UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Pennsylvania is now offering two new text-messaging services that help people enrolled in Medicaid benefit plans take charge of their health and well-being.
Txt4health delivers personalized messages to help people follow recommended preventive care guidelines, remember to take medications and attend medical appointments, track weight and exercise goals, learn healthy eating and nutrition tips, and more.
Text4kids helps parents remember well-child visits, learn more about vaccine safety, track their child’s developmental milestones and more.
Txt4health and Text4kids, developed by Voxiva Inc., are available now at no charge to people enrolled in UnitedHealthcare Medicaid plans in York, Allegheny and Philadelphia Counties. There is no charge to receive these texts from UnitedHealthcare; however standard message and data rates may apply.
Txt4health and Text4kids use an evidence-based and prsonalized approach to motivate users to follow recommendations for preventive care and good health.
According to a recent PWC consumer survey, 79 percent of people enrolled in Medicaid send text messages compared to 43 percent and 68 percent of people in enrolled in Medicare and employer-sponsored health insurance plans, respectively.
Date: June 10, 2014