Amedisys Increases Access for Managed Care Patients in the Southeast
February 27 2012 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
Amedisys, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMED) today announced it is now a home
health and hospice care provider for United Healthcare across the
southeast including Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North
Carolina and Tennessee. Becoming an in-network provider for United
Healthcare enables Amedisys to care for more than 4.9 million
people who are members of United Healthcare’s commercial and
Medicare Advantage plans across the southeast.
“We are excited about the momentum our managed care strategy
gained in the second half of 2011 and in the new year,” said
William F. Borne, chairman and chief executive officer for
Amedisys. “In order for us to continue leading the healthcare at
home industry, it’s important we are able to become a
provider-of-choice for the nation’s leading managed care plans.
Securing an agreement to care for United Healthcare patients across
the southeast provides great momentum for the organization in these
markets,” he concluded.
In 2011, Amedisys became an in network home healthcare provider
for 71 managed care plans across 24 states, which included three
national agreements, and a hospice care provider for 27 managed
care plans across 12 states. The company now has agreements with
240 managed care providers across the country and is focused on
adding to its network.
“We find more and more managed care providers are looking for
reliable, high-quality home health and hospice care providers to
join their provider networks as the baby boomer generation reaches
retirement,” said Bob Yungk, chief strategy officer for Amedisys.
“Home health and hospice care is a critical component to managing
risk in elderly, chronically ill patients to help reduce
unnecessary re-hospitalizations and enhance medication and disease
management. We are excited about the progress we are making in
securing more relationships with managed care providers and look
forward to delivering high-quality care for their members,” he
concluded.
For more information about connecting with Amedisys as an
in-network provider, please visit:
www.amedisys.com/ManagedCare.
About Amedisys:
Amedisys, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMED) is a leading health care company
focused on bringing home the continuum of care. Amedisys delivers
personalized health care services to patients and their families in
the comfort of patients' homes. Amedisys care teams delivered 11
million patient care visits in 2011. Amedisys has two divisions,
home health care and hospice. The Company's state-of-the-art
advanced chronic care management programs and leading-edge
technology enables it to deliver quality care based upon the latest
evidence-based best practices. Amedisys is a recognized innovator,
being one of the first in the industry to equip its clinicians with
point-of-care laptop technology and referring physicians with an
internet portal that enables real-time coordination of patient care
seamlessly. Amedisys also has the industry's first-ever nationwide
Care Transitions program. Amedisys Care Transitions is designed to
reduce unnecessary hospital readmissions through patient and
caregiver health coaching and care coordination, which starts in
the hospital and continues throughout completion of the patient's
home health plan of care. For more information about the Company,
please visit: http://www.amedisys.com.
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