UnitedHealthcare Launches Mobile App to Help Medicaid and CHIP Beneficiaries More Easily Navigate the Health System
11 August 2015 - 11:00PM
Business Wire
- Health4Me mobile app now available
to UnitedHealthcare Medicaid beneficiaries in 17 states
- Mobile resource helps all consumers
more easily locate nearby health care providers and access digital
ID cards
UnitedHealthcare, a UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) company, is
introducing its mobile app Health4Me® to Medicaid beneficiaries in
17 states, enabling plan participants to access important health
information anytime, anywhere.
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The Health4Me app enables Medicaid
beneficiaries in 17 states to more easily manage their health,
including find health care providers, review their care history,
and access a digital ID card. (Photo: Business Wire)
The app enables people enrolled in UnitedHealthcare Medicaid
plans to more easily manage their health benefits and navigate the
health system, including:
- accessing personal coverage health
details, including a digital ID card, plan summary and member
handbook;
- reviewing their care history;
- tracking processed claims;
- locating nearby physicians, hospitals
and medical facilities; and
- obtaining health information from a
nurse.
Health4Me is available at no additional charge on iPhone® and
Android® devices through the Apple App Store and Google Play. A
similar version of Health4Me is available to more than 13 million
UnitedHealthcare plan participants enrolled in employer-sponsored
health plans, and the app has been downloaded more than 1.4 million
times since it launched in 2012.
“UnitedHealthcare Medicaid beneficiaries can easily manage their
health care, while at home or on the go, with the Health4Me app,”
said Austin Pittman, CEO of UnitedHealthcare’s Medicaid business.
“More people now have important information about their health
coverage at their fingertips, helping them make more informed
decisions regarding their care.”
Health4Me is now available to Medicaid and CHIP beneficiaries in
the following states: Arizona, Delaware, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana,
Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin.
“We know consumers nationwide use mobile devices to access
health information, so Health4Me provides a significant resource
for Medicaid beneficiaries to help them more easily understand,
manage and use their health benefits,” said Brett Edelson, vice
president of UnitedHealthcare’s Medicaid business. “We are
empowering consumers with valuable, personalized health information
that enables them to more effectively navigate the health care
system and access clinical support anytime, anywhere.”
About
UnitedHealthcareUnitedHealthcare is dedicated to helping
people nationwide live healthier lives by simplifying the health
care experience, meeting consumer health and wellness needs, and
sustaining trusted relationships with care providers. The company
offers the full spectrum of health benefit programs for
individuals, employers, military service members, retirees and
their families, and Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, and
contracts directly with more than 850,000 physicians and care
professionals, and 6,000 hospitals and other care facilities
nationwide. UnitedHealthcare is one of the businesses of
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), a diversified Fortune 50 health and
well-being company. For more information, visit UnitedHealthcare at
www.uhc.com or follow @myUHC on Twitter.
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UnitedHealthcareWill Shanley,
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