What is Hoosier Healthwise?
Hoosier Healthwise is Indiana's health care program for children, pregnant women, and low-income working families. It is a health care program administered by the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration. The goals of Hoosier Healthwise are to:
- Ensure access to primary and preventive care services
- Improve access to all necessary health care services
- Encourage quality, continuity and appropriateness of medical care
- Provide medical coverage in a cost-effective manner
The Hoosier Healthwise program is designed to accomplish these goals by making sure that every member of the program has a personal doctor. That means that each Hoosier Healthwise member will have a personal doctor -- known as a Primary Medical Physician or "PMP." Your doctor will work with you to plan all of your health care needs of your family. This helps by giving you:
- Care to help your child stay well, such as routine checkups, childhood shots, screenings, diagnoses and treatment;
- Someone who knows your child and can give you medical advice 24 hours a day, seven days a week;
- One place to get help with specialty care;
- One place that holds all your child's health records;
- Help in choosing a medical specialist when your child needs one.
