Community Impact
CareSource Indiana 2022 Year in Review
February 3rd, 2023 | 3 min read
Throughout 2022, CareSource created and engaged with a number of initiatives to further our mission of making a lasting difference in our members’ lives. Looking beyond just improving members’ health and well-being, CareSource targeted the root of the problem - social determinants of health - initiating and sustaining a number of programs and partnerships dedicated to being a resource to Indiana members and their communities.
Our team is committed to serving our communities every day, connecting each member to the right services and resources to address their unique needs. Here are a few ways that CareSource advocated for and supported the health of Hoosiers in 2022.
CareSource Foundation Supports Indiana’s Social Safety Net
In early 2022, CareSource announced that the CareSource Foundation provided organizations across the state in 2021 with over $627,900 to further efforts toward improving health outcomes for Hoosiers, including a BIPOC Doula Scholarship Program.
CareSource Indiana Offers Tips to Help Prioritize Kids Health
A child’s mental health is just as important as their physical health. As back-to-school season approached, Christine Mueller, the Manager of Women and Children’s Health Outcomes at CareSource, spoke on the importance of prioritizing your child’s mental, emotional, and physical health.
CareSource Foundation Awards Grant to Overdose Lifeline
The CareSource Foundation provided Overdose Lifeline, Inc. with a grant of over $178,000 to further their mission of preventing and responding to opioid overdoses in Indiana schools. With these funds from CareSource, Overdose Lifeline will be able to increase the number of schools they serve by 275 over the next three years, providing each participating school district with naloxone, an “emergency medication” that can help to reverse an overdose from opioids.
Five Questions for Dr. Cameual Wright
Dr. Cameual Wright, vice president and market chief medical officer of CareSource Indiana, provided her expertise by weighing in on how certain societal factors, like affordable housing, access to clean drinking water and a safe environment can positively or negatively impact infant mortality rates. Dr. Wright, alongside her CareSource team, continues to advocate for greater maternal and infant support at the community, state and federal levels.
Milk Bank Receives Donation from CareSource
At the height of the formula shortage, CareSource sponsored over 1,000 ounces of breast milk through the Milk Bank’s Give an Ounce Campaign. This donation further supported the Milk Bank's efforts in providing up to 40 ounces of milk to mothers without a prescription.
Five Questions for Steve Smitherman, President of CareSource Indiana
Steve Smitherman provided insight into the lives of caregivers as they support themselves as well as care for their loved one. Steve, who is a caregiver to a member of his own family, highlighted just how essential it is that caregivers prioritize their own health and well-being by regularly supporting their physical and mental health as well as asking for help when it is needed.
Op/Ed: Hungry? 1 in 9 Indiana Residents ― Many of them Children ― are too.
The implications of COVID-19 as well as other factors impacting Hoosiers each and every day continue to drive levels of food insecurity here in Indiana. According to Feeding America, one in nine people in Indiana face hunger. Dr. Cameual Wright and CareSource worked to raise awareness of food insecurity and how we can help solve this problem.