Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> September 23, 1998
JOSEPH P. TALLMAN is President and CEO of Access Health, Inc., the
largest independent care management company in the United States. Mr.
Tallman was appointed CEO of Access Health shortly after the 1996 merger
between Access Health and Informed Access Systems (IAS), a company he
founded in 1992. Mr. Tallman's vision for the changing healthcare market
demands gave rise to Access Health's new model for Care Management.
Financial analysts credit him with re-inventing a company that had
reached its earning potential nearly two years ago when he took the
helm. His foresight enabled Access Health to establish its market
leading position in creating clinically rigorous care management tools
that measurably improve the quality and cost of care that people
receive. With his vision and leadership, Access Health is poised to
deliver on the market's need for care management tools that reduce costs
by improving medical outcomes and member health status through
appropriate utilization of medical resources. The company has grown to
annualized revenues exceeding $150 million. Prior to starting IAS, Mr.
Tallman served as Chairman of Consumer Health Services, Inc., a Boulder,
Colorado-based firm and leader in physician referral systems. He founded
the company in 1983 based on an idea to improve the matching of
physicians and patients. Mr. Tallman built it from concept to a well-
established firm with annual revenues exceeding $20 million and
operations in nine major metropolitan areas across the U.S. Mr. Tallman
holds a B.S. in General Engineering from the U.S. Military Academy at
West Point, where he graduated with a number of awards, including a
senior-year congressional appointment as First Captain and Brigade
Commander; a recognition given to the highest cadet in his class. Mr.
Tallman also earned an M.B.A. from the Stanford School of Business. Profile
anticipate in your sector of the health care market over the next
several years?
Mr. Tallman: I think you first have to
