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Recent news releases from Chorus Community Health Plans.

Chorus Community Health Plans’ Commitment to Tackle the Health Effects of Homelessness Tops $2 Million
MARCH 2025

MILWAUKEE — Chorus Community Health Plans (CCHP), an affiliate of Children’s Wisconsin, announced its continued commitment to the cause of reducing homelessness and housing instability, and the health effects it brings by continuing its partnership with Milwaukee County Housing Services. CCHP is one of the earliest healthcare organizations to participate in this program, and the $300,000 committed for 2025 will put CCHP’s cumulative contributions to this effort above $2 million. Read full press release here. 

Transforming Medicaid: How Chorus Community Health Plans is Tackling SDOH
MARCH 2025

Our President Mark Rakowski joins the Bright Spots in HealthCare podcast to talk about how CCHP is driving better health. Listen here.

Chorus Community Health Plans partners with Network Health to streamline operations and improve service
MARCH 2025 

MILWAUKEE — Chorus Community Health Plans (CCHP), an affiliate of Children’s Wisconsin, recently announced a new partnership with Network Health starting next year. Network Health will become CCHP’s sole Third-Party Administrator (TPA) and will provide customer service and claims administration services for all CCHP lines of business. Read the full press release here. 

Chorus Community Health Plans Distributes $2.6 Million for Care Improvement

JAN 2025

MILWAUKEE, Wis., — Chorus Community Health Plans (CCHP), an affiliate of Children’s Wisconsin, announced it is distributing $2.5 million in payouts to healthcare providers, including $1.6 million in performance-based incentives in recognition of improved quality of care. These pay-for-performance payouts are designed to support health systems’ efforts to prioritize preventative care in patients enrolled in CCHP’s BadgerCarePlus (Medicaid) programs. Read the full article here.

Nystrom & Associates Now In-Network with Chorus Community Health Plans
NOV 19, 2024

MILWAUKEE and MINNEAPOLIS -- Nystrom & Associates, a premier provider of behavioral health care services, today announced a new partnership with Chorus Community Health Plans (CCHP) as an in-network provider. The collaboration will allow CCHP members to access Nystrom's comprehensive telepsychiatry and behavioral health care services as a covered insurance benefit, effective immediately. Read the full article written on PRNewswire here.

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Chorus Community Health Plans announces $1.3 million in value-based payouts to network providers
OCT 3, 2023

MILWAUKEE, Wis., — Chorus Community Health Plans (CCHP), an affiliate of Children’s Wisconsin, has announced that it will provide a total of $1.3 million in value-based care incentive payouts to healthcare providers who participate in the CCHP network. Value-based payouts help support healthcare provider efforts to improve the quality of care by prioritizing access to preventative care for their patients. Read the full article here.

Wisconsin Health Plan Tests Digital Health Treatment for Panic Disorder
APR 26, 2022

Chorus Community Health Plans is using a digital therapeutic to improve patient engagement and give members dealing with panic disorder an alternative to medication or emergency in-person treatment. Read the full article written by Health Leaders here.

Chorus Community Health Plans is first in Wisconsin to offer new digital therapeutic treatment for panic attacks, panic disorder, and PTSD
FEB 10, 2021

Chorus Community Health Plans (CCHP) has partnered with Freespira, Inc., the maker of the first FDA-cleared digital therapeutic to significantly reduce or eliminate symptoms of panic attacks, panic disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in only 28 days. Freespira is now available to all of CCHP's members, including Medicaid patients, making it the first health plan to offer this new digital treatment in Wisconsin. Learn more.