subject: UnitedHealthcare of Wisconsin Brighten New Year for Local Charities [print this page] Author: Health Insurance Author: Health Insurance
Employees from UnitedHealthcare of Wisconsin, part of AmeriChoice, the nations largest Medicaid managed care company, have donated 1183 pairs of socks to the Milwaukee Rescue Mission. Nationally, the drive collected socks in nearly 30 different locations to benefit local charities.
Our objective with this drive was to provide for one of the most basic needs for disadvantaged populations, a warm pair of socks, said AmeriChoice President Russell Petrella, Ph.D. Our 3,600 employees responded generously to this first Warm Socks for the Holidays drive, donating and distributing about 6,400 pairs of socks to local charities in nearly 30 cities.
AmeriChoice is UnitedHealth Groups Medicaid managed care unit, and its nearly three million members in 25 states and the District of Columbia are among the nations most vulnerable citizens.
The effort carried on a long tradition of AmeriChoice giving back to the communities it serves, with support for initiatives such as the U.S. Marines Toys for Tots and the Salvation Armys Angel Tree programs, among others.
We are fortunate to have the opportunity to serve in this way and we hope these socks will help make the holidays brighter for thousands of people, Petrella said. UnitedHealthcare covers more than 1,000,000 Wisconsin residents including 199,000 BadgerCare members. BadgerCare is a unit of AmeriChoice, the public sector health care business of UnitedHealth Group. UnitedHealthcare also provides a full spectrum of consumer-oriented health benefit plans and services to individuals, public sector employers and businesses of all sizes, including more than half of the Fortune 100 companies. The company organizes access to quality, affordable health care services on behalf of more than 25 million individual consumers, contracting directly with approximately 590,000 physicians and care professionals and more than 4,900 hospitals to offer them broad, convenient access to services nationwide.About the Author:
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