OptumHealth Provides Touchstone Health Members Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Solutions
Posted on: Wednesday, 6 August 2008, 15:00 CDT
NEW YORK, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Touchstone Health HMO, Inc. and OptumHealth announced today an agreement that will provide Touchstone Health members access to a comprehensive network of mental health and substance abuse specialists and facilities. With OptumHealth's Public Sector Behavioral Health Solutions, Touchstone Health members will have access to personalized telephone support and consultation, and online information on mental health and substance abuse issues. OptumHealth's Medicare Care Advocates will consult with members about risks and needs, ensuring appropriate and coordinated care. OptumHealth's specialized Intensive Care Advocacy program is also available to Touchstone Health members experiencing a crisis or hospitalization, working closely with the member and their treatment team to put in place the support needed to achieve recovery.
"This relationship is another step toward maximizing the value we provide to our members," says Michael A. Muchnicki, president & chief executive officer of Touchstone Health. "We are providing our Medicare beneficiaries access to OptumHealth's Public Sector Behavioral Solutions because we are looking out not only for their physical health but their overall well being."
"We are honored to be selected by Touchstone Health and look forward to providing their members behavioral health solutions that will help lead to resiliency and recovery," says Gregory A. Bayer, chief executive officer for OptumHealth Behavioral Solutions.
Touchstone Health members will have access to OptumHealth's Public Sector Behavioral Solutions beginning on November 1, 2008.
About Touchstone Health
Touchstone Health, headquartered in New York City, is an HMO focused on the Medicare market. Touchstone Health currently has 11,000 Medicare beneficiaries in the Bronx, Kings, Queens, Richmond, Orange, Westchester, Broome, Chenango, Delaware & Onondaga counties. Benefits are available to anyone enrolled in both Medicare Part A and B and continue to pay their Medicare applicable premiums.
Touchstone Health is a privately held company owned and advised by, among other investors, Lehman Brothers Venture Capital, Essex Woodlands Health Ventures and Steven Wiggins. The company was founded in 1998 by a group of neighborhood physicians to bring personalized health care to New York. Prior to September 2007, Touchstone Health managed the medical services of enrollees of other HMOs operating in the federal Medicare program. In September 2007, the company received an HMO license and no longer contracts with other HMOs. Touchstone prides itself on its local focus and customer service.
For more information about Touchstone Health, please visit the company's website at http://www.touchstone-health.com/.
About OptumHealth
As one of the nation's largest health and well-being companies, OptumHealth makes health care easier and better for employers, health plans, public sector entities and the 61 million people with access to its services. The Company's goal is to optimize health, well-being and financial security, while lowering benefit costs and helping consumers make informed decisions about their health through standalone or integrated services. OptumHealth is a division of UnitedHealth Group . More information about OptumHealth can be found at http://www.optumhealth.com/.
Contact: Jill Tobin Touchstone Health HMO Inc. 14 Wall Street, 9th Floor New York, NY 10005 212-294-6996 jtobin@touchstone-health.com Brad Lotterman OptumHealth (714) 445-0453 brad.lotterman@optumhealth.com
Touchstone Health HMO, Inc.
CONTACT: Jill Tobin, Touchstone Health HMO Inc., +1-212-294-6996,jtobin@touchstone-health.com; Brad Lotterman, OptumHealth, +1-714-445-0453,brad.lotterman@optumhealth.com
Web site: http://www.touchstone-health.com/http://www.optumhealth.com/
Source: PRNewswire
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