MetroPlusHealth Health Plan’s HIV SNP Enrolls 3,000th Member
Jul 15, 2009
More than 3,000 New Yorkers have chosen MetroPlusHealth Health Plan’s HIV Special Needs Plan (SNP) as their preferred plan of care for its comprehensive and targeted attention to the needs of people facing HIV/AIDS, making it the first SNP in New York State to enroll this many participants. Partnership in Care is the HIV Services program of MetroPlusHealth, a prepaid health services plan that is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC), the largest public health system in the United States.
“The continued growth of our SNP is a source of great pride to all of MetroPlusHealth,” said Sanjiv S. Shah, M.D., Deputy Chief Medical Officer and Medical Director of Partnership in Care. “We attribute this growth, in part, to our SNP Marketing Enrollment Educators who meet face-to-face with consumers to help them learn about managed care enrollment options, including the HIV SNP. They also conduct “Lunch & Learn” educational sessions with consumer groups, consumer advisory boards, medical provider groups and other forums. Members enrolled in the SNP have access to a dedicated care coordination team who can help them stay in care, get needed care quickly, including specialty medical care, and receive health education on topics like smoking cessation and routine cancer screening.”
Anyone who has Medicaid, is living with HIV/AIDS, and lives in Brooklyn, Manhattan, the Bronx or Queens, can join Partnership in Care. A parent enrolled in the Partnership in Care plan can also enroll their children up to age 20. Approximately twenty percent of the HIV SNP membership is composed of infants and children.
In addition to the HIV SNP program, MetroPlusHealth also offers other government-sponsored health insurance including Medicaid, Family Health Plus, Child Health Plus and three Medicare Advantage plans. The plan currently has 363,917 members across all lines of business.
For more information, visit www.MetroPlusHealth.org or call 1-800-475-METRO. Consumers may also call 1-800-505-5678 to enroll into an HIV SNP.
Contact: Ian Michaels (HHC) (212) 788-3339.
About HHC
The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) is a $6.7 billion integrated healthcare delivery system with its own 420,000 member health plan, MetroPlusHealth, and is the largest municipal healthcare organization in the country. HHC serves 1.4 million New Yorkers every year and more than 475,000 are uninsured. HHC provides medical, mental health and substance abuse services through its 11 acute care hospitals, five skilled nursing facilities, six large diagnostic and treatment centers and more than 70 community based clinics. HHC Health and Home Care also provides in-home services for New Yorkers. HHC was the 2008 recipient of the National Quality Forum and The Joint Commission’s John M. Eisenberg Award for Innovation in Patient Safety and Quality. For more information, visit www.nychhc.org/hhc or find us on facebook.com/NYCHealthSystem or twitter.com/NYCHealthSystem.