NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AmeriHealth Caritas Household of Corporations introduced that its Medicaid plan in Delaware, AmeriHealth Caritas Delaware, has been awarded a contract by the state’s Division of Well being and Social Providers to proceed serving to the Diamond State’s Medicaid enrollees entry high quality well being care.

“We look ahead to persevering with to advance our mission with revolutionary, complete individual well being care options for our members in Delaware and to additional strengthening {our relationships} with the Division of Well being and Social Providers, neighborhood organizations, and suppliers,” stated AmeriHealth Caritas Chairman and Chief Government Officer Paul A. Tufano. “We imagine Medicaid could be a important platform to assist us construct a rustic the place everybody, no matter financial standing, race, incapacity, gender or sexual orientation, has entry to high quality well being care. This contract award permits us to proceed supporting our members who deserve nothing lower than a possibility to succeed in their American Dream.”

AmeriHealth Caritas Delaware has served the state since 2018; presently, the well being plan manages look after greater than 104,000 members.

“Our work is centered round a want to stage the taking part in area with regards to well being care, offering our members with companies and sources that not solely tackle their well being, but additionally the non-medical elements that may adversely have an effect on their lives,” stated AmeriHealth Caritas Delaware Market President Emmilyn Lawson.

AmeriHealth Caritas Delaware employs a person-centered strategy that integrates bodily well being, behavioral well being, pharmacy, and dental, in addition to long-term companies and helps (LTSS). To make sure members are receiving the precise care, on the proper time, the well being plan offers:

• A complete strategy to selling acceptable use of pediatric medical preventive companies utilizing a number of member, caregiver, and supplier engagement methods;
• Restoration and resiliency for all members by way of an built-in behavioral well being strategy that’s aware of the complete spectrum of preventive, acute, and persistent wants, together with a full continuum of grownup psychological well being and substance use dysfunction companies with a behavioral well being supplier community of over 1,240 energetic suppliers and progressive ranges of care;
• Help to entry fundamental sources corresponding to nutritious meals, training, transportation, and different Social Determinants of Life^SM that influence an individual’s wellness and resiliency, and skill to succeed in their American Dream;
• Telehealth to offer members higher entry to care. Of the greater than 300,000 Telehealth visits accomplished by members from 2020 to 2021, 53% have been for workplace visits/non-Major Care Supplier (PCP) consults, and 41% for psychological well being.

AmeriHealth Caritas Delaware’s new contract is slated to take impact Jan. 1, 2023, and will probably be in place for 4 years.

About AmeriHealth Caritas Delaware

AmeriHealth Caritas Delaware, a part of the AmeriHealth Caritas Household of Corporations, is without doubt one of the Medicaid managed care plans that take part within the Diamond State Well being Plan and Diamond State Well being Plan-Plus applications. AmeriHealth Caritas Delaware helps Delawareans get correct care and keep properly, working with communities in want to realize optimistic well being outcomes all through the state. For extra data, go to www.amerihealthcaritasde.com.

About AmeriHealth Caritas

AmeriHealth Caritas is without doubt one of the nation’s leaders in well being care options for these most in want. Working in 12 states and the District of Columbia, AmeriHealth Caritas serves roughly 5 million Medicaid, Medicare, and Youngsters’s Well being Insurance coverage Program (CHIP), and Well being Insurance coverage Market® members by way of its built-in managed care merchandise, pharmaceutical profit administration and specialty pharmacy companies, and behavioral well being companies. Headquartered in Pennsylvania, AmeriHealth Caritas is a mission-driven group with practically 40 years of expertise serving low-income and chronically unwell populations. For extra data, go to www.amerihealthcaritas.com.