August
27, 2020
Indiana
Medicaid beneficiaries will have access to UnitedHealthcare medical and
prescription drug plans and preventive-health and wellness programs
INDIANAPOLIS: The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration,
which is partnering with managed care health plans to improve people’s health
and well-being and reduce health care costs, has selected UnitedHealthcare to
administer its Hoosier Care Connect program. The program will serve eligible
aged, blind and disabled members, as well as a portion of the foster
population, including those receiving adoption assistance, and current and
former foster children. The four-year contract is slated to begin on April 1,
2021, and will include two one-year renewal options.
“We are honored to have
the opportunity to work with the state of Indiana to ensure beneficiaries
utilizing its Hoosier Care Connect program have access to value-based, sustainable,
person-centered solutions,” said Tim Spilker, CEO, UnitedHealthcare Community
& State. “Our mission is to help people live healthier lives and
to help make the health system work better for everyone, and we are committed
to improving the overall health of plan participants.”
UnitedHealthcare was one
of three companies procured to administer Hoosier Care Connect, which included
two incumbents. They will work closely with the state to improve the overall
health and well-being of Hoosiers through whole-person, coordinated care, which
addresses both medical needs and social supports and services such as access to
addiction support and medically assisted treatment, food, transportation,
employment and housing.
The company will be
prepared to offer health benefit plans for more than 90,000 adults and children
who meet qualifications for the Hoosier Care Connect program. Membership will
include access to UnitedHealthcare Community Plan’s care provider network,
wellness programs and comprehensive health coverage. This includes preventive
care, primary care, hospitalization, prescriptions and other health and
wellness services, often at low or no cost.
Currently,
UnitedHealthcare employs more than 3,600 people in Indiana serving nearly 1
million members in commercial, Medicare and Dual Special Needs plans in
Indiana. In 2018, Indiana community-based organizations received investments
and grants totaling more than $500,000 through the United Health Foundation,
business and corporate giving and employee giving campaigns. More than 30,000
providers and 180 hospitals are under contract with UnitedHealthcare in the
state. For more information, visit www.uhccommunityplan.com/in.
About UnitedHealthcare
UnitedHealthcare is
dedicated to helping people live healthier lives and making the health system
work better for everyone by simplifying the health care experience, meeting
consumer health and wellness needs, and sustaining trusted relationships with
care providers. In the United States, UnitedHealthcare offers the full spectrum
of health benefit programs for individuals, employers, and Medicare and
Medicaid beneficiaries, and contracts directly with more than 1.2 million
physicians and care professionals, and 6,500 hospitals and other care
facilities nationwide. The company also provides health benefits and delivers
care to people through owned and operated health care facilities in South
America. UnitedHealthcare is one of the businesses of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:
UNH), a diversified health care company. For more information, visit
UnitedHealthcare at www.uhc.com or follow @UHC on Twitter.
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