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Health
First Health Plans
invited
network to participate in the national
Heart/Stroke Recognition Program (HSRP).
Recognition is awarded to phsyicians who
demonstrate that they meet certain
thresholds of delivering key screenings and
helping patients manage cardiovascular
disease. At project start, there were
54 Florida physicians with this status on
the NCQA website. There are now 91,
with Brevard County extremely well
represented.
Vista
Health Plan,
in recognition of Florida's significant
elderly population who are especially
vulnerable to the effects and complications
of the flu, implemented a successful
initiative including a taskforce with the
intent of early identification of members
who meet recommendations for flu vaccine,
and a process to assure availability and
delivery of an adequate supply of vaccine to
our providers.
Aetna
received accreditation in pharmacy benefit
management (PBM) and drug therapy management
(DTM) from URAC -- the independent
non-profit organization that promotes health
care quality through its accreditation and
certification programs. Aetna also
celebrated National Children's Dental Health
Month by hosting and staffing a series of
events around the country including three in
the Jacksonville Florida Area. All three
events provided dental screening, cleaning
and treatment as well as puppet shows and
videos.
Amerigroup's
Hip hop for health
-- an adolescent physical health focus program
using dance for physical fitness -- drew more
than 3,000 attendees at a health fair. In
addition, back to school events were held
throughout the state. Working with multiple
community partners, 34,000 attendees received
school supplies, health education and health
screenings.
Wellcare
sponsors the 9th Annual Family Cafe Conference
for the Disability Community.
The
conference held
on
June 8-10, 2007 and hosted by the Family
Café is a dynamic statewide event that
provides an information-sharing forum for
thousands of Floridians with disabilities
and their families.
Cigna
teamed up with the non-profit organization
HopeLab to deliver innovative interventions
that improve the health and quality of life
of young people with chronic illnesses.
Their first joint initiative is to help
address the needs of teens and young adults
with cancer by offering free of charge
HopeLab's ground-breaking Re-Mission(TM)
video game
Amerigroup
launched a national advisory board comprised
of distinguished community advocates and
healthcare experts. The board is
established to advise Amerigroup on the
needs of seniors and persons with
disabilities.
United Healthcare,
along with the American College of
Cardiology and the Heart Rhythm Society,
United Healthcare announced an initiative
that will improve patient care by expanding
the collection and use of clinical outcomes
data for heart rhythm devices by cardiac
care facilities, cardiac surgeons,
cardiologists and other health care
professionals.
Humana
launched
an integrated Health-and-Wellness Program
for Health Plan Members.
The program includes wellness
components, with “health coaching”;
integrated medical-behavioral health care
management; and an employee
assistance/work-life program.
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