UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report: November 3, 1999
MEDIX RESOURCES, INC
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Colorado 000-24768 84-1123311
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of incorporation) (File Number) Identification No.)
7100 East Belleview Ave., Suite 301, Englewood, CO 80111
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (303) 741-4828
None
(Former name or former address, if changes since last report)
Item 5. Other Events
Press release dated November 2, 1999 announcing appointment of David B. Skinner
to the board of directors.
Reg. S-K
Exhibit No. Description Item No.
*99.1 Press release 99
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
MEDIX RESOURCES, INC.
Date: November 3, 1999 By:/s/ John P. Yeros
John P. Yeros, President
R O B I N S C H O E N P U B L I C R E L A T I O N S
526 Penn Street Newtown, PA 18940 t: 215/504-2122 f: 215/504-2123
e-m: [email protected]
For Immediate Release Contact: Robin Schoen
November 2, 1999 215/504-2122
DAVID B. SKINNER, MD JOINS MEDIX RESOURCES BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Vice Chairman/President/CEO of New York Presbyterian Hospital and
New York Presbyterian Healthcare System
Brings Considerable Experience to Rapidly Growing iHealth Software
Products Provider
Denver, CO -- John Prufeta, chief executive officer for Medix Resources, Inc.
[OTCBB:MDIX], today announced the appointment of Dr. David B. Skinner, 64, to
the firm's board of directors. Established in 1988 as a provider of medical
personnel staffing, Medix provides Internet-based healthcare communication, data
integration, and transaction software through the Cymedix.com product suite
developed by its wholly-owned subsidiary Cymedix Lynx Corporation.
Skinner joins newly-appointed Medix board of directors members John T. Lane and
Samuel H. Havens, and current members John P. Yeros, John R. Prufeta, Thomas
Oberle, and Brian McLean, MD. Concurrent with the new appointments, Joel C.
Newman, MD, and Douglas Stahl voluntarily resigned their board positions.
"Since completing the turnaround of The New York Hospital and its historic
merger with the Presbyterian Hospital System, David Skinner has established
himself and is recognized as one of the most accomplished executives in the
healthcare industry. His addition to Medix's board of directors is a most
significant milestone in the Company's development," stated Prufeta. "We are
honored to have Dr. Skinner actively contributing his very substantial
experience to Medix as we transition the company from its traditional focus of
medical personnel staffing provider to provider of iHealth software products."
"With its Cymedix.com patent-pending, Internet-based software products, Medix is
well-positioned to significantly enhance physician/medical facilities
communications and efficiencies of healthcare-related transactions," stated Dr.
Skinner. "I am delighted and excited by this great opportunity."
By combining The New York Hospital and Presbyterian Hospital, Dr. Skinner
successfully led the largest merger of academic medical centers in history. As
vice chairman, CEO, and president of New York Presbyterian Hospital and New York
Presbyterian Healthcare System, Dr. Skinner presides over a far-reaching
integrated delivery system encompassing 32 healthcare facilities, real estate
holdings, and physician practices. He is also a professor of surgery at the
Weill Medical College of Cornell University and at Columbia University College
of Physicians and Surgeons, and an attending surgeon at New York Presbyterian
Hospital.
Dr. Skinner has been awarded numerous honorary degrees, faculty appointments,
corporate directorships, and domestic and international honors, awards, and
prizes. He was professor of surgery at Johns Hopkins University School of
Medicine, and professor and chairman of surgery at the University of Chicago,
Pritzker School of Medicine. He is senior director for the American Board of
Surgery, and director of Laboratory Corporation of America and Academic Medicine
Development Corp. His many honors, prizes, and awards include the Austrian Cross
of Honor for Science and Art First Class; the Officier (Chevalier), dans l'Ordre
National du Merite, France; the Ellis Island Medal of Honor; and the Johns
Hopkins Society of Scholars. He is the recipient of an Honorary Doctor of
Medicine from the Technical University of Munich, Germany and the University of
Lund, Sweden, and an Honorary Doctor of Science from the University of
Rochester.
Dr. Skinner's clinical appointments include: visiting physician, The Rockefeller
University Hospital; attending surgeon, North Shore University Hospital; and
attending surgeon, New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens. He currently
serves as director of the following hospital-related systems: NYH Health Plan,
Inc.; New York Presbyterian Healthcare Network, Inc.; New York Presbyterian
Fund, Inc.; The Executive Registry, Inc.; Royal Charter Properties-Westchester,
Inc.; Royal Charter Properties-East, Inc.; and Royal Charter Properties, Inc.
Dr. Skinner holds a BA degree, with high distinction, from the University of
Rochester and an MD degree, cum laude, from Yale University.
John Yeros, chairman of Medix' board of directors stated, "I want to thank Dr.
Joel Newman and Doug Stahl for their service on the Company's board of
directors. They provided valuable assistance to the development of the Company."
Denver-based Medix Resources provides skilled nursing, therapy, rehabilitation,
and other medical personnel for flexible staffing in homes, and healthcare and
educational facilities. Through Cymedix Lynx Corporation, a wholly-owned
subsidiary based in Thousand Oaks, California, Medix offers Cymedix.com, a suite
of fully-secure, patent-pending Internet communications software products, to
the healthcare industry. Additional information about Medix Resources and its
products and services can be found by visiting its web sites
www.medixresources.com and www.cymedix.com or by calling 800/326-8773.
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"Safe Harbor" statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995: The statements contained in this release, which are not historical facts,
contain forward-looking information with respect to plans, projections and/or
future performance of the Company, the occurrence of which involve certain risks
and uncertainties detailed in the Company's Form 10-KSB for 1998, which was
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 12, 1999, and its
1999 second quarter 10-QSB, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on August 11, 1999. This information is available from the SEC or the
Company.
