SAN DIEGO - (Business Wire) MedImpact announced today it has renewed its contract agreement with Health Alliance Plan (HAP) to provide comprehensive, cost-effective pharmacy benefit services for both commercial and Medicare Part D business. Under the contract extension, MedImpact will continue to provide pharmacy benefit services to Health Alliance Plan members in southeast Michigan. The contract covers pharmacy benefit services, including: innovative consumer and clinical programs, e-prescribing, custom formulary management, claims processing, member and consultative services, and a pharmacy help desk.
“As a pharmacy benefit management company, MedImpact supports the HAP goals of ensuring efficient, high-quality clinical care and satisfaction for our members,” said Antonio Petitta, vice president, Pharmacy Care Management for Health Alliance Plan & Henry Ford Health System.
“We are extremely pleased to be extending our long-term partnership with Health Alliance Plan,” said Dale Brown, senior vice president for MedImpact. “We look forward to continuing to support HAP and their members.”
MedImpact has a strong Michigan presence, and recently participated in a health care summit sponsored by the Center for Health Transformation. The summit brought together providers, plan sponsors, policy makers and payors to share the challenges and opportunities in Michigan health care delivery.
About Health Alliance Plan (www.hap.org)
Headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, Health Alliance Plan is a nonprofit health plan serving 500,000 members and 2,000 employer groups. HAP is a subsidiary of the Henry Ford Health System, one of the nation’s leading health care systems. The health plan serves individuals through SOLO PPO plans and companies of all sizes through HMOs, Value Plans, PPOs, and Medicare plans. The National Committee for Quality Assurance awarded HAP’s commercial HMO and HAP Senior Plus Excellent Accreditation. HAP Senior Plus is the top-ranked Medicare HMO plan in Michigan, and HAP’s commercial HMO is one of America’s Best Health Plans, according to U.S. News & World Report www.usnews.com/healthplans. HAP has two subsidiaries, Alliance Health and Life Insurance Company and HAP Preferred, Inc.
About MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc. (www.medimpact.com)
Headquartered in San Diego since 1989, MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc., is the nation’s largest pharmacy benefit management (PBM) company that does not sell drugs. Now in its 20th year, the company currently serves more than 32 million individuals nationwide. MedImpact clients include Fortune 500 corporations and employers, unions, managed care organizations, insurance carriers, third-party administrators, as well as local, state and federal employee programs. MedImpact bases its success on delivering innovative products and services designed to lower overall client cost while increasing member satisfaction and quality of care.
MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc.
Dawn Anderson, 858-790-6684
dawn.anderson@medimpact.com
