Olsten signs national contract

Olsten Health Services in Melville, NY, and First Health Group Corp., in Downers Grove, IL, recently entered a national contract that allows Olsten, through its Network Services program, to provide centralized administration, home nursing, infusion therapy, and medical equipment services to First Health’s 14 million beneficiaries. Olsten will coordinate patient care through its four regional Network centers, and both Olsten and its Network Services-contracted providers will provide home care.

First Health is a national health benefits company. The contract, effective May, 1998, is being implemented on a plan-by-plan basis for First Health’s workers’ compensation and group health arrangements.