The Monroe Plan for Medical Care is a managed care organization, located in the Rochester, New York area. The Monroe Plan covers 5,633 children with asthma in Monroe County and 12 neighboring rural counties. With a high asthma burden among children in the area, the Monroe Plan saw trends in pediatric asthma and noticed high admission rates that disproportionately affected minorities. Monroe Plan partnered with ViaHealth, a health care delivery system, to launch a program to shift asthma care toward improved patient self-management.

• The Monroe Plan for Medical Care, 2008 National Environmental Leadership Award in Asthma Management (PDF)(1 pg, 134 K)