AbilTo Selected to Demo at 2011 Health 2.0 and DC to VC: HIT Startup Showcase as Series-A Finalist

New York, NY (I-Newswire) September 19, 2011 - Morgenthaler Ventures has selected AbilTo as a Series-A finalist of the 2011 DC to VC: HIT Startup Showcase— their nationwide contest to find the most promising health IT startups looking for Series-A or seed funding. AbilTo CEO, Michael Laskoff, will demonstrate the company’s breakthrough approach to behavioral health in front of leading venture capitalists, angel investors and entrepreneurs at this invitation-only event on September 22, 2011 in Mountain View, CA.

AbilTo has also been selected as one of the innovative health service companies to showcase their offerings at the 2011 Health 2.0 conference during the "The Virtual Couch: Online Behavioral Health" session on Monday, September 26 at 2:30 pm.

AbilTo provides turnkey therapy programs to health plans and employers. These proprietary programs help individuals change unwanted behaviors in order to manage common mental health conditions, such as mild/moderate depression and anxiety. AbilTo's programs are delivered remotely – via video or phone -- by collaborative teams consisting of a licensed therapist and a behavioral coach. Unlike traditional approaches, all programs have a single set price and fixed duration. Current clients include Aetna and O’Melveny & Myers.

Recently, AbilTo has teamed up with Aetna (NYSE: AET) to help Aetna members who have had heart attacks, bypass surgery, or other cardiac events combat depression and improve recovery. Selected Aetna members in California, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and four additional states will be given the opportunity to join Cardiac Health Forum, an eight-week program designed to address the unique emotional and behavioral requirements of individuals learning to live with heart disease. Aetna and AbilTo will examine program’s impact on duration and severity of depression experienced, adherence to physician’s orders, medical outcomes, and health care costs of participating members.

About AbilTo LLC
AbilTo offers single price, fixed duration programs to corporations, national law practices and health care organizations that enable their employees and members to proactively manage addressable life transition issues, resulting in measurable, positive health outcomes and reduced health spending. The company’s programs are based on well-accepted protocols and delivered ‘face-to-face’ to participants using web-based videoconference. Current offerings address mild depression, anxiety, ADHD and life transition (e.g., post-cardiac events, new parents returning to work from family leave). For more information, please visit www.abilto.com or contact Lilibeth Gecale at lilibeth.gecale@abilto.com or 646.558.3246.

About Morgenthaler Ventures
Morgenthaler Ventures is a premier venture capital firm, dedicated to helping entrepreneurs build valuable companies for more than 40 years. Today, the firm has nearly $3 billion under management, including $400 million in its ninth fund, capitalized in November of 2008. Morgenthaler has invested in more than 300 companies in the information technology and life science sectors. Representative portfolio companies in the IT space include: Practice Fusion, NexTag, Siri, Lending Club,Sezmi, Nominum, JasperSoft, MuleSource, Synopsys, VeriFone, Nuance Communications, Apple and NEXTEL. Representative life science companies include: IPC – The Hospitalist Company, Ardian, OncoMed, Satiety, Catalyst Biosciences, Transcend, GlobeImmune, Moximed, SetPoint Medical, Promedior, Symphony Medical, Perclose, Intergrated Vascular Systems and Medaphis. Morgenthaler has offices in Menlo Park, CA, Boston, MA and Boulder, CO. www.morgenthaler.com.

About Health 2.0
Started in 2007, Health 2.0 (http://www.health2con.com/) has become the leading showcase of cutting-edge technologies in health care, including Online Communities, Search and lightweight Tools for consumers to manage their health and connect to providers online. The 2011 Health 2.0 conference will take place from September 25-27, at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square. Questions regarding the event can be directed to info@health2con.com.

Company Contact Information
AbilTo LLC
954 Lexington Ave, #132
10021
Phone : 646-558-3245