CareSource brings Wellness on Wheels program to Albany

ALBANY – CareSource, a mission-driven Medicaid plan serving more than 500,000 Georgians, recently announced an innovative new program, Wellness on Wheels, that aims to close gaps in access to health care across the state by offering onsite medical care through partnerships with multiple mobile units.

The WOW mobile units have been serving many areas throughout Georgia and have recently been to the Savannah and Albany areas.

This new program is just one of many ways CareSource is working to decrease barriers to care in states with health care access challenges.

"Like many states across the country, Georgia is experiencing a severe shortage of medical professionals – especially primary care physicians, pediatricians and OBGYNs," CareSource Georgia Medical Director Dr. Minh Nguyen said in a news release. "Without access to medical care, health outcomes in these areas tend to be poor, including high maternal and infant death rates.

"We created CareSource WOW to help meet the needs of our members and families in these medical deserts by bringing medical and behavioral health providers to where they live, work or go to school."

CareSource partnered with Phoebe Putney Health System to implement this program in Albany and has partnered with other organizations and health care providers across the state to make the WOW mobile units available. The CareSource team strategically brings the WOW mobile unit to areas where access to care has been a challenge.

CareSource is a nonprofit, nationally recognized managed care organization with more than 2.3 million members. Headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, since its founding in 1989, CareSource administers one of the largest Medicaid-managed care plans in the U.S. The organization offers health insurance, including Medicaid, Health Insurance Marketplace and Medicare products. As a mission-driven organization, CareSource is transforming health care with innovative programs that address the social determinants of health, health equity, prevention and access to care.

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