Scott Insurance, a southeast regional independent insurance agency announces that Dinamarie
Fonzone, Vice President of the Health Risk Performance Group at Scott Insurance, has received
Critical Outcomes Report Analysis Certification (CORA) from the Disease Management Purchasing
Consortium (DMPC). In an industry where most benefits professionals miss errors and fallacies in
the interpretation of disease management and wellness data, this certification means that Scott clients
will not accept overly optimistic, poorly reasoned, or miscalculated ROI projections from health
risk management providers.

The majority of organizations or individuals CORA-certified by DMPC are large healthcare systems
or consultants to those systems. The certification of an individual at an independent agency reflects
the growing recognition of the importance of validating disease management and wellness data, not
just for the larger Fortune 500 companies, but in the mid-market where these services are often nonexistent.
According to Al Lewis, President of DMPC, “Keeping healthcare providers honest about the
success they claim in financial savings and wellness programs is vital to the protection of an organization’s
human capital and financial resources. Using fundamental best practices for evaluation of
disease management and wellness data is imperative in providing decision makers with legitimate,
valid information when making critical business decisions.”

To receive CORA Certification, an applicant must receive the required training from the DMPC and
successfully identify 70% of mistakes in disease management analysis on an issue spotter test provided
by the DMPC.

About The Disease Management Purchasing Consortium Inc.

DMPC membership includes most of the largest health plans in the country plus a large number of
leading regional plans and provider-owned local plans, as well as two dozen self-insured employers,
unions and state Medicaid programs. Measured by dollar volume, DMPC is the largest procurement
and care outcomes measurement consulting firm in the country. DMPC founder and president
Al Lewis is consistently named “Number 1” in Managed Healthcare Executive’s quadrennial listing
of the top 25 executives in disease management. He co-authored the only book in print on disease
management, The Next Generation of Disease Management. The DMPC Critical Outcomes Report
Analysis exam has been passed by 200 people. 25 health plans, states and employers have
achieved DMPC Savings Measurement Certification, which deems them for a “best in disease
management” award from the Health Industries Research Companies in their Disease Management
Industry Annual Reports. Al Lewis has written on health reform for Newsweek and is also a regular
op-ed contributor to the San Francisco Chronicle and frequent TV and radio commentator.