AMERIGROUP Maryland Anticipates Smooth Transition of PrimeHealth Corporation's HealthChoice Membership.Business Editors, Health & Medical Writers LINTHICUM, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 2001 More than 17,000 HealthChoice Members to Transfer to AMERIGROUP on May 1 AMERIGROUP 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). , Inc. announced today that it anticipates a smooth transition of PrimeHealth Corporation's HealthChoice membership, resulting in the transfer of more than 17,000 members to the health plan effective May 1, 2001. HealthChoice is the Medicaid Medicaid, national health insurance program in the United States for low-income persons; established in 1965 with passage of the Social Security Amendments and now run by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. managed care program for low-income Marylanders. Maryland Insurance Commissioner Steven B. Larsen formally selected AMERIGROUP on April 17, 2001 to assume the PrimeHealth membership. PrimeHealth had been in receivership receivership In law, state of being in the hands of a receiver, a person appointed by the court to administer, conserve, rehabilitate, or liquidate the assets of an insolvent corporation for the protection or relief of creditors. since October 1998. The agreement between the State and AMERIGROUP also includes the transfer of PrimeHealth's primary care physician and specialist contracts. "The Department is pleased that under this arrangement, families will be able to continue to see the same primary care physicians they have been seeing," said 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. Deputy Secretary for Health Care Financing Debbie Chang. The Maryland subsidiary of AMERIGROUP Corporation will now be responsible for health care coverage for approximately 120,000 HealthChoice members in Baltimore City and Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Charles, Harford, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's, and St. Mary's Counties. "We anticipate a smooth transition of coverage for our newest members and look forward to working with their physicians to ensure continuity and coordination of care," said Jeffrey L. McWaters, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of AMERIGROUP Corporation. "We want to thank Debbie Chang and the DHMH DHMH Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (Maryland) staff for helping us to be well prepared for this transfer of membership." AMERIGROUP Maryland, Inc. is the Washington-Baltimore region health plan subsidiary of AMERIGROUP Corporation. By working to create a difference in the lives of the communities it serves, AMERIGROUP has become one of America's leading health care coverage companies dedicated to helping lower-income families and people with disabilities live healthy lives. The company operates health plans in four states and the 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). and serves approximately 362,000 members, of which approximately 75 percent are children. Visit www.amerigroupcorp.com for more information. |
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