State of Indiana Chooses UnitedHealthcare to Serve its Hoosier Care Connect Program Beneficiaries
August 27 2020 - 8:55AM
Business Wire
Indiana Medicaid beneficiaries will have
access to UnitedHealthcare medical and prescription drug plans and
preventive-health and wellness programs
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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