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New York Medicaid Health Plan Agreement
New York Medicaid Health Plan Agreement.
About this update from Trellus Health Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Trellus Health plc\n \n \n \n (\"Trellus Health\" or the \"Company\")\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Trellus IBD program to be offered through New York Medicaid Health Plan\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Demonstration project in partnership with New York State health insurer with over 1.8 million members\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LONDON, U.K. AND NEW YORK, U.S. (13 February 2023):\n \n Trellus Health plc (AIM: TRLS), which is commercializing a scientifically validated, personalized resilience-driven self-management solution for chronic health conditions at their intersection with mental health, announces that theTrellus Resilience Training and Self-Management Solution for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (the \"Trellus IBD program\") will be made available under an initial demonstration project with a New York-based health insurance company (the \"Partner\") with more than 1.8 million members.\n \n \n \n \n The Trellus IBD program is designed to enable IBD patients to take charge of their health needs, access behavioral and emotional support in between office visits, and ultimately to improve outcomes. The use of digital tools for self-care and ongoing coaching under the Trellus IBD program aligns strongly with the Partner's goal of providing value-driven, optimized care that is available with equal opportunity to all.\n \n \n \n \n \n Under the terms of the agreement, the Trellus IBD program is now included as a health plan benefit to certain Partner members under its Medicaid managed care plan, to coordinate and deliver personalized behavioral, emotional and nutritional support for the Partner's Medicaid IBD patients remotely via digital solutions, and provide access to an expert resilience team via telehealth\n .\n The Partner will pay for such members' enrolment and participation in the Trellus IBD Program, with a targeted maximum enrolment of 50 patients. The agreement will run for an initial 12-month term and can be extended by mutual agreement, with patient enrolment to begin imminently.\n \n \n \n \n \n This partnership is the culmination of the final contracting phase with a New York Medicaid health plan which was referred to in the Company's interim results release issued on 30 September 2022,\n and\n represents further execution of Trellus Health's strategy to expand acces...