ST. LOUIS, Oct. 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Centene
Corporation (NYSE: CNC) announced today that its wholly-owned
Kansas subsidiary, Sunflower
Health Plan, has received national Health Plan Accreditation with a
Commendable status from the National Committee for Quality
Assurance (NCQA). NCQA Health Plan Accreditation evaluates how well
a health plan manages all parts of its delivery system –
physicians, hospitals, other providers and administrative services
– in order to continuously improve the quality of care and services
provided to its members.
"Earning Commendable NCQA Accreditation is an important
milestone in Sunflower Health's commitment to quality and
performance improvement across services," said Rone Baldwin, Executive Vice President, Markets
at Centene.
"Achieving an accreditation status of Commendable from NCQA is a
sign that a health plan is serious about quality," said
Margaret E. O'Kane, president, NCQA.
"It is awarded to plans whose service and clinical quality meet or
exceed NCQA's rigorous requirements for consumer protection and
quality improvement."
Sunflower Health is a Medicaid managed care health plan that
serves more than 145,000 members. The network currently includes
173 hospitals and more than 20,000 contracted providers and
facilities.
The NCQA is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to
improving health care quality. The NCQA accredits and
certifies a wide range of health care organizations. It also
recognizes clinicians and practices in key areas of
performance. The NCQA is committed to providing health care
quality information for consumers, purchasers, health care
providers and researchers.
About Centene Corporation
Centene Corporation, a
Fortune 500 company, is a diversified, multi-national healthcare
enterprise that provides a portfolio of services to government
sponsored healthcare programs, focusing on under-insured and
uninsured individuals. Many receive benefits provided
under Medicaid, including the State Children's Health
Insurance Program (CHIP), as well as Aged, Blind or Disabled
(ABD), Foster Care and Long Term Care (LTC), in addition
to other state-sponsored programs, Medicare (including
the Medicare prescription drug benefit commonly known as
"Part D"), as well as programs with the U.S. Department of
Defense and U.S. Department of Veterans
Affairs. Centene operates local health plans and offers a
range of health insurance solutions. It also contracts with other
healthcare and commercial organizations to provide specialty
services including behavioral health management, care management
software, correctional healthcare services, dental benefits
management, in-home health services, life and health management,
managed vision, pharmacy benefits management, specialty pharmacy
and telehealth services.
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