Tufts Health Plan Selects ParadigmHealth for Neonatal Intensive Care Management Services.CONCORD, Calif. -- ParadigmHealth today announced a new three-year agreement with Tufts Health Plan to offer its Neonatal Intensive Care Management Services to the plan's fully insured members. A leading disease management company focused on improving the lives of intensive and clinically complex patients and their families, ParadigmHealth began providing neonatal intensive care management services to Tufts Health Plan members on April 4, 2005. "Providing high-quality care and support for our newest and most fragile members is essential. ParadigmHealth will collaborate with Tufts Health Plan in this important goal, providing comprehensive care management and family education. We want to help these members and their families plan for their transition home and the care they will continue to need daily," says Dr. Allen Hinkle, Chief Medical Officer at Tufts Health Plan. Under the agreement, ParadigmHealth is working closely with Tufts Health Plan members, their nurses, and attending physicians within the Tufts Health Plan Massachusetts network to promote superior medical outcomes for premature and medically complex newborns in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) and special care nurseries. The leading provider of care management services for premature and medically complex infants, ParadigmHealth has managed over 50,000 infants since 1991. "We are pleased that Tufts Health Plan has recognized the value that ParadigmHealth will deliver by managing their resource-intensive NICU NICU abbr. neonatal intensive-care unit patient population," says John Penrose
John David Penrose (born June 22, 1964) is the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Weston-super-Mare. , 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 ParadigmHealth. "We are confident that our patient-centered care management, family education tools, and neonatal database will enable us to achieve better outcomes for Tufts Health Plan NICU patients and their families." ParadigmHealth's programs focus on the management of the most clinically complex, highest cost medical events, including individuals with end stage illnesses, severe burns, multiple trauma multiple trauma, n a number of injuries sustained during the same accident or assault. , brain and spinal cord injuries Spinal Cord Injury Definition Spinal cord injury is damage to the spinal cord that causes loss of sensation and motor control. Description Approximately 10,000 new spinal cord injuries (SCIs) occur each year in the United States. , and infants in neonatal intensive care units. The company is also committed to utilizing its web-based technology to assist its clients with the identification, risk stratification risk stratification Medical decision-making The constellation of activities–eg, lab and clinical testing used to determine a person's risk for suffering a particular condition and need–or lack thereof–for preventive intervention , triage triage Division of patients for priority of care, usually into three categories: those who will not survive even with treatment; those who will survive without treatment; and those whose survival depends on treatment. and management of their members involved in internal and outsourced disease management programs. About Tufts Health Plan Tufts Health Plan (www.tuftshealthplan.com) is a Waltham, Massachusetts One of the early centers of the Industrial Revolution in northern America, Waltham is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 59,226 at the 2000 census. based health plan nationally recognized for its commitment to providing innovative, high-quality health care coverage. Tufts Health Plan has New England's highest enrollment in consumer-driven health plans. The plan is on the cutting edge of empowering its members and employers to make informed health care decisions and supports them with an array of physician and clinician led health management programs. Tufts Health Plan's 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, , POS (1) See point of sale and packet over SONET. (2) "Parent over shoulder." See digispeak. POS - point of sale and Medicare Advantage plans maintain Excellent accreditation status from the National Committee for Quality Assurance National Committee for Quality Assurance Medical practice A private, not-for-profit organization which has become the leading accreditor of managed care plans; in site visits, NCQA reviewers evaluate a managed care plan in terms of quality management, physicians' . And, Tufts Health Plan HMO has been recognized as a Distinguished Health Plan by J.D. Power and Associates, for providing "An Outstanding Member Experience." Tufts Health Plan is the first health plan in Boston to earn a J.D. Power and Associates award for nine years, for outstanding member satisfaction or service excellence. J.D. Power and Associates recognition as a Distinguished Health Plan was based on the benchmarks established by the 2003 National Managed Care Satisfaction Study(SM). Previous awards were based on national studies conducted by CareData, Inc. (acquired by J.D. Power and Associates in 2000) and J.D. Power and Associates (2002). For more information about the J.D. Power and Associates Distinguished Health Plan Program, visit www.jdpower.com/healthcare. About ParadigmHealth ParadigmHealth is a leading provider of disease management services for intensive and clinically complex patients. The company improves the lives of patients and their families by utilizing their Systematic Care Management(SM) process and focuses on the identification, risk stratification, triage and onsite management of the highest cost and most clinically complex medical events. For more information, visit www.paradigmhealth.com. |
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