United Health Foundation Donates $500,000 to Support Behavioral Health Needs of Colorado Residents Amid COVID-19 Emergency
April 28 2020 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
Funding will support Colorado Community Health
Network’s efforts to maintain behavioral health services and
staffing and expand telehealth capacity
The United Health Foundation has donated $500,000 to the
Colorado Community Health Network (CCHN) to address the behavioral
health needs of Colorado residents during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The funding will support behavioral health clinician staffing,
outreach to vulnerable patients and expanded access to telehealth
platforms to ensure the continuity of behavioral health care
through CCHN’s member Community Health Centers. The effort is part
of UnitedHealth Group’s (NYSE: UNH) initial $70 million commitment
to fight COVID-19 and support impacted communities.
“The behavioral health impacts of this pandemic are becoming
apparent and it is essential that front-line providers like
Federally Qualified Health Centers have the staff, resources and
technology they need to ensure both the health and well-being of
their patients,” said Patrick Gordon, president and chief executive
officer, Rocky Mountain Health Plans and UnitedHealthcare Community
& State Colorado. “Our partnership with the Colorado Community
Health Network will help sustain and expand much-needed behavioral
health capacity to help Coloradans better cope with the mental and
behavioral health impacts of COVID-19.”
The $500,000 donation to the Colorado Community Health Network
will support its 21 member federally qualified Community Health
Centers in Colorado, the state’s largest primary health care
network. As significant providers of behavioral health services
throughout Colorado, the Community Health Centers will conduct
outreach to patients with ongoing mental health and substance use
disorder conditions, care for patients with depression, anxiety and
PTSD related to or exacerbated by COVID-19, and expand capabilities
for behavioral health services via telephone and televideo.
“Mental and behavioral health
impacts can outlast the physical health effects of COVID-19,” said
Polly Anderson, vice president of strategy and financing, Colorado
Community Health Network. “We are seeing an increase in
behavioral health needs as the pandemic continues and the United
Health Foundation’s support will enable our members to provide
critical services to those in need.”
UnitedHealth Group has committed an initial $70 million to fight
COVID-19 and support impacted communities including health care
workers, hard-hit states and localities, seniors and those
experiencing homelessness and food insecurity.
About UnitedHealth Group
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) is a diversified health care
company dedicated to helping people live healthier lives and
helping to make the health system work better for everyone.
UnitedHealth Group offers a broad spectrum of products and services
through two distinct platforms: UnitedHealthcare, which provides
health care coverage and benefits services; and Optum, which
provides information and technology-enabled health services. For
more information, visit UnitedHealth Group at
www.unitedhealthgroup.com or follow @UnitedHealthGrp on
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