Greater Detroit Area Health Council Honors Care Choices HMO

Farmington Hills, MI. - The Greater Detroit Area Health Council (GDAHC) awarded Care Choices HMO with two "Best in Class" awards at their annual October conference for their work in health care. Care Choices and five other area health plans were honored for their collaborative initiative Disease Management project work on "Asthma 101". Additionally, Care Choices received a "Best in Class" award for obtaining a 100% score for website request capabilities. Over 20 health plans from Michigan, Pennsylvania and Indiana participated in the award process for Best in Class.

"We are extremely proud of our continued work in educating our members and providers on health care," said Bill Alvin, President and CEO of Care Choices, "and we strive to provide the best healthcare in the communities we serve." The goal of the Asthma 101 project was to help educate providers and members on asthma as well as delivering one consistent message. Care Choices web capability allows external audiences to have health care information at their fingertips. The requirements, all of which were met by Care Choices, included access to the provider directory, health education, e-mail access for consumers, availability of drug formularies, provision of plan policies and clinical guidelines and personal medical charting.

Care Choices is a non-profit health care organization and a subsidiary of Trinity Health-Michigan, one of the nations leading providers of health care services. Since 1986, Care Choices HMO has been providing quality health care to thousands of members throughout Michigan. Care Choices offers a broad, fully integrated network of physicians, hospitals and other health care professionals all sharing a strong commitment to improving the health status of the communities we serve by delivering effective and affordable healthcare.