Korean Language Added to HIP Health Plan's Web Site
PR Newswire -- November 12, 2003
NEW YORK, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- HIP Health Plan of New York today announced that it has added a fourth language, Korean, to its Web site, hipusa.com. Members and others can also access HIP's Web site in English, Spanish and Chinese. With the introduction of Spanish two years ago, HIP was the first health plan in the nation to provide a language other than English to its Web site.
"HIP Health Plan has a diverse membership and we are working to accommodate that diversity," said Anthony L. Watson, Chairman & CEO. "With the addition of the Korean language at our Web site, we will be able to communicate with a sizeable portion of our membership in familiar surroundings. That is what makes HIP unique among all health plans. We work to make each and every member familiar and comfortable with the access to health care that we provide. Our growing membership is a strong indication that we are on the right track."
Known as the region's premier HMO and growing in its national reputation, HIP Health Plan of New York offers an expanding range of health care choices as well as a growing provider network. Now numbering close to 20,000 physicians in more than 31,000 service locations, HIP's health care options include physicians in independent practice as well as physicians practicing in health centers.
The centers are managed by outstanding medical groups of multi-specialty physicians, as well as groups associated with leading hospitals, such as Beth Israel Medical Center and St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center (ContinuumHealth); Lenox Hill Hospital; St. Barnabas Hospital; and Montefiore Medical Center.
With the acquisition of Vytra Health Plans, HIP is the largest HMO and one of the largest health plans in the New York metropolitan area. It is also the largest Medicare and Medicaid HMO in New York State, according to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), an independent monitor of the nation's HMOs, has awarded HIP a second successive Commendable Accreditation; COR Health, a health care guide to the Internet that reviews and evaluates health care and medical Web sites, gave HIP's Web site a 5-star rating for Content; the TRUSTe seal was awarded to HIP's Web site for adhering to the highest standards of established privacy principles of disclosure, choice, access and security; URAC, which establishes quality standards for the health care industry, has awarded HIP accreditation for utilization management; and, HIP continues to lead the nation's insurance industry in InformationWeek's annual ranking of business technology innovators. Among 500 companies ranked nationwide, HIP was named first in the insurance industry and No. 13 among all companies.
