Touchstone Health Members Get Access to Customized Medicare Transplant Solutions
Posted on: Thursday, 7 August 2008, 12:01 CDT
NEW YORK, N.Y., Aug. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Touchstone Health HMO, Inc. and OptumHealth announced today an agreement that will provide Touchstone Health members with access to the country's top transplant facilities with specialized support for patients and their families. OptumHealth's customized Medicare Transplant Solutions eases the transplant process by assigning case managers who will work with Touchstone Health members and their doctors from initial consultation through the post-transplant period, providing information, coordinating medical care and benefits, and assisting with activities such as travel and lodging at the transplant facility.
"We are proud to offer our members this plan benefit enhancement," says Michael A. Muchnicki, President & Chief Executive Officer of Touchstone Health. "By providing access to the country's leading transplant facilities, we can ensure the highest quality of care while helping our members and network doctors manage costs."
"We've designed these programs to improve the quality of care and ensure that people have the support and information they need as they go through the transplant process," says Rob Webb, Chief Executive Officer for OptumHealth Care Solutions.
Touchstone Health members will have access to OptumHealth's customized Medicare Solutions beginning on September 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 of Touchstone Health HMO, Inc., +1-212-294-6996,jtobin@touchstone-health.com; Brad Lotterman of 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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