Humana unit wins Veterans Affairs contract
Humana Veterans Healthcare Services Inc. has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to participate in the department’s Project HERO program.
Project HERO, or Health Care Effectiveness through Resource Optimization, was launched earlier this year “to reduce VA contract costs while improving access, accountability, care coordination, patient satisfaction and clinical quality” of care provided by institutions outside the VA system, according to information from the VA’s Web site.
The first phase of the project is to establish a network of specialty providers to offer care that is not available within the VA system.
The VA has selected four of its Veterans Integrated Services Networks, or VISNs, to test the project. The networks are made up of multiple states and geographic areas where the VA provides benefits to eligible veterans.
Humana Veterans Healthcare Services will manage the health care network for all four VISNs, which comprise about 25 percent of the 7.7 million veterans enrolled in the VA’s programs.
The value of the contract was not disclosed.
Humana Veterans Healthcare Services is a segment of Louisville-based health insurer Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM). Humana launched the subsidiary earlier this year to develop business relationships with the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Posted on November 5th, 2007 by admin
Filed under: Healthcare
