1400 Eye Street, NW Suite 330
Washington DC 20005
phone 202.331.4601 fax 202.296.3526
Darnell Dent, Chairman
Margaret A. Murray, Executive Director

 
             
 
   
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Organization Name and Address:

Community Choice Health Plan
30 South Broadway
Yonkers, NY 10701

Contact name:
Le'Dice Murphy
CEO

Contact e-mail:
lmurphy@cchphealth.com

Medical Director:
Lloyd K. Mitler
Phone: (914) 377-0710
Fax:     (914) 377-0727
CEO:
Le'Dice Murphy
Web site:
COO:
Peter Parish
Years Operational:
6
CFO:
Ed McCarthy
Enrollment level, by payer:

6800 Medicaid
5000 Child Health Plus
600 State Demonstration Program
12,400 Total
Percent of enrollment served by CHC clinics:
70%

Corporate status:
Non-profit, taxable

Certifications (JACHO, NCQA, HMO):
JACHO, no.
NCQA, no.
HMO, yes.
Governance:
12 Member Board, composed of 10 Corporate Sponsor Executives and 2 Plan Members
Reserve requirements:
State required 5% of annual premium revenue and 1% escrow

Network description:
Center/Office based model with 6 CHCs and another 12 ambulatory clinic sites plus contracts with 500+ office based providers. DRG contracts with 20 hospitals. Total PCPs: 400+, Specialists: 1,500+

Pharmacy benefit and management:
Pharmacy Benefits Manager (PBM), CENTRUS Pharmacy Solutions

TPA/Information systems:

Plan operates off of Nichols TXEN MHS System from AS400.

History of the organization:
Plan created in 1995 by Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center and Sound Shore Medical Center. Received Article 44 Licensure from New York State Department of Health in April 1995. Initial Service area of Westchester County and plan expanded into the Bronx in1997. Currently awaiting HCFA approval to expand into Rockland County. Initial line of business was Medicaid managed care with Child Health Plus added in 1999/. Currently participating in Voucher Insurance program, a demonstration program offering ambulatory services to non-insured residents of Westchester county.

Three major challenges the organization faces during 2001:
1. Expansion of marketing/enrollment activities outside of CHCs

2. Impact regulatory/administrative policies which limit coverage of adult immigrants and impose barriers to CHP recertification.

3. Improving plan QARR results.

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