AMERIGROUP Corporation Awarded MCO In Maryland.VIRGINIA BEACH Virginia Beach, resort city (1990 pop. 393,069), independent and in no county, SE Va., on the Atlantic coast; inc. 1906. In 1963, Princess Anne co. and the former small town of Virginia Beach were merged, giving the present city an area of 302 sq mi (782 sq km). , Va.--(BW HealthWire)--May 14, 1999-- Paving its way for entrance into the Maryland Maryland (mâr`ələnd), one of the Middle Atlantic states of the United States. It is bounded by Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean (E), the District of Columbia (S), Virginia and West Virginia (S, W), and Pennsylvania (N). health care market, AMERIGROUP Corporation, announced today that AMERIGROUP Maryland, Inc., a Managed Care Organization, was awarded Managed Care Organization (MCO MCO Managed care organization, see there ) status by Maryland's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene mental hygiene, the science of promoting mental health and preventing mental illness through the application of psychiatry and psychology. A more commonly used term today is mental health. . AMERIGROUP Maryland is the Mid-Atlantic subsidiary of AMERIGROUP Corporation that will provide REALCaring health care to the Maryland and District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). Medicaid populations. Receipt of MCO status enables AMERIGROUP to complete its acquisition of Prudential Prudential is the name of two different companies and buildings named after them: Companies:
Initially announced in January, the AMERIGROUP-Prudential HealthCare deal entails transitioning Prudential HealthCare's Maryland Medicaid business into the AMERIGROUP family. As an approved MCO, AMERIGROUP with Prudential HealthCare and the State of Maryland are working towards June 1, 1999 as the official transition date. In preparation for the June transition, AMERIGROUP is diligently dil·i·gent adj. Marked by persevering, painstaking effort. See Synonyms at busy. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin d working with Prudential HealthCare's provider network about the transition. Furthermore, AMERIGROUP associates have been establishing alliances with local community leaders. AMERIGROUP has successfully partnered with key community based organizations, in other markets, and through an alliance, provides health education within the communities we serve. The Company intends to do the same in Maryland. AMERIGROUP is a leader in providing REALCaring managed health care services to the public sector through its Medicaid program, AMERICAID Community Care. With service center and home office operations in Virginia Beach, VA, the Company operates in Illinois, New Jersey, Maryland and Texas. AMERIGROUP, with almost 200,000 national Medicaid members, of whom over 130,000 are children, is the largest private company exclusively serving health care needs of low-income moms and kids in the country. For more information about our unique programs and services, visit our web site at http://www.amerigroupcorp.com . |
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