Healthy Habits Start With a Healthy Heart
At every stage of pregnancy, it’s essential to maintain healthy habits.
A mom’s healthy diet and lifestyle can provide necessary nutrients and vitamins for a baby’s growth. Healthy habits also reduce the risk of complications such as low birth weight, premature birth, and birth defects.
COVID Test Kits Deliver Care to Texans Who Need It
For families, health starts at home. But as the pandemic shifts to a new phase, more and more Texas families are having trouble getting the COVID-19 test kits they need to protect children and parents.
Customizing Healthcare to Meet Patients’ Needs
Medication nonadherence — when patients don’t follow their doctors’ and pharmacists’ instructions in taking prescribed drugs — is one of the nation’s biggest healthcare challenges. It affects nearly half of patients with chronic diseases, creating further health complications. And it leads to more than 100,000 preventable deaths and $100 billion in preventable medical expenses every year.
Amerigroup Advances Health Equity Initiative with National Accreditation
Amerigroup is focused on redefining health and strengthening communities — and increasing health equity is fundamental to that mission.
So, we’re proud to be the first Texas health plan to earn the National Committee on Quality Assurance’s (NCQA) Health Equity accreditation.
Amerigroup Supports Mobile Clinics, Increasing Healthcare Access in Rural Texas
Texas has the nation’s largest number of people lacking regular access to healthcare. The problem has grown even worse in recent years as more and more rural hospitals and clinics shuttered, stranding Texas communities without the care they need.
To help address this growing challenge, Amerigroup partnered with the School of Nursing at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, sending mobile health units to rural and underserved communities in Central and South Texas.
Amerigroup Had a Year to Remember in Texas
Amerigroup’s work in Texas in 2022 left much to be proud of — it was really a great year. The success stories, many of which are featured in our Working in Texas blog, are nothing short of inspiring.
Amerigroup’s Commitment to Rural Health Drives Higher Education Investment
For Amerigroup, improving health and care in Texas means investing in health and medical education.Every day, our work is founded on the pillars of redefining health, reinventing care, and fortifying communities.
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Working with Doulas, Making a Difference for Moms and Babies
Amerigroup is reinventing healthcare in Texas — and for families across the state, doulas have become critical partners in this effort. This video shares the vital care Amerigroup provided to a Dallas-area member, Mulunesh, by connecting her with Delighted to Doula to help her deliver triplets.
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Innovative Virtual Health Program Helps Texas Families Avoid the Emergency Room
Seeking care at an emergency room can be among the most stressful experiences for families and their young children. Emergency rooms are also some of the most costly administrators of care.
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Amerigroup Drives Mental Health Solutions through Innovation and Partnerships
Amerigroup is distributing more than a half a million dollars in grants to rural health clinics and hospitals — adding resources that Texas desperately needs to support providers in rural areas.
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TORCH Partnership Means More than $500,000 for Rural Healthcare Providers
Amerigroup is distributing more than a half a million dollars in grants to rural health clinics and hospitals — adding resources that Texas desperately needs to support providers in rural areas.
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Presidio Programs Show Amerigroup’s Rural Health Work
Amerigroup Texas serves more than 1 million Texans in almost every corner of this state. It’s our mission to help people get healthy and stay healthy, and one of the best, most rewarding ways we do that is by strengthening communities.
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Resources Available for Uvalde Victims and Families — and All of Texas
Texas is part of Amerigroup’s fabric. Like people across our state, we ache and grieve for the children and teachers who were murdered last week in Uvalde, their devastated families, and the entire community. When our state suffers, we are here.
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Supportive Pregnancy Care Redefines Health, Reinvents Healthcare, and Fortifies Communities
Amerigroup aspires to be a lifetime, trusted health partner for the people we serve. For more and more Texans, that partnership begins even before they’re born.
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Fortifying Harris County Communities with State-of-the-Art Health Kiosks
Late last month, Amerigroup Texas unveiled three state-of-the-art automated health kiosks in high-traffic courthouse annexes across the eastern part of Harris County (which includes Houston).
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Amerigroup Pregnancy Care Reaches Out to Mothers and Babies
Amerigroup Texas believes the best health care is centered on patients. For pregnant women and parents, that means personalized prenatal care and support delivered in a way that works for their lives. Read more>