Arizona Physicians IPA (APIPA) and Children's Clinics for Rehabilitative Services in Tucson today announced an agreement that will provide beneficiaries of Arizona's Children's Rehabilitative Services program (CRS) with access to the Children's Clinics full range of services, including: Multi-specialty Clinics, hospital services at Tucson Medical Center and University Medical Center, as well as University and community based physicians.
Bill Hagan, CEO of APIPA, which was awarded a contract by the State to manage the CRS program beginning next October 1, said, "We are pleased that CRS beneficiaries and their families in Tucson and southern Arizona will continue to have access to the services provided by Children's Clinics. APIPA and Children's Clinics are committed to high quality health care and comprehensive services to the vulnerable population served by the CRS program."
Jill Bemis, CEO of Children's Clinics said, "Children's Clinics is committed to serving children with special health care needs. We are proud of our services and pleased that through this agreement with APIPA we will continue to be a part of the CRS program. This agreement ensures that CRS members throughout Southern Arizona will have continuity of service providers."
Joan Agostinelli, Administrator of the CRS program, said, "We are pleased that CRS members will continue to be able to receive care from the doctors that they have come to know through Children's Clinics in Tucson. ADHS looks forward to working with both APIPA and Children's Clinics in continually improving the system of care for children and youth with special health care needs."
About APIPA
APIPA, a unit of AmeriChoice, a UnitedHealth Group company, has served the needs of medically underserved Arizonans since 1982, including beneficiaries of the State's AHCCCS program and other government sponsored program such as Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, developmentally disabled, premium share and Medicaid in the Public Schools. APIPA currently serves nearly 280,000 AHCCCS members, many with unique or complex health conditions. In addition, it has 14,200 Medicare Special Needs Plans members and more than 9,600 Developmentally Disabled (DD) individuals through its contract with the Arizona Department of Economic Security/Division of Developmentally Disabled.
About Children's Clinics
Children's Clinics was formed in 1990 as a unique partnership between Tucson Medical Center, University Medical Center and Square and Compass, a local philanthropic organization that provides support to the Clinic as well as uninsured children with special needs. Children's Clinics provides a medical home for children with special health care needs, including a wide range of quality, family-centered services, through more than 25 different medical and dental specialty clinics and primary care services that offer outpatient rehabilitative therapies, as well as psychosocial and educational support services for patients and their families, including from groups such as Pilot Parents. This multidisciplinary approach to care allows for collaboration and coordination of care among professionals while, at the same time, eliminating the need for multiple doctor visits for the families.
About Children's Rehabilitative Services
The Children's Rehabilitative Services program (CRS) is administered by the Arizona Department of Health Services, Office for Children with Special Health Care Needs (OCSHCN). The mission of CRS is to improve the quality of life for children and youths up to age 21 with special health care needs by providing family-centered medical treatment, rehabilitation, and related support services.
