City of Philadelphia - File #: 080771

• File #: 080771
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 10/16/2008
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Final action: 10/16/2008
• Title: Recognizing Keystone Mercy Health Plan for receiving the National Committee for Quality Assurance Award for innovative efforts to reduce health care disparities.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Green, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Sanchez, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Kenney, Council President Verna, Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Jones, Councilmember Jones, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember DiCicco

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
10/16/2008	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED
10/16/2008	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
10/16/2008	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass

Title
Recognizing Keystone Mercy Health Plan for receiving the National Committee for Quality Assurance Award for innovative efforts to reduce health care disparities.
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WHEREAS, Keystone Mercy Health Plan ("Keystone Mercy"), the largest Medicaid managed care in Southeastern Pennsylvania has been awarded the prestigious "Recognizing Innovation in Multicultural Health Care Award" by the National Committee for Quality Assurance ("NCQA") and this award recognizes the 40-Day Journey, a component of the company's Health Ministry Program, for its success in reducing health disparities and helping African American women and their families receive appropriate services; and

WHEREAS, NCQA is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to improving health care quality and it accredits and certifies a wide range of health care organizations and recognizes physicians in key clinical areas and is committed to providing health care quality information through the Internet, media, and data licensing agreements in order to help consumers, employers, and others make more informed health care choices; and

WHEREAS, According to NCQA President Margaret E. O'Kane, "Keystone Mercy Health Plan's innovative efforts to improve the lives of African American women and their families is a model for health plans across the country and as a nation of diverse cultures, languages, and lifestyles, it's essential for health plans to recognize the health risks and vulnerabilities of special populations and design programs that reach out and improve the quality of those members' lives."; and

WHEREAS, In 2000, Keystone Mercy created a faith-based, wellness program for African American women called the Health Ministry Program for Women and a component of the program, the 40-Day Journey, focuses on the family through a six-week educational series emphasizing nutrition, exercise, medication compliance, and water intake; and

WHEREAS, Particip...