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APIPA and Yuma Regional Medical Center Sign Contract to Provide Services to Arizona CRS Beneficiaries

Posted on: Tuesday, 2 September 2008, 12:00 CDT

Arizona Physicians IPA (APIPA) and Yuma Regional Medical Center (YRMC) in today announced an agreement that will provide beneficiaries of Arizona's Children's Rehabilitative Services program (CRS) with access to YRMC's full range of services and its 250 physicians.

Bill Hagan, CEO of APIPA, which was awarded a contract by the State to manage the CRS program beginning next October 1, said, "We are pleased that CRS beneficiaries and their families in Yuma and southwestern Arizona will continue to have access to the services provided by Yuma Regional Medical Center. APIPA and Yuma Regional Medical Center are committed to high quality health care and comprehensive services to the vulnerable population served by the CRS program."

Pat Walz, YRMC chief financial officer, said, "Because of our distance from Phoenix and Tucson, it is vital that CRS provide services within our community so that families do not have to travel out of town to get the care they need for their children. We are pleased to partner with APIPA to be able to continue to bring this clinical service to our youngsters in the community."

Joan Agostinelli, Administrator of the CRS program, said, "We are pleased that CRS members will continue to be able to receive care from the doctors that they have come to know through Yuma Regional Medical Center. ADHS looks forward to working with both APIPA and Yuma Regional Medical Center in continually improving the system of care for children and youth with special health care needs."

About APIPA

APIPA, a unit of AmeriChoice, a UnitedHealth Group company, has served the needs of medically underserved Arizonans since 1982, including beneficiaries of the State's AHCCCS program and other government sponsored program such as Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, developmentally disabled, premium share and Medicaid in the Public Schools. APIPA currently serves nearly 280,000 AHCCCS members, many with unique or complex health conditions. In addition, it has 14,200 Medicare Special Needs Plans members and more than 9,600 Developmentally Disabled (DD) individuals through its contract with the Arizona Department of Economic Security/Division of Developmentally Disabled.

About Yuma Regional Medical Center

Yuma Regional Medical Center is a not-for-profit, full-service 333-bed acute care hospital. About 2,000 employees and more than 250 physicians join to create a health center unparalleled for a city the size of Yuma. YRMC features a Women and Children Services Center; a Level 2 EQ neonatal ICU. The Cullison Cardiac Care unit for open heart surgery patients is part of our 42-bed Intensive Care Unit. Our Heart Center provides the latest in interventional cardiology procedures, such as heart and peripheral stenting and pacemaker implantation.

About Children's Rehabilitative Services

The Children's Rehabilitative Services program (CRS) is administered by the Arizona Department of Health Services, Office for Children with Special Health Care Needs (OCSHCN). The mission of CRS is to improve the quality of life for children and youths up to age 21 with special health care needs by providing family-centered medical treatment, rehabilitation, and related support services.

Source: Business Wire

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