readers . please help us clarify the article ; suggestions may be found on the talk page . october 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message shps inc. type private industry health care founded 1997 headquarters louisville kentucky key people merle ryland ceo kim bateman coo carolyn baete vp medicaid operations mark tatum vice president of administrative services randall justice chief legal officer products employee health & wellness programs owner shps acquisition company inc. number of employees 500 website www.carewisehealth.com shps inc. pronounced ships is a national provider of health improvement programs through the company s carewise health subsidiaries . the company employs approximately 1000 people and is headquartered in louisville kentucky with multiple locations throughout the united states . contents 1 history 2 location 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit shps was founded in 1997 as a joint venture between sykes enterprises and health plan services and financed by prudential services . 1 in december 1997 prudential services and sykes enterprises incorporated formed sykes health plan services shps inc. in 2000 shps was purchased by welsh carson anderson & stowe a private equity firm which focuses on information and business services healthcare and communications . 2 in 2001 shps acquired carewise inc. a provider of care management services to complement existing healthcare services offerings . 3 in 2003 shps acquired ebenx inc. a human resource and benefits administrator . 4 in 2004 shps acquired national health services inc. and landacorp inc. two care management providers . 5 in 2006 shps introduced its enhanced health management delivery model . in 2007 shps introduced a health risk engine to help employers strategically manage the clinical risk in their employee population . also in 2007 shps landacorp division released its careradius product suite intended to simplify complex medical management processes and enable health plans to simplify work flow improve health outcomes and lower costs . in 2008 shps launched its next generation wellness solution an internally developed wellness program delivered on the same platform as its other health management solutions . in that same year shps also launched carewise health a person centric suite of integrated services designed to improve individual health and help companies optimize their healthcare spending and benefits delivery . 6 in 2012 shps sold its human resource solutions subsidiary which administers fsas to adp . 7 it also sold its landacorp subsidiary . it retains ownership of the carewise health component . 8 9 location edit shps carewise health is headquartered in louisville kentucky but the company has satellite offices in philadelphia pa minneapolis mn scottsdale az and walnut creek ca . carewise health has a large telecommuter population in seattle wa . see also edit health consumerism outsourcing healthcare health economics management consulting third party administrator references edit shps company overview hoover s . hoovers.com . retrieved 2013 11 05 . 1 shps website shps inc. acquires seattle based carewise inc. louisville business first . bizjournals.com . 2001 05 25 . retrieved 2013 11 05 . published november 05 2002 2002 11 05 . company news ; shps a health care company plans to acquire ebenx new york times . nytimes.com . retrieved 2013 11 05 . shps holdings inc. completes acquisition of landacorp inc. free online library . thefreelibrary.com . 2004 04 27 . retrieved 2013 11 05 . shps improving personal health and optimizing healthcare spending adp completes acquisition of the human resource solutions subsidiary of shps inc. . retrieved 30 march 2015 . 2 exl acquires landacorp to provide a comprehensive suite of operations analytics and technology solutions for the healthcare industry . landacorp . 15 october 2012 . retrieved 2012 10 19 . external links edit shps hrs website shps fulfillment website carewise health website landacorp website fsa info hovers business listing parent company retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title shps & oldid 720258965 categories companies based in louisville kentuckyoutsourcing companiesprivate equity portfolio companieshidden categories wikipedia articles needing clarification from october 2015all wikipedia articles needing clarification navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 may 2016 at 18 52 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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