Oklahoma Health Care Authority Chooses UnitedHealthcare to Serve its Medicaid Beneficiaries
January 29 2021 - 5:00PM
Business Wire
UnitedHealthcare enters the Oklahoma
Medicaid market to offer beneficiaries preventive health and
wellness programs and prescription drug plans
The Oklahoma Health Care Authority, which is partnering with
managed care health plans to improve people’s health outcomes,
increase access to care, and reduce health care costs, selected
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Oklahoma to administer its
statewide Medicaid program, SoonerSelect, starting later this
year.
“UnitedHealthcare has been committed to improving the health and
well-being of Oklahomans since 1985, and we look forward to serving
SoonerCare beneficiaries by providing high quality, sustainable
health care,” said Megan Haddock, CEO, UnitedHealthcare Community
Plan of Oklahoma. “We are honored to continue our partnership with
the state to help Oklahomans live healthier lives.”
UnitedHealthcare will work closely with the state to deliver
self-management care solutions and improve the overall health and
well-being of Oklahomans through whole-person, coordinated care,
which addresses both medical needs and social services such as
support with food, transportation, employment, housing and
addiction therapy.
The company will offer health benefit plans for a portion of the
state’s Medicaid 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 nearly 1,000 people in
Oklahoma and works with a number of local organizations and
nonprofits to improve access to vital health care and community
resources, including housing for families and seniors facing
housing insecurity.
UnitedHealthcare provides employer-sponsored, individual and
Medicare health plans, as well as Dual Special Needs Plans for
nearly 600,000 people in Oklahoma. Nearly 14,000 providers and
hospitals are under contract in the state. For more information,
visit www.uhccommunityplan.com/ok.
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 1.3 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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Ellen O’Brien UnitedHealthcare (952) 931-4969
Ellen.obrien@uhc.com
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