UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Pennsylvania is now offering two new
text-messaging services that help people enrolled in Medicaid benefit
plans take charge of their health and well-being.
Txt4health delivers personalized messages to help people follow
recommended preventive care guidelines, remember to take medications and
attend medical appointments, track weight and exercise goals, learn
healthy eating and nutrition tips, and more. Text4kids helps parents
remember well-child visits, learn more about vaccine safety, track their
child’s developmental milestones and more.
Txt4health and Text4kids, developed by Voxiva Inc., are available now at
no charge to people enrolled in UnitedHealthcare Medicaid plans in York,
Allegheny and Philadelphia Counties. There is no charge to receive these
texts from UnitedHealthcare; however standard message and data rates may
apply.
“Txt4health and Text4kids provide useful health information for people
in a convenient, cost-effective way, no matter where they are,” said
Susan Schick, CEO of UnitedHealthcare of Pennsylvania.
“We are pleased to partner with UnitedHealthcare to make Txt4health and
Text4kids available to families in these counties,” said Justin Sims,
CEO of Voxiva. “Txt4health and Text4kids use an evidence-based and
personalized approach to motivate users to follow recommendations for
preventive care and good health.”
According to a recent PWC consumer survey, 79 percent of people enrolled
in Medicaid send text messages compared to 43 percent and 68 percent of
people in enrolled in Medicare and employer-sponsored health insurance
plans, respectively.
About Voxiva
Founded in 2001,
Voxiva is a global pioneer in delivering interactive mobile health
services to help people live the healthiest life possible. The company's
Care4life product portfolio combines evidence-based health guidelines,
state-of-the-art behavior change expertise and digital technology to
promote maternal & child health, adult health & wellness, smoking
cessation and diabetes self-management. Personalized health information
is sent via text messaging, mobile web and mobile applications. In 2011,
Fast Company recognized Voxiva as one of the 50 Most Innovative
Companies in the world. Learn more at www.voxiva.com
or contact info@voxiva.com.
About UnitedHealthcare
UnitedHealthcare
is dedicated to helping people nationwide live healthier lives by
simplifying the health care experience, meeting consumer health and
wellness needs, and sustaining trusted relationships with care
providers. The company offers the full spectrum of health benefit
programs for individuals, employers and Medicare and Medicaid
beneficiaries, and contracts directly with more than 800,000 physicians
and care professionals, and 6,000 hospitals and other care facilities
nationwide. Globally, UnitedHealthcare serves more than 45 million
people in health benefits and is one of the businesses of UnitedHealth
Group (NYSE: UNH), a diversified Fortune 50 health and well-being
company.
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