Kelsey-Seybold Clinic Joins Community Health Choice Network
Clinic’s 50+ Pediatricians Now More Accessible to Low-Income Families
HOUSTON (April 15, 2009)—Families with children enrolled in the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) through Community Health Choice, Inc. now have access to high-quality care from more than 50 Kelsey-Seybold Clinic pediatricians. Kelsey-Seybold joined Community Health Choice’s CHIP provider network effective April 1.
“Kelsey-Seybold’s focus on families and preventive care makes it a perfect fit for the Community Health Choice network,” said Kelsey-Seybold’s board chairman, Dr. Spencer Berthelsen. “Through our relationship with Community Health Choice, we will make high-quality, coordinated care available to even more Houston-area children.”
Community Health Choice is a managed-care organization and contractor of the CHIP program, which provides health coverage to children from low-income families that earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but can’t afford private insurance. An affiliate of the Harris County Hospital District, Community Health Choice coordinates health coverage for more than 20,000 children in southeast Texas through the CHIP program. Through its network of more than 4,000 doctors and 46 hospitals, Community Health Choices serves over 140,000 members, including Texas Children’s Hospital.
“Community Health Choice continually strives to expand its affiliations to provide our members access to more physicians and neighborhood locations to better serve their health care needs,” said Ken Janda, president and CEO of Community Health Choice. “Our partnership with Kelsey-Seybold expands our mission to improve access to and delivery of affordable, comprehensive, quality, customer-oriented health care to our CHIP members.”
As a member of the Community Health Choice’s CHIP provider network, Kelsey-Seybold will treat children from Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Montgomery, and Walker counties. Kelsey-Seybold pediatricians will now accept CHIP coverage through Community Health Choice at 12 convenient locations throughout the Houston area:
- Clear Lake Clinic, 830 Gemini St., Houston
- Cypress Clinic, 13114 FM 1960 West Road, Houston
- Fort Bend Medical and Diagnostic Center, 11555 University Blvd., Sugar Land
- Humble Clinic, 8484 Will Clayton Pkwy., Humble
- Katy Clinic, 21660 Kingsland Blvd., Katy
- Kingwood Clinic, 2755 W. Lake Houston Pkwy., Kingwood
- Main Campus, 2727 West Holcombe Blvd, Houston
- Pasadena Clinic, 3508 E. Pasadena Frwy., Pasadena
- Silverlake Clinic, 9430 Broadway St., Suite 120, Pearland
- Spring Medical and Diagnostic Center, 15655 Cypress Woods Medical Drive., Houston
- The Vintage, 10701 Vintage Preserve Parkway, Houston
- The Woodlands Clinic, 17530 St. Luke's Way, Suite 175 and 200, The Woodlands
- West Clinic, 1111 Augusta Drive, Houston
“Health status in childhood is often an indicator of health throughout life, and we are excited about helping more kids get off to a healthy start,” said Dr. Richard Byrd, F.A.A.P., chief of Kelsey-Seybold’s department of pediatrics. “Comprehensive CHIP benefits provided through Community Health Choice include preventative services such as regular check ups, vaccines, and eye exams that are vital to maintaining long-term health.”
To learn more about Community Health Choice or to select a Kelsey-Seybold pediatrician as a primary care physician under its CHIP plan, call 713-295-2294 or 1-888-760-2600.
ABOUT COMMUNITY HEALTH CHOICE
Community Health Choice, Inc. (CHC) is a nonprofit HMO licensed by the Texas Department of Insurance. CHC’s network of over 4,000 doctors and 46 hospitals serves more than 140,000 members, including beneficiaries of the Medicaid STAR program in six counties in the Greater Houston area. CHC also delivers the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and the CHIP Perinatal program in these and 14 additional counties in the Southeast Texas Gulf Coast region. CHC, a subsidiary of the Harris County Hospital District, is accredited by URAC for its health plan operations as well as its disease management programs addressing perinatal care, asthma, diabetes and adolescent depression.
Contact:
Bryan McLeod
HCHD/Community Health Choice, Inc.
office: 713.566.4399 cell: 713.305.0978
bryan_mcleod@hchd.tmc.edu
About Kelsey-Seybold Clinic
Kelsey-Seybold Clinic is Houston's premier community-based physician group, founded in 1949 by Dr. Mavis Kelsey in Houston's famous Texas Medical Center. More than 350 Kelsey-Seybold physicians practice at 18 locations in the greater Houston area. Medical services offered by Kelsey-Seybold include outpatient medical care in more than 50 medical specialties, outpatient surgery centers, nationally accredited Breast Diagnostic Centers and Cancer Centers, advanced radiology services, onsite and online Kelsey Pharmacy services and secure communication portals for patients to communicate with their health care team. Kelsey-Seybold has proudly served the National Aeronautics and Space Administration since 1966 and today provides medical services onsite at the Johnson Space Center, the White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico, and in Moscow.
