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"We are proud to offer our members this plan benefit enhancement," saysMichael A. Muchnicki, President & Chief Executive Officer of TouchstoneHealth. "By providing access to the country's leading transplant facilities,we can ensure the highest quality of care while helping our members andnetwork doctors manage costs."
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"We've designed these programs to improve the quality of care and ensurethat people have the support and information they need as they go through thetransplant process," says Rob Webb, Chief Executive Officer for OptumHealthCare Solutions.
Touchstone Health members will have access to OptumHealth's customizedMedicare Solutions beginning on September 1, 2008.
About Touchstone Health
Touchstone Health, headquartered in New York City, is an HMO focused onthe Medicare market. Touchstone Health currently has 11,000 Medicarebeneficiaries in the Bronx, Kings, Queens, Richmond, Orange, Westchester,Broome, Chenango, Delaware & Onondaga counties. Benefits are available toanyone enrolled in both Medicare Part A and B and continue to pay theirMedicare applicable premiums.
Touchstone Health is a privately held company owned and advised by, amongother investors, Lehman Brothers Venture Capital, Essex Woodlands HealthVentures and Steven Wiggins. The company was founded in 1998 by a group ofneighborhood physicians to bring personalized health care to New York. Priorto September 2007, Touchstone Health managed the medical services of enrolleesof other HMOs operating in the federal Medicare program. In September 2007,the company received an HMO license and no longer contracts with other HMOs.Touchstone prides itself on its local focus and customer service.
For more information about Touchstone Health, please visit the company'swebsite at www.touchstone-health.com.
About OptumHealth
As one of the nation's largest health and well-being companies,OptumHealth makes health care easier and better for employers, health plans,public sector entities and the 61 million people with access to its services.The Company's goal is to optimize health, well-being and financial security,while lowering benefit costs and helping consumers make informed decisionsabout their health through standalone or integrated services. OptumHealth is adivision of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH). More information about OptumHealthcan be found at www.OptumHealth.com.Contact: Jill Tobin Touchstone Health HMO, Inc. 14 Wall Street, 9th Floor New York, NY 10005 212-294-6996 [email protected] Brad Lotterman OptumHealth (714) 445-0453 [email protected]
SOURCE Touchstone Health HMO, Inc.
