Organization: Healthfirst PHSP Inc
Mission: IMPROVE THE HEALTH & WELL-BEING OF UNDER- served populations by providing gov't purchased prepaid healthcare coverage to individuals covered under medicaid and other health progs.
Activities: MEDICAID MANAGED CARE: HEALTHFIRST PHSP, INC. (PHSP) IS A LICENSED PREPAID HEALTH SERVICES PLAN THAT PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE PREPAID HEALTH CARE COVERAGE TO BENEFICIARIES OF GOVERNMENT HEALTH CARE COVERAGE PROGRAMS. PHSP HAS PARTICIPATED IN NEW YORK'S MEDICAID PROGRAM SINCE OCTOBER 1994. FOR 2019 THERE WERE 1,200,456 MEMBERS ENROLLED IN PHSP'S MEDICAID PLAN.
MANAGED LONG TERM CARE (MLTC) SERVICES SUCH AS PERSONAL CARE, SOCIAL, NUTRITIONAL AND REHABILITATION SERVICES WERE PROVIDED TO OVER 19,113 FRAIL ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS RESIDING IN MANHATTAN, THE BRONX, BROOKLYN, QUEENS, STATEN ISLAND, NASSAU AND WESTCHESTER DURING 2019, ALLOWING THEM TO CONTINUE TO RESIDE SAFELY WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY.
ESSENTIAL PLAN (EP): HEALTHFIRST PHSP, INC. (PHSP) IS A LICENSED PREPAID HEALTH SERVICES PLAN THAT PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE PREPAID HEALTH CARE COVERAGE TO BENEFICIARIES OF GOVERNMENT HEALTH CARE COVERAGE PROGRAMS. EP IS A PROGRAM WHICH COVERS INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE ELIGIBLE FOR EITHER CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF EXPANDED MEDICAID COVERAGE OR SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIES FOR QUALIFIED HEALTH PLAN (QHP) FOR LITTLE OR NO MEMBER CONTRIBUTION. FOR 2019 THERE WERE 259,788 MEMBERS ENROLLED IN PHSP'S EP PLAN.
NTEE category: Health Care
Secondary category: Mutual & Membership Benefit