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An innovative in-person education network is now live for those Indiana families who are members of Managed Health Services (MHS).

The MHS Family Education Network (FEN) is a partnership between MHS and the Indiana Minority Health Coalition (IMHC) and the organization’s 25 local minority health coalitions serving 29 counties across the State of Indiana. The FEN is now available in the following five Indiana counties: Marion, Lake, Elkhart, Vanderburgh and St. Joseph. The FEN will continue to grow, and additional counties will be added as the program develops.

The FEN works to provide specialized education to Hoosier Healthwise and Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP) members on a variety of topics, such as the scope of health plan benefits, how to access care, as well as an overview of MHS programs and members’ rights and responsibilities.

Comprising the Network are staff designated by IMHC and trained to develop in-depth knowledge of the Hoosier Healthwise program and Healthy Indiana Plan, including but not limited to overall program benefits, choosing a PMP and the importance of preventative services and building a medical home. The Network team works with individual members and groups to help clarify how plans work, how to take full advantage of plan benefits and how members can meet the plan’s financial, healthy behavior and personal responsibility requirements.

MHS will first direct its members to the IMHC corporate offices in Indianapolis, who will then assign each member to the appropriate IMHC local office to schedule and conduct the education and assistance sessions.

Are you or your organization looking for a FREE 2011 calendar to start your year off right?

Alliance Home Health Care has 1,000 portfolio calendars available — first come, first served!

Please call (317) 581-1100 and ask for Chris Badger if interested or for more information.

Alliance is located at 9615 N. College Avenue in Indianapolis.

The Indiana Primary Health Care Association (IPHCA) has named Managed Health Services (MHS) its 2010 “Corporate Partner of the Year.”

The award recognizes an IPHCA Corporate Partner that has demonstrated a strong commitment to IPHCA’s mission and vision in the following ways: participating in collaborative efforts to help high-risk populations in Indiana; fostering advocacy on behalf of access to primary care for high-risk populations in Indiana; or by providing significant resources for the work of IPHCA or an IPHCA member Community Health Center.

MHS works in partnership with community health centers on innovative outreach programs across the state to increase access to primary care for Indiana families enrolled in the state’s Hoosier Healthwise and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and, beginning in January 2011, the Healthy Indiana Plan. For example, MHS brings patients and doctors together through the “Health Check Health Day” program, designed to encourage and support the “medical home” and foster the primary care-patient relationship.

“We are pleased to announce MHS as our 2010 Corporate Partner of the Year”, said Phil Morphew, CEO of IPHCA. “MHS has proven itself to be a true partner to community health centers throughout Indiana, and we are looking forward to continuing and building on our long relationship of serving the health care needs of Hoosiers.”

“It’s truly an honor to win this award, especially because it highlights the strong partnership MHS enjoys with the community-based health centers IPHCA represents,” said MHS CEO Patrick Rooney. “It’s this partnership that empowers our members to positively impact their health. It also allows MHS to reach out to the community at large through health fairs, health education events, local community health center sponsorships and other important community initiatives.”

Jan Roberts is the owner and CEO of Alliance Home Health Care, a client of ours. She recently sat down with the Indianapolis Business Journal’s Mason King for his “Leading Questions” series, where you get to know a little more about Jan.

A loving daughter, mother and grandmother. A working mom who successfully graduated from college. A businesswoman with expertise and finesse on both the financial and personal sides of the table. A professional who has spearheaded and led several organizations to success. A visionary who has made home health care and the client her primary focus and concern. A mentor who has made her mark on the community, her staff and her family.

In this clip, Jan talks about how Alliance got started and how her experience with breast cancer helped inform the firm’s mission. She also explains how her role as caregiver extends to her own staff, and why the study of psychology is vital to plotting the company’s path. View the video here.

Today, Alliance Home Health Care is the fifth-largest woman-owned business in the Indianapolis area, in terms of local full-time-equivalent employees (138).

Healthbeat Reporter Anne Marie Tiernon from WTHR-TV Channel 13 visited Alliance Home Health Care on Friday, April 16.

She reported on The Nostalgia Program, an in-home dementia specialty service that engages clients in recreation, promotes relaxation, encourages reminiscence, builds relationships and provides resources to clients’ families.

Check out this link to Anne Marie’s story: http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=12326182

For inquiries about the Nostalgia Program or any of the Alliance services, please call 317-581-1100 or visit http://www.alliancehomehealthcare.net.