Dr. Bruce Himelstein talks about weight management

Watch your mail for this postcard. It’s an important reminder that MHS and The Myers Group will be conducting a member satisfaction survey in the next few weeks.  When you receive the survey, please complete and return it by the date requested. If you are satisfied with the service you receive from Managed Health Services we hope you will rate us a 10 – the Best Health Plan!

Watch your mail for this postcard. It’s an important reminder that MHS and The Myers Group will be conducting a member satisfaction survey in the next few weeks.  When you receive the survey, please complete and return it by the date requested. If you are satisfied with the service you receive from Managed Health Services we hope you will rate us a 10 – the Best Health Plan!

Sandra Zernzach APNP (left), of Affinity Medical Group in Oshkosh Wisconsin is presented with the 4th annual Summit Award by Dr. Bruce Himelstein, Chief Medical Officer of Managed Health Services

Managed Health Services (MHS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Centene Corporation (NYSE: CNC), in collaboration with the Centene Foundation for Quality Healthcare, recently presented Sandra Zernzach APNP, of Affinity Medical Group in Oshkosh Wisconsin, with its fourth annual Summit Award program. The award program acknowledges healthcare professionals for providing exemplary care and clinical excellence to MHS members.

“Managed Health Services is committed to recognizing Wisconsin healthcare professionals for the excellent care they provide to our members,” said Dr. Bruce Himelstein, chief medical officer for Managed Health Services. “We are pleased to recognize Ms. Zernzach for the ongoing program of contributions she makes to improve the care, quality and long term healthcare outcomes of our members.”

Winners of the annual Summit Award demonstrate above superior performance in the following areas: follow-up care after emergency room visits, routine preventive and well care services for both adults and children, and establishing a “medical home” for new enrollees by promoting the member-primary care physician relationship.

In recognition of her work, Himelstein and MHS vice president Paul Sabin recently presented Ms. Zernzach with an engraved plaque and a catered lunch for her colleagues.
 
About Managed Health Services
Managed Health Services (MHS), founded in 1984, is a HMO that provides Medicaid services for Wisconsin beneficiaries in a BadgerCare Plus, SSI or Medicare Advantage Program. MHS, through its parent-company, Centene also offers specialty services including behavioral health, life and health management, managed vision, telehealth services, and pharmacy benefits management. For additional information, please visit www.mhswi.com.

About The Centene Foundation for Quality Healthcare
The Centene Foundation for Quality Healthcare is a non-profit private foundation dedicated to improving the quality of healthcare in the United State. The Foundation serves as a resource to identify and support innovative approaches to improving and increasing the quality of and access to healthcare for low-income individuals and families. This is accomplished through an inspired philanthropic giving plan that seeks to promote efforts and activities that identify and address core causes of unequal access and treatment in healthcare. For additional information, please visit www.centenefoundation.org.

As a sponsor of the program, MHS wants you to know that accountability, goal-setting, positive self-talk, and self-esteem are all very important components of an effective weight loss program. The way you feel about yourself can have a huge impact when it comes to starting (and staying on) an exercise and weight loss regime.

Just like you can reshape your body with diet and exercise, you can also reshape your self-image.

Click on the “Weight Loss and Control” radio commercial on our web page to hear the ad currently airing on KISS 95.9, or call MHS at 888-713-6180 to learn how you can begin to set your own weight loss and fitness goals.

This is a great strategic move for Managed Health Services. With this new relationship, we can now concentrate on growing our membership base in an expanded provider network.  Look for more good news to come from this alliance.

Tuesdays and Thursdays

Oct. 25 to Jan. 26 • 3:30 – 5 p.m.

Classes will be held at the Salvation Army, 417 Algoma Blvd., Oshkosh.

LEARN HOW TO:

• Understand your doctor

• Make phone calls to a clinic or 911

• Understand insurance and health forms

• Read medicine labels

To enroll or get more information, please call 920-236-5185 or e-mail koch@winlit.org.

Did you know that 1 in 22 children in America have high levels of lead in their blood?  You cannot see, smell, or taste lead.  You may have lead around your home in dust, paint, dirt, water, or food without knowing it is there.  Lead interferes with the normal development of a young child’s brain resulting in lowered IQ, attention disorders, developmental delays and learning disabilities.

There are simple steps you can take to identify and decrease risks to your family:

• Get your child tested.  Children should be tested by age 1 and again at age 2.
• Keep your home clean from dust or dirt that may contain lead.
• Eat right.
• Get the lead out of your drinking water by running the cold water tap until it is very cold before drinking or cooking.
• Reduce any risk from lead paint by removing any loose paint chips.

 Your healthcare provider can test your children for lead poisoning.