Coram Healthcare's Resource Network Division Enters Into Agreement with Humana, Inc. to Provide Integrated Home Health Care Services
DENVER, Dec. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Coram Healthcare (NYSE: CRH), a leading national provider of alternate site infusion therapies, today announced that its Resource Network subsidiary has entered into an agreement with Humana, Inc.
Under the agreement, the Coram Resource Network will manage a network of providers who will provide Humana's membership throughout Kansas City access to a variety of home health care services. These services include home health nursing, home infusion, respiratory therapies, durable medical equipment and medical supplies, among others.
The agreement will be coordinated and serviced through Coram's Resource Network service center in Houston and will reach patients in metropolitan Kansas City.
"In today's changing health care marketplace, the ability to coordinate home care services is becoming increasingly important to managed care payers. As a leading managed care organization, Humana's interest lies in providing quality cost-effective coordinated care. Coram's Resource Network has demonstrated its abilities to coordinate such care and to offer payers an integrated system to meet all their members needs. As a result, the Resource Network has established a proven track record in network capabilities. We are pleased with this vote of confidence from Humana as they have come to recognize our extensive network capabilities and value the importance of a provider whose priority is the delivery of quality care through clinical expertise," stated Donald J. Amaral, Coram's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
Joseph D. Smith, President of Coram's Resource Network Division, also commented: "We have been engaged in various relationships with Humana for several years and this new agreement is a result of our positive, ongoing association. Humana is recognized as a leading managed care provider nationally, and in the metro Kansas City marketplace, it has a strong presence, covering many commercial and Medicare lives. We are pleased to align with Humana and through the Resource Network's capabilities and resources, we will bring its membership a broad range of quality, integrated home care services in a seamless manner."
Zarina Shockley-Sparling, Executive Director at Humana of Kansas City, added, "Our agreement with Coram's Resource Network will enable Humana to coordinate the delivery of home health care services we bring to members throughout Kansas City. Working with one healthcare organization to coordinate the delivery of all home care services will allow us to focus on maximizing patient outcomes while remaining cost-conscious. We feel confident in looking to Coram's Resource Network to coordinate the care, cost-effectively, efficiently and expeditiously and to meet the needs of our extensive patient population." |
