MedAssurant to Present Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes Data From Medicaid Managed Care Members at the Medicaid Health Plans of America’s 2011 Annual Meeting

Katy L. Benjamin, Ph.D., Senior Health Services Researcher at MedAssurant, Will Present Data from the MHPA-MedAssurant Collaboration, Which Aims to Inform Best Practices and Improve Healthcare for Medicaid Beneficiaries

BOWIE, Md. – Nov. 7, 2011 – MedAssurant, Inc., a leading provider of data-driven healthcare solutions, today announced that results from a report on pregnancy and birth outcomes in the managed Medicaid population will be presented at the MHPA 2011 Annual Meeting. Katy L. Benjamin, Ph.D., Senior Health Services Researcher at MedAssurant, will present the data from the MHPA Center for Best Practices-MedAssurant Collaboration today at 10:20 a.m. EST at the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.

Through the MHPA-MedAssurant collaboration, MedAssurant delivers analytic reports that examine industry performance relevant to Medicaid Managed Care Organizations (MMCO) using data from MedAssurant’s Medical Outcomes Research for Effectiveness and Economics (MORE²) Registry™, a comprehensive database containing information on more than 5.2 billion clinical events from over 77 million unique, de-identified health plan members throughout the U.S.

“As part of the broader goals of the MHPA Center for Best Practices, the MHPA-MedAssurant collaboration is an important initiative that supports MHPA’s efforts to better understand and subsequently drive improvements in healthcare for Medicaid beneficiaries,” said Thomas L. Johnson, MHPA’s President and CEO. “Recent data indicate that approximately 40% of all births in the U.S. were to mothers enrolled in Medicaid, and, of these, more than 70% are enrolled in managed care plans. Having the ability to effectively examine current trends in the health and health service utilization within this population is essential as we work to improve access to health care. Through our partnership with MedAssurant, we have access to clinical data insight that creates a critical advantage for our efforts to this end.”

Keith Dunleavy, M.D., President and CEO of MedAssurant, added, “The delivery of high-quality, consistent care for Medicaid beneficiaries is a clear priority at a time when so much is changing within the healthcare landscape. Through our work with MHPA, we aim to provide the data-driven insight necessary to support and inform decision-making at the highest levels for this important patient population.”

About Medicaid Health Plans of America (MHPA)

Medicaid Health Plans of America (MHPA) is the leading trade association solely focused on representing Medicaid health plans. MHPA provides advocacy, research and organized forums that support the development of policy solutions to enhance the delivery of quality health care to Medicaid recipients. For more information, visit Medicaid Health Plans of America at http://www.mhpa.org or email at info@mhpa.org.

About the MORE² Registry™

MedAssurant’s Medical Outcomes Research for Effectiveness and Economics Registry (MORE² Registry™) is one of the nation’s largest health care data supersets. Containing more than 5.2 billion clinical events touching over 77 million unique (and de-identified) individuals, 295,000 physicians, and 185,000 clinical facilities, the MORE² Registry contains deep, dynamically updating, longitudinally matched clinical data across gender, age group, payer type (commercial, Managed Medicare, and Managed Medicaid), geography (capturing  virtually all U.S. counties), and venue (inpatient and outpatient). Analysis of the MORE² Registry has enabled extensive insights into health care quality, outcomes, and financial performance improvement solutions, as well as highly sophisticated business intelligence and health care research programs focused on providing valuable insight and improving care and efficiency throughout the health care community.

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