care founded 1994 ; 22 years ago 1994 as americaid community care 1996 1996 as amerigroup headquarters united states key people peter d. haytaian executive vice president government business division anthem inc. products publicly funded health care program management number of employees 7 080 12 31 2012 parent anthem inc. website www.amerigroup.com amerigroup is a united states health insurance and managed health care provider . amerigroup covers 7.7 million seniors people with disabilities low income families and other state and federally sponsored beneficiaries and federal employees in 26 states making it the nation s largest provider of health care for public programs . 1 contents 1 history 2 health care products 3 national advisory board 4 corporate social responsibility 4.1 amerigroup foundation 4.2 volunteerism 5 medicaid fraud 6 references 7 external links history edit amerigroup began as americaid community care in 1994 and was initially aimed at the health care problems of children mothers and pregnant women enrolled in medicaid . amerigroup became a publicly traded corporation in the fall of 2001 . in 2006 amerigroup entered the medicare advantage program serving low income people who are eligible for both medicare and medicaid through special needs plans . in 2007 amerigroup began the operation of traditional medicare advantage plans . currently amerigroup offers health care services through three government programs that target different segments of the country s low income population medicaid the children s health insurance program chip and medicare . 2 on july 9 2012 anthem inc. then known as wellpoint entered into an agreement to acquire amerigroup corporation for 4.9 billion . 3 health care products edit 4 as of dec. 31 2012 children s health insurance program chip 5 a managed health care product for uninsured children not eligible for medicaid . this product is designed for the schip initiative . seniors and people with disabilities s pd 6 a managed health care product designed for supplemental security income ssi recipients . this population consists of low income spd . temporary assistance for needy families tanf 7 a medicaid managed health care product . this product is designed for the tanf population that consists primarily of low income children and their mothers familycare 8 a managed health care product focused on uninsured adults and parents of chip or medicaid eligible children . medicare advantage 9 medicare health plans focusing on low income medicare beneficiaries consisting of regular medicare plans and special needs plans for dual eligible beneficiaries with both medicare and medicaid . national advisory board edit in 2007 amerigroup developed the national advisory board nab to focus on meeting the needs of seniors and people with disabilities who are a significant proportion of its clients . the nab provides policy recommendations for improving programs and services for seniors and people with disabilities . convened by lex frieden who was instrumental in conceiving and drafting the americans with disabilities act of 1990 the nab is made up of 19 community advocates health care experts and academics . 10 the nab advocated that the modernized health care infrastructure be required to meet the needs of people with disabilities and seniors . 11 corporate social responsibility edit amerigroup foundation edit the main goals of the amerigroup foundation are to foster access to care encourage safe and healthy children and families and promote community improvement and healthy neighborhoods . 12 in the past year the foundation contributed more than 3 million to various community organizations across the united states . since inception the foundation has awarded 17.3 million to community health centers service organizations and local programs . 13 volunteerism edit amerigroup has a community volunteers program created to recognize and support the contributions employees make in communities across the country and to inspire others to volunteer . 14 all amerigroup employees receive a paid day off each year to do volunteer work in their communities . medicaid fraud edit fired executive cleveland tyson provided federal prosecutors with evidence that amerigroup was systematically declining services to low income pregnant women in illinois from 2001 to 2003 . their contract with the state required that they enroll all eligible clients but prosecutors submitted emails showing that amerigroup had a policy of targeting healthy enrollees and specifically excluded pregnant women and others with expensive conditions . in october 2006 a federal jury found amerigroup liable for 48 million in damages which was tripled by statute to 144 million . in march 2007 an additional fine of over 190 million was levied for 18 000 false claims . after appealing the judgments amerigroup agreed in july 2008 to settle the charges for 225 million . as a whistleblower qui tam provisions entitled tyson to 56 million of the settlement . 15 16 17 references edit amerigroup corporation company information . retrieved 22 february 2013 . company history . amerigroup corporation . retrieved 22 february 2013 . abelson reed 9 july 2012 . new york times . the new york times . amerigroup . amerigroup . amerigroup pdf . about tanf program . us department of health and human services . archived from the original on 2012 03 14 . retrieved 22 february 2013 . medicaid chip and familycare eligibles . agp 10k . retrieved 22 february 2013 . medicare advantage part c . the official us government site for medicare . retrieved 22 february 2013 . amerigrooup . nab . making a difference amerigroup promotes culture of caring . amerigroup foundation . the business journals . retrieved 22 february 2013 . amerigroup . volunteerism . amerigroup corporation . retrieved 22 february 2013 . bush rudolph october 31 2006 . jury finds hmo bias in signing patients . chicago tribune . retrieved 21 march 2012 . amerigroup to end appeal and pay 225 million to united states and illinois to settle pregnancy discrimination case press release . illinois attorney general . august 14 2008 . retrieved march 21 2012 . kendall brent august 16 2008 . amerigroup to pay 225 million to settle case . wall street journal . retrieved 21 march 2012 . external links edit official website national advisory board retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title amerigroup & oldid 741663062 categories companies listed on the new york stock exchangeinsurance companies of the united statescompanies based in virginia beach virginia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial 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