In an emergency, the HealthChoices HMOs are responsible for paying for ambulance services. The Auditor General's Office has evaluated the HealthChoices Independent Enrollment Assistance Program. The report criticized DPW's oversight of the program. The Legislative Budget and Finance Committee of the PA General Assembly has released a review of the rates DPW paid to the HealthChoices HMOs. Arthur Andersen conducted the review and concluded that DPW's methods for calculating the rates appear to understate the actual rates in several ways.
Travel time is measured by public transportation.
The HealthChoices RFP requires that the HMOs comply with state and federal confidentiality laws. You can choose to share information because it may help your doctor give you better medical care. You have the right to decide what information your doctor is allowed to share. You can choose the type of information you want released. Your doctor only has permission to share the information that you list.