Missouri Health Plans Education and Research Foundation (MHPERF)


























Missouri Health Plans Education and Research Foundation
Established in 2004, the Missouri Health Plans Education and Research Foundation (MHPERF) is a 501 © 3 organization. The Foundation was created by MAHP to coordinate educational activities, to oversee the Gary Maienschein Memorial Scholarship Program, to provide educational resources, and to facilitate joint activities with public health and voluntary health agencies.

The Foundation has representatives from commercial as well as Medicaid managed care plans. Members of the Governing Board include Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, Children's Mercy Family Health Partners, Coventry, Healthcare USA, Harmony Health Plan, Group Health Plan, Missouri Care and UnitedHealthcare. The Board of Councilors, an advisory group, consists of Abbott Pharmaceuticals, Amgen, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Daiichi, Eisai, Forest Pharmacueticals, Novo Nordisk, Ortho-McNeil, Pfizer, Sanofi Aventis, Schering Plough, and Takeda.

Beginning in 2010 the Missouri Health Plans Education and Research Foundation (MHPERF) will no longer produce the Kansas City Universal Formulary Guide. MHPERF is in the process of designing an on-line resource for physicians. In 2009 guides were mailed to over 5000 Kansas City area physicians at the beginning of the year.

MHPERF is pleased to present the Missouri Health Care Data Summary for 2007, an overview of demographic, financial, pharmacy, utilization and other measures for health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and Type 2 diabetes patients in key markets in Missouri. The Summary also provides state and national benchmarks that can help plans identify better opportunities to serve the needs of their members. MHPERF wishes to thank Sanofi-Aventis for their support of this project.
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