CoxHealth awarded $400K grant

CoxHealth was awarded a $400,000 grant from the Missouri Foundation for Health to help consumers sign up for health insurance through the state's exchange.

“The $400,000 grant over 18 months pays for full-time certified application counselors (CACs), the licensing of several additional CoxHealth employees, outreach and education opportunities, and necessary equipment,” said Diane Rozier, CoxHealth's certified application counselor manager, in a news release.

During the marketplace's first enrollment period this year, 152,335 Missourians signed up for health care insurance. CoxHealth is now preparing for the fall open enrollment on Nov. 15.

“This grant will expand our efforts to include health and health insurance education,” Rozier said in the release. “We will provide accurate and balanced information on the Affordable Care Act and its impact on the health system, the community and the individual.”

CoxHealth is relocating its certified application counselors to Kelley Plaza, 3318 S. National Ave., by the end of August, the release said.[[In-content Ad]]