Senator Mike DeWine Honored for Health Care Leadership by Association for Community Affiliated Plans
DAYTON
, Ohio, July 27, 2006 – Pamela Morris, President and CEO, CareSource Management Group, presented the first Association for Community Affiliated Plans (ACAP) Congressional Health Leadership Award to Ohio Senator Mike DeWine earlier this week for his leadership in support of the Medicaid program.
“Safety Net Health Plans owe Senator DeWine a deep debt of gratitude for doing what is right. I don’t think that we can fully understand the pressure that can be brought against a Senator in Mr. DeWine’s position,” said Morris. “But regardless, Senator DeWine has consistently stood on the side of the Medicaid program and the more than 55 million beneficiaries that rely on the program. It is because of his courageous stands that we are giving him ACAP’s 2006 Congressional Health Leadership Award.”
Citing Senator DeWine’s long and distinguished career in public service in Ohio and the country, Morris thanked him for his more than 26 years of commitment to public life.
“Over the last year, Senator DeWine has consistently taken the tough votes to protect and preserve Medicaid,” said ACAP’s Executive Director Margaret A. Murray. “While some members of Congress were calling for drastic and disproportionate cuts in Medicaid, Senator DeWine demonstrated his strong and consistent support for health care for the most vulnerable Americans. The Association for Community Affiliated Plans is grateful for Senator DeWine’s leadership and recognizes that his courageous votes helped defeat extreme Medicaid proposals that would have hurt those that need Medicaid the most.”
ACAP is a national trade association representing safety net health plans that serve a large number of beneficiaries on the Medicaid and SCHIP programs. The award presentation was held in conjunction with the Association for Community Affiliated Plans’ annual “CEO Summit” held in Washington, DC on July 25-26.
About CareSource Management Group
CareSource Management Group offers a full spectrum of services for the administration of public-sector health care programs. Among these services are general administration, including claims processing, case and medical management, provider relations, decision support informatics, quality improvement, and regulatory compliance; member services, including a member call center and 24-hour nurse hotline; and financial consultation and turnaround.
CareSource Management Group also provides services to nonprofit managed care plans that serve more than 434,000 Medicaid consumers in Ohio and more than 97,000 Hoosier Healthwise consumers in Indiana. The company also administers Community Choice Michigan, a nonprofit managed care plan serving more than 48,500 Medicaid consumers in Michigan. For more information about CareSource Management Group, visit www.csmg-online.com.
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