American Healthways is the nation's leading and largest provider of specialized, comprehensive disease management, care enhancement and high-risk management services. As of March 22, 2004, American Healthways had over 1 million lives under management nationwide.

American Healthways announced a five-year agreement with Preferred Care Partners of Miami to offer its diabetes, cardiac, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma and 11 impact condition programs to the health plan's 7,500 Medicare+Choice members beginning July 1, 2004. Preferred Care Partners is the only state-licensed, provider-sponsored organization in Miami-Dade County with a Medicare+Choice contract with the CMS.