Amerigroup Tennessee Expands Partnership with TwelveStone to Offer Infusion and Enteral Service Options to Members in Southeast Tennessee

Partnership Expands Therapy Options for Amerigroup Members in 10
Southeast Tennessee Counties

NASHVILLE & MURFREESBORO, Tenn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#Amerigroup–Amerigroup Tennessee, a statewide provider of Medicaid managed care
services, is expanding its partnership with TwelveStone Health Partners,
a premier provider of post-acute care pharmacy and medical supply
services, to provide infusion and enteral services to Amerigroup members
through referral by acute care facilities in southeast Tennessee. A new
agreement reached by the two organizations will expand options for
Amerigroup members and the facilities that serve these members in 10
southeast Tennessee counties: Marion, Grundy, Warren, Hamilton,
Sequatchie, Pope, McMinn, Monroe, Meigs and Rhea counties.

“Amerigroup has been growing our reach and services for more than a
decade, and we are honored to have TwelveStone as a partner in our
effort to continue to enhance home care options for members,” said Al B.
King, president of Amerigroup Tennessee. “Since 2007, TwelveStone has
collaborated with Amerigroup to provide innovative, compassionate care
to members across middle Tennessee, and we are confident that they will
continue to offer the highest level of care as they begin serving our
members in eastern Tennessee.”

Amerigroup has been serving Tennessee Medicaid beneficiaries who
participate in the state’s TennCare program since 2007. Originally
contracted to serve middle Tennessee, Amerigroup expanded its service
area in 2015, and now serves TennCare members statewide. Amerigroup also
serves members who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid through
its Amerivantage Medicare Advantage plan.

TwelveStone has also been expanding its service area footprint with
plans to offer services in all of Tennessee’s 95 counties. The company
offers packaged medication, infusion and enteral services, respiratory
therapy and durable medical equipment. Its infusion and enteral services
provide feeding tube and IV administration of nutrition, antibiotics and
other medications, including chemotherapy.

“Infusion and enteral therapies offer a direct method of rapid
transmission to deliver unique benefits and are considered by some as
the SWAT team of drug and nutritional therapies, especially for critical
care patients,” says Shane Reeves, chief executive officer of
TwelveStone. “We are pleased to partner with Amerigroup to extend these
services to their members in southeast Tennessee.”

TwelveStone works in coordination with acute care facilities by
providing onsite care coordinators who help care managers teach
Amerigroup members how to manage their infusion and enteral medications
after they are discharged from the hospital. The company currently
offers its services through all acute care facilities in middle and
eastern Tennessee that serve Amerigroup members and plans to continue
expanding its service area in partnership with Amerigroup.

ABOUT AMERIGROUP TENNESSEE

Amerigroup Tennessee helps improve health care access and quality for
approximately 436,000 Tennessee residents who participate in the state’s
various Medicaid programs. Amerigroup serves Tennesseans by developing
and delivering innovative care management programs and services.
Amerigroup Tennessee members are assured care that is not only
accessible, but also accountable, comprehensive, integrated and
patient-centered. It provides ongoing community relations and outreach
to encourage members to become active participants in their health care.
For more information about Amerigroup, please visit our website at www.myamerigroup.com/tn.

About TwelveStone Health Partners

TwelveStone Health Partners incorporates the objective of glorifying God
into its mission by delivering a higher level of service to partners and
patients. As an organization, TwelveStone supports the transition from
acute to post-acute care environments and the transition from sickness
to health. This is the third evolution in the company’s history,
beginning in 1980 when Richard Reeves and Ronald Powell created a single
retail pharmacy location then called Reeves Powell Saveway Drug Store.
In 1994 Shane Reeves and Rick Sain launched Reeves-Sain and over 20
years grew the organization to include seven companies. In 2015 Reeves
Sain Drug Store, Inc., a retail pharmacy, and its specialty pharmacy,
EntrustRx were sold to Fred’s, Inc. In 2016 Shane Reeves launched
TwelveStone Health Partners with the objective of continuing to pursue
the highest professional, business and community goals set forth by its
founders. For more information, visit https://12stonehealth.com.

Contacts

Amerigroup Tennessee
Denise Malecki
813-830-6986
denise.malecki@amerigroup.com
or
TwelveStone
Health Partners
Amanda Cecconi
615-473-7536
amanda.cecconi@12stonehaelth.com