AmeriHealth Mercy, MDwise Hoosier Alliance
Awarded Statewide Medicaid Managed Care Contract
August 9, 2006 - Philadelphia (PA) - The AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies
announced today that it will serve as a statewide delivery system
for MDwise, Inc., who was selected to provide statewide Medicaid
managed care services for the Indiana Family and Social Services
Administration's Hoosier Healthwise program. Hoosier Healthwise
is Indiana's health coverage program for low-income families
and children. The new contract starts January 1, 2007 and runs
through 2010.
MDwise is one of three managed care plans selected to serve
approximately 535,000 eligible Hoosier Healthwise Medicaid members.
Key to MDwise's winning bid was the collaboration with AmeriHealth
Mercy, as MDwise was previously limited to working with hospital-based
provider systems. AmeriHealth Mercy's delivery system, called
MDwise Hoosier Alliance, will accept provider applications from
all eligible Indiana Medicaid providers.
"We are pleased to be awarded this statewide contract
with MDwise and provide health care coverage to Indiana's low-income
families and children," said Daniel J. Hilferty, President
and CEO of AmeriHealth Mercy. "MDwise and the AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies
have a shared mission of serving the poor and disadvantaged
and have designed proven programs that work for providers, Medicaid
beneficiaries and state governments. These successful programs
have an emphasis on provider involvement, quality improvement
and an understanding of the populations they serve."
Charlotte A. MacBeth, President of MDwise, said that MDwise
would utilize its arrangement with AmeriHealth Mercy, a national
Medicaid managed care organization, to enhance its business
model to include providers beyond those who are affiliated with
hospital systems for the first time. "We now have a Medicaid-focused,
experienced collaborator who will work directly with local providers
and allow us to expand our provider-focused approach statewide,"
added MacBeth.
MDwise is a not-for-profit corporation, created by hospitals,
which began its operation in 1994. Today, MDwise provides Hoosier
Healthwise services to approximately 122,000 members in partnership
with 440 primary medical providers and approximately 2,800 specialists
through its delivery systems. Visit MDwise
for more information.
With nearly 25 years of experience exclusively serving the
Medicaid population, the AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies and its affiliates comprise
the largest family of Medicaid managed care plans in the United
States, touching the lives of more than 2 million members in
sixteen states. For more information, visit AmeriHealth
Mercy.
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