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American Red Cross Contracts With QualCare to Process Claims for a New Mental Health Benefit

Posted on: Tuesday, 7 November 2006, 00:01 CST

The American Red Cross Hurricane Recovery Program has contracted with QualCare, Inc. to process claims and invoices for their new program Access to Care.

Effective October 1, 2006, the Red Cross, through Access to Care, will help Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma obtain mental health and substance abuse treatment. The Program targets survivors who have experienced distress due to the hurricanes and are in need of professional treatment.

"The thousands of people affected by these three hurricanes alone will need long term assistance and care and we are, once again, pleased to assist the American Red Cross," said Annette Catino, Chief Executive Officer and President of QualCare. QualCare also administers claims for the September 11th Mental Health and Substance Abuse Program through the American Red Cross September 11th Recovery Program.

Through the Access to Care program, eligible survivors and families will be offered a limited, capped, portable mental health benefit. Access to Care is available regardless of where survivors currently reside, but based on their pre-hurricane address. The Program can be the primary payment source for those who have no insurance or other resources or can cover related out-of-pocket expenses for those who have existing mental health insurance.

Enrollment for this program will be from October 1, 2006 through October 1, 2007 (or until the charitable donations for the program runs out) and clients may seek assistance with services received from August 30, 2005 through April 1, 2008. Certain documentation is required and all eligibility determinations and enrollment activity is done by Link2Health, a non-profit subsidiary of the Mental Health Association of New York.

Anyone interested in enrolling should call 1-866-794-HOPE or visit www.a2care.org.

QualCare, Inc. is a full-service managed care organization that offers self-funded PPO, HMO Network, Point of Service, and Open Access Health Plans, third party administration (TPA) services, provider network access, utilization management services, and a Workers' Compensation product including medical case management, network access, TPA services and medical bill review and re-pricing. Headquartered in Piscataway, New Jersey, QualCare is owned by 14 non-profit hospitals and physician-hospital organizations. QualCare contracts with 88 hospitals as well as approximately 19,000 physicians and other health care providers in New Jersey. Please visit us at www.qualcareinc.com.

The American Red Cross has assisted people mobilize to help their neighbors for 125 years. Last year, victims of a record 72,883 disasters, most of them fires, turned to the nearly 1 million volunteers and 35,000 employees of the Red Cross for help and hope. Through more than 800 locally supported chapters, more than 15 million people each year gain the skills they need to prepare for, and respond to, emergencies in their homes, communities and world. Almost 4 million people give blood--the gift of life--through the Red Cross, making it the largest supplier of blood and blood products in the US. The Red Cross helps thousands of US service members separated from their families by military duty stay connected. As part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, a global network of more than 180 national societies, the Red Cross helps restore hope and dignity to the world's most vulnerable people. An average of 91 cents of every dollar the Red Cross spends is invested in humanitarian services and programs. The Red Cross is not a government agency; it relies on donations of time, money, and blood to do its work.

Source: Business Wire

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