CareWise, Inc. Selected to Offer Health Counseling Services to Idaho's State Medicaid Division.SEATTLE--(BW HealthWire)--June 22, 1998--CareWise, Inc. has been selected as the successful bidder to provide demand and disease management services to the State of Idaho's Department of Health and Welfare, Division of 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. . A formal contract is expected to be finalized See finalization. later this month. As part of the agreement, CareWise, Inc. will provide access to its CareWise(R) program to approximately 80,000 Medicaid recipients. The award-winning program integrates consumer-oriented medical information, tested communication materials and telephone nurse counseling. Available 24 hours a day through a toll-free number, registered nurses provide decision counseling to callers by helping them access the appropriate level of care at the appropriate time. "These services are very important to Idaho's Medicaid clients," said DeeAnne Moore Moore, city (1990 pop. 40,761), Cleveland co., central Okla., a suburb of Oklahoma City; inc. 1887. Its manufactures include lightning- and surge-protection equipment, packaging for foods, and auto parts. , administrator of Health and Welfare's Division of Medicaid. "The CareWise telephone service, along with the Healthy Life Self-Care Guide, will help them become more self-reliant." CareWise, Inc. is a national provider of health care decision-support services that lower the cost of medical care while improving plan members' health and satisfaction with their health plan. The company's programs serve more than 2 million people worldwide. Clients include United Airlines, HMO HMO health maintenance organization. HMO n. A corporation that is financed by insurance premiums and has member physicians and professional staff who provide curative and preventive medicine within certain financial, Blue/Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Shield A US not-for-profit health care insurer that is a reimbursement intermediary for physicians. Cf Blue Cross. of New Jersey, the American Postal Workers' Union The Workers' Union was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1929. See also
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