WellCare Launches Digital Life Coach For Kentucky Medicaid Members Aging Out Of Foster Care

On December 3, 2018, WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (WellCare), a Kentucky Medicaid managed care organization (MCO), launched a new digital life coach program for its members who are youth aging out of foster care. The program, developed by JOOL Health (JOOL), focuses on goal-setting and self-tracking through an application for smartphones and tablets. The JOOL Health application (app) provides digital engagement to support healthy habits in five key areas of behavior: sleep, presence, activity, creativity and eating (SPACE), as well as energy and willpower. The smartphone application is available at no cost to 250 WellCare Medicaid members who . . .