Simply Healthcare Plans Expands Cancer and Cardiovascular Quality Management Services with New Century Health in South Florida

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Dec 18, 2014, 11:59 ET

WELLESLEY, Mass., Dec. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Simply Healthcare Plans, Inc., (Simply) a leading coordinated care company and one of Florida's fastest growing companies, has partnered with New Century Health (NCH) to manage the specialist provider network and oversee the clinical quality of oncology and cardiology services to its Medicare members in South Florida.

"We are excited to extend and expand our relationship with New Century Health," says Lourdes T. Rivas, Chief Executive Officer of Simply. "We've been working with them since early 2012 and wanted our members to continue to receive the high level of quality-driven, affordable care resulting from NCH's proven specialty care delivery model."

New Century Health provides a comprehensive solution to health plans and accountable care provider organizations to address the challenges of improving quality and managing escalating specialty care costs. NCH's scope of services includes care management, evidence-based clinical pathways, clinical decision technology platform, provider network management, advanced informatics and implementation of innovative payment methodologies to ensure quality.

According to Atul Dhir, MD, D.Phil., Chief Executive Officer of New Century Health, "We have had the privilege of working with Simply since 2012. The current expansion of our relationship underscores their confidence in our capabilities and proven expertise in managing specialty care for their Medicare members in South Florida."

About Simply Healthcare Plans

Headquartered in Coral Gables, Simply Healthcare Plans, Inc. is a Florida licensed health maintenance organization with additional offices in Sunrise and Tampa. Established in 2010, the plan serves over 200,000 Medicare and Medicaid members in 60 counties in Florida with the support of 10,000 healthcare providers. For more information, visit www.simplyhealthcareplans.com.

About New Century Health

New Century Health is the leading specialty care management company specializing in oncology and cardiovascular care. Our care management and clinical intelligence technology platforms connect the physicians, health plans, and ACOs to deliver high quality and efficient specialty care to almost four million Medicare, Commercial and Medicaid members. Since our founding in 2002, health plans, risk-bearing provider groups and more than 4,000 specialty physicians in 36 states have collaborated with us to improve care quality and affordability-based care initiatives. An innovative, fast-growing national leader, New Century Health is URAC accredited for Health Utilization Management and is also an official licensee of the NCCN Drugs & Biologics Compendium™. To learn more, visit www.newcenturyhealth.com.

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