Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield donates $5,000 Health Ministry of the Southern Tier
Southern Tier, NY — Excellus BlueCross BlueShield (Excellus BCBS) donated $5,000 February 14th to support the Health Ministry of the Southern Tier, which continues to provide medical and dental services for people that lack health insurance. The check was presented at 2:30 p.m. at the Corning Facility located at 300 Nasser Civic Center Plaza, Corning.
The Health Ministry of the Southern Tier exists to treat those who, for lack of insurance and the ability to pay, defer doctor visits, avoid medical treatment, and neglect their health. Though it does not provide emergency care, it offers primary care for residents with high-maintenance chronic illnesses who would otherwise have to resort to treatment at emergency rooms in their local hospitals.
The Excellus BCBS, funding will help support the initiative to enable the centers to coordinate and support operations through centralized electronic medical records and communications as well as remote access for providers and other designated personnel.
“We’re proud to be a locally-based company and are committed to helping local organizations that share our mission of building a healthier community,” said Kevin McGurgan, regional president for Excellus BlueCross BlueShield.
Excellus BlueCross BlueShield is upstate New York’s largest nonprofit health plan covering about 1.9 million people. In addition to being one of upstate New York’s largest employers with more than 6,000 employees in about 50 locations, the health plan and its parent company are also one of its largest consumers of local goods and services, doing business with more than 5,000 companies, many located right here in upstate New York. Together, the health plan and its parent company’s total economic impact on upstate communities amount to about $900 million a year.
The Health Ministry of the Southern Tier exists to treat those who, for lack of insurance and the ability to pay, defer doctor visits, avoid medical treatment, and neglect their health. Though it does not provide emergency care, it offers primary care for residents with high-maintenance chronic illnesses who would otherwise have to resort to treatment at emergency rooms in their local hospitals.
The Excellus BCBS, funding will help support the initiative to enable the centers to coordinate and support operations through centralized electronic medical records and communications as well as remote access for providers and other designated personnel.
“We’re proud to be a locally-based company and are committed to helping local organizations that share our mission of building a healthier community,” said Kevin McGurgan, regional president for Excellus BlueCross BlueShield.
Excellus BlueCross BlueShield is upstate New York’s largest nonprofit health plan covering about 1.9 million people. In addition to being one of upstate New York’s largest employers with more than 6,000 employees in about 50 locations, the health plan and its parent company are also one of its largest consumers of local goods and services, doing business with more than 5,000 companies, many located right here in upstate New York. Together, the health plan and its parent company’s total economic impact on upstate communities amount to about $900 million a year.
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