AmeriHealth Caritas

At AmeriHealth Caritas, care is the heart of our work. That means that every day we put our members and their families first. We work to improve not only their health, but also the economic and social issues that can act as a barrier to proper care — the social determinants of health that are estimated to account for 70 percent of avoidable mortality in the U.S. alone.Through our Next Generation Model of Care, we emphasize preventive care, health maintenance, and community outreach programs with a strong focus on ensuring members have access to food, housing, utilities, and other basic necessities.Our missionTo help people get care, stay well, and build healthy communities. We have special concern for those who are poor.Our visionOur goal is to develop strategic partnerships and build accessible, flexible health systems across the nation. Moving forward as health care evolves, we will continue to ensure the greatest level of care at maximum value for members, providers, and governments.Ensuring equal access to health care through health equity and health literacyMore than 77 million adults have basic or below basic health literacy — or the ability to understand the basic health services and instructions they receive. Even more can’t access the care they need because of social and cultural disparities.Low health literacy costs the U.S. billions of dollars every year and impacts the quality of care millions of Americans receive. In the spirit of our mission, our whole-person model of care leverages Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) standards and strong community partnerships.Through community outreach, collaboration with providers and their staff, and 24/7 access to interpretation services, we help to ensure each of our members gets the appropriate, unique care and services they need and deserve.