word “crowned,” the Stevies will be announced during a gala event in New York in March. Female executives and entrepreneurs from the U.S. and other countries are expected to attend.
Finalists were chosen by business professionals worldwide during preliminary judging. Members of the Awards' Board of Distinguished Judges & Advisors and their staffs select Stevie Award winners from among the Finalists during final judging. Details about The Stevie Awards for Women in Business and the list of Finalists in all categories are available at www.stevieawards.com/women.
About Cypress Care Inc.
Cypress Care is a leader in the management of rising claims expense related to pharmacy and ancillary service benefits for the workers' compensation, Auto and Medicare Set-Aside markets. With its comprehensive, powerful technology and industry expertise, the company has created a new standard in cost management and customer service. Cypress Care’s strategic objectives center around the delivery of products and services that address a broad spectrum of integrated healthcare services that contribute significantly to the reduction of claims cost. The company’s customers include some of the largest private/governmental employers and insurance companies in the United States. For more information, please visit www.cypresscare.com.
About The Stevie Awards
Hailed as “the business world’s own Oscars” by the New York Post (April 27, 2005), Stevie Awards are conferred in four programs: The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, The Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Selling Power Sales Excellence Awards. Honoring companies of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more at www.stevieawards.com.