A.D.A.M., Inc. (Nasdaq: ADAM), a leading provider of health information and benefits technology solutions today announced that the company is hosting a series of Benergy KnowledgeWorks? webinars from July through October. These educational webinars will focus on three topic areas – health care reform, broker practice management, and HR and benefits technology solutions. The webinars are designed for insurance brokers and HR/benefits professionals seeking the latest information, trends, and best practices.

The Benergy KnowledgeWorks webinars will feature highly respected industry experts including: Alan Katz, principal of Alan Katz Group, LLC; Rob Thurston, president of HR Consulting Group; Ron Bachman, president and CEO of Healthcare Visions, Inc.; Jack Kwicien, CLU, ChFC, registered investment advisor and managing partner of Daymark Advisors; and online benefits and wellness experts from A.D.A.M.

?Particularly with health care reform, brokers and employers are looking for industry insights, recommendations and best practices to help them navigate through the dynamic changes taking place in benefits and HR management,? said Mark Adams, president and chief executive officer of A.D.A.M. ?We are very pleased to offer these webinars as a value-added service to our broker and employer customers, as well as to the industry at large.?

The Benergy KnowledgeWorks Webinar Series schedule will kick off in July with the following topics:

  • July 20 – Health Care Reform: Survival Lessons from Successful Brokers – This webinar will share the findings of the recent Trailblazed Sales Project Study to help insurance brokers prepare their businesses to succeed and thrive despite the changes coming with health care reform. This session will be presented by Alan Katz, a well-known speaker and writer on sales strategies and health care reform. His consulting firm, the Alan Katz Group, specializes in providing sales development and business strategies for insurance brokers and health care providers.
  • July 27 – Technology Solutions: Benefits Enrollment Best Practices – This session will help brokers and employers prepare for the next benefits enrollment season. Sunil Vatave, a senior product manager for A.D.A.M., Benergy Solutions, will share detailed insights into the latest enrollment technology innovations, trends, and best practices, based on his more than 15 years of experience in the human resources management space.
  • July 29 – Practice Management: ROI with Benefits Outsourcing – This session will share valuable insights into the HR/benefits functions that should be considered for outsourcing, selecting the right vendor, and achieving a good ROI. This session will be presented by Rob Thurston, a frequent speaker, author and president of HR Consulting Group. His company, HR Consulting Group, is one of the top 25 HR/benefits consulting firms according to Employee Benefit News.

For more information on the complete Benergy KnowledgeWorks webinar series and speakers, please visit www.adam.com. In addition to the live events, the company will be providing online access to recordings of each webinar.

About A.D.A.M., Inc.

A.D.A.M. (Nasdaq: ADAM) is a leading provider of consumer health information and benefits technology solutions to healthcare organizations, benefits brokers, employers, consumers, and educational institutions. A.D.A.M. health and benefits solutions engage consumers to better understand their health, wellness and benefits choices, and provide the tools to help them make personalized health and benefits decisions, while helping healthcare organizations and employers reduce the costs of healthcare and benefits administration. For more information, visit www.adam.com.

A.D.A.M. Forward-Looking Statements

Except for historical information, all of the statements, expectations and assumptions contained in this press release are forward-looking statements. These statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance or developments to differ materially. Factors that could affect the company's actual results, performance or developments include general economic conditions, development of the Internet as a source of health information, pricing actions taken by competitors, demand for the company's health information, regulatory changes in laws and regulations that impact how the company conducts its business and the other factors described in A.D.A.M.'s filings with the SEC. A.D.A.M. disclaims any obligation or duty to update any of its forward-looking statements.

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