Ohio Department of Medicaid Chooses UnitedHealthcare to Serve Individuals Covered by Medicaid
19 Abril 2021 - 9:02AM
Business Wire
Ohioans covered by Medicaid will have access
to UnitedHealthcare comprehensive care and preventive health and
wellness programs
The Ohio Department of Medicaid, which is partnering with
managed care health plans to improve the health and wellness of
individuals, selected UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Ohio as
one of six organizations to administer its reimagined Medicaid
program, effective early 2022.
“We are honored to continue our partnership with the state of
Ohio to ensure individuals covered by Medicaid have access to high
quality, coordinated and sustainable health care,” said Mike
Roaldi, CEO, UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Ohio. “We’ve been
committed to improving the health and wellness of Ohioans for many
years, and we look forward to continuing our mission to help people
live healthier lives and to help make the health system work better
for everyone.”
UnitedHealthcare will work closely with the state, providers and
community-based organizations to deliver care solutions driven by
individual preferences and improve the overall health and wellness
of Ohioans through whole-person, coordinated care. The focus on
individualized health care will integrate physical and behavioral
health services, and social supports such as food, transportation,
employment and housing.
The company will offer health benefit plans for a portion of
approximately 3 million eligible adults and children who meet
qualifications for 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 more than 1,900 people in
Ohio and works with a number of local organizations and nonprofits
across the state to improve access to vital health care and
community resources that help people live healthier lives. As a
response to the coronavirus pandemic, UnitedHealthcare invested
more than $760,000 in Ohio federally qualified health centers, and
$595,000 in grants to community-based organizations to expand
access to care and address the social determinants of health for
uninsured individuals and underserved communities.
In addition to Medicaid, UnitedHealthcare provides
employer-sponsored, individual, Medicare, MyCare and Dual Special
Needs plans for nearly 2 million people in Ohio through health
plans. More than 87,000 providers and hospitals are under contract
in the state. For more information, visit
www.uhccommunityplan.com/oh.
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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Sara Belfry UnitedHealthcare (952) 931-4081
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