Nurse Response CEO to be Featured Speaker at World Congress Leadership Summit on Medicaid

ST. LOUIS, MO, June 12, 2013 (Press-News.org) Nurse Response, a provider of multilingual telehealth services, is honored to have its CEO and President Kimberly Tuck, RN, speak at the upcoming World Congress 3rd Annual Leadership Summit on Medicaid.

Tuck will be co-presenting a session entitled "Better Access, Better Care: Will Medicaid Care Improve Under the Affordable Care Act?" The session will focus on four main points:
• The current gap in care for Medicaid recipients and how much it will increase with expansion;
• How providers will work with Medicaid plans to provide care for the expansion population;
• Which resources providers need to manage the expanded population; and
• Which strategies plans are working on that will help provide care to the expansion population.

The World Congress 3rd Annual Leadership Summit on Medicaid will be held July 15-17 at the Westin Arlington Gateway, Arlington, Va.

In her 30 years of health care experience, Tuck has developed and led wide-ranging clinical programs and care networks, as well as serving in the public sector. She has been honored with national clinical nurse leadership awards, such as the Dorland Health People Award for Clinical Nurse Leadership, and is sought after to speak at many industry and association events, such as the URAC Annual Quality Summit, the Medicaid Health Plans of America Summit, and the Managed Markets Summit. Under her leadership, Nurse Response has been the recipient of many awards including honors from the American Telemedicine Association, American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing (AAACN) and URAC, to name a few.

Tuck received a Nursing Degree from Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College and a Master's Degree from Trinity College and University.

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About Nurse Response
Nurse Response is a wholly owned subsidiary of Centene Corporation that is in the business of providing multilingual telehealth services. We partner with health plans, hospitals, providers, colleges and universities, and other specialty organizations to ensure all callers have access to high quality, appropriate care. Our services are designed to encourage callers to become active participants in their healthcare, engaging in activities that promote appropriate utilization of care resources as well as better health outcomes for individuals and their families. We have provided uninterrupted service every day since 1995. Nurse Response experienced Customer Care Professionals and Registered Nurses at our call centers across the country provide Care.Right.Now. through delivery of health information, education, and advice in a culturally and linguistically sensitive manner. For more information, please visit our website http://www.nurseresponse.com or contact us today at info@nurseresponse.com.