Pacificare/UnitedHealthcare Request for Proposal
$25 million available for technology improvements, medical education, disease prevention and coordinated care all focused on underserved populations and improvements in health care delivery. The $25 million in UnitedHealth Group /PacifiCare grants, to be distributed over the next three years, will fall under several different categories, including:
technology improvements for safety-net providers;
medical education programs in traditionally underserved communities;
population-based preventive health strategies;
support for Coordinated Care Initiatives research and informational activities about health care delivery within the coordinated care model in California; and
cash or in-kind contributions to help establish and support health care information technology initiatives designed to improve health care delivery. The first round of proposal applications for the newest UnitedHealth Group /PacifiCare grants are being accepted from Aug. 27 through Oct. 12, 2007. The first awards will be made in December. Three more proposal periods are planned, with the next beginning in January of 2008
