(LONG BEACH, CA – July 25, 2005) — SCAN Health Plan announced
today that Bristol Park Medical Group has joined the health
plan’s provider network, effective immediately. As a result,
seniors in many parts of Orange County who are members of SCAN
now have access to nearly 90 additional physicians in 10 Bristol
Park locations.
Bristol Park Medical Group has been a leading provider of quality
medical care for more than 40 years. For the past three years,
the medical group has won the prestigious Blue Ribbon award from
the Pacific Business Group on Health, recognizing excellence in
the California healthcare marketplace. The award is based on
customer-reported care and service, clinical outcomes and process
measures, relative cost, and more.
“We have long admired Bristol Park’s outstanding reputation in
the community, and we are very happy to welcome their physicians
into the SCAN family,” said SCAN Chief Medical Officer Timothy
Schwab, M.D. “It is important to provide seniors in Orange County
with choice and easy access to quality medical care. The
physicians at Bristol Park share not only that belief but our
commitment to putting the needs of the member first.”
Bristol Park Medical Group has 10 primary care medical facilities
conveniently located throughout Orange County. There are two
locations in Irvine and one each in Aliso Viejo, Anaheim, Costa
Mesa, Fountain Valley, Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita, San
Juan Capistrano and Santa Ana.
For no monthly premium, SCAN members in Orange County can avail
themselves of all of the basic benefits covered under Medicare
including doctor visits, hospital care, emergency/urgent care,
ambulance service, home healthcare, skilled nursing facility care
and chiropractic/podiatry care. Beyond these core Medicare
benefits, SCAN members will enjoy generous prescription coverage
(including brand and generic), coverage for routine eye and
hearing exams (including eyewear and hearing aids), and
transportation to the doctor’s office, plus SCAN On-Call™, a 24-
hour nurse advice line, in-home assistance services, and access
to emergency care worldwide.
Founded in 1977, SCAN is one of the four largest Medicare
Advantage Plans in all of California and consistently ranks as
one of the state’s fastest growing. The expansion into Ventura
County is the first for the company since 1996. In addition to
its health plan, SCAN also manages one of the largest and most
successful Multi-Purpose Senior Service Projects (MSSP) in
California providing community-based, long-term care and in-home
personal-care coordination for low-income frail seniors. Further
information may be obtained at www.scanhealthplan.com.
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