Zintro Lists Mercury Healthcare CEO in Top 5 Healthcare Cost Containment Specialists

Jan. 9, 2012 - PRLog -- If you spend much time in the business or legal world, “due diligence” is a phrase you hear a lot. It’s the polite term for the time you have to spend figuring out whether a potential client, vendor, investment, acquisition, or partner is legit or phony, smart or just slick.

Part of the process involves discreetly (or not so discreetly) calling around, trying to find people who know the person or entity you’re “investigating.” Zintro reduces the guessing game and hosts a central marketplace where researchers can declare which type of information they need, select and expert and purchase that expert's time for telephone consultations in short intervals (30 to 60 minutes).

Zintro (http://www.zintro.com) approached Ms Todd and invited her to join their panel early in 2011. They also invited her to pay a fee to raise her listing to "Gold Expert"  but she declined. She joined but chose to stick to organic recognition instead of purchased badges.

A Key Opinion Leader in 5 Domain Areas
"Today, we were proud to learn that Ms Todd is ranked #4 in the top 5 Healthcare Cost Containment Experts across the site's 40,000 listed experts in various fields, says Francesca Glenn, MHA,  Mercury Healthcare's Corporate Communications Director. Healthcare Cost Containment is a narrow field for Zintro, with only 11 Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) listed in the category.  They've also listed her under Medical Tourism Facilitator Training (#1) and Medical Travel and Medical Tourism Experts (#5), Integrated Healthcare Delivery Systems (#1) and Managed Care."

Todd has also been a listed consultant with Gerson Lehrman Council on their healthcare experts panel for several years.  (http://www.glgresearch.com)

Both sites provide access to key opinion leaders and primary research for a wide range of companies: financial and investment institutions, life science companies, the Fortune 1000 and entrepreneurs around the globe.  They connect researchers with essential and timely expertise that leads to understanding the industries, markets and issues integral to shaping tomorrow's innovative and disruptive strategies. Periodically, Ms Todd has to complete online consulting ethics exercises and update her skills and continuing education to support their ongoing vetting. Their rigorous compliance framework improves listing accuracy to connect clients to the most relevant insights.

Asked how she manages her duties with Mercury Healthcare, international speaking dates, media interviews, and consulting requests, she replied "I'm an early riser and  I have great support staff to keep me on track... and a very patient and supportive husband who is a successful entrepreneur who can relate."

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Mercury Healthcare International, Inc., is the largest, independent, globally integrated health delivery system, worldwide.

Mercury Healthcare Benefits Group (http://mhibenefitsgroup.com) includes a global PPO, TPA, and health travel and medical tourism management company that serves employers, unions, PEOs, insurers, foreign government health ministries, and referring physicians, worldwide.

Mercury Healthcare Benefits Group manages employer healthcare and wellness costs, coordinates medical travel and provides claims management, audit, case management, disease management, healthcare analytics, remote telehealth consults, pharmacy benefits and other services through its growing network of over 800,000 hospitals, physicians and ancillary healthcare providers in 95 counties and all 50 states in the USA.