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(PHOENIX, AZ – September 25, 2006) — SCAN Health Plan announced today that it
has appointed Marc Lato, M.D., as medical director of SCAN Long Term Care in
Phoenix.
Prior to joining SCAN, Dr. Lato served as chief medical officer of Arizona
Physicians’ IPA, a United Health Group Company in Phoenix. He previously served
as corporate medical director for Mercy Care Plan in Phoenix and also was a
medical director for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona.
“Dr. Lato is a longtime member of the medical community in Maricopa County,”
said Henry Osowski, chief executive officer of SCAN Long Term Care. “He has a
unique understanding of the market and shares our mission of ensuring that
seniors have access to quality healthcare.”
Twice voted one of the top family practice doctors by Phoenix Magazine, Dr. Lato
has been an active member of the Arizona medical community for more than three
decades. He is a graduate of the University of Arizona College of Medicine in
Tucson, and he completed his internship and residency in Family Practice at St.
Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix.
Earlier this year SCAN was awarded a three-year contract by the Arizona Health
Care Cost Containment System to provide long-term care services to low-income
elderly and physically disabled Arizonans enrolled in the Arizona Long-Term Care
System (ALTCS) program in Maricopa County.
Currently, more than 40,000 Arizona residents are enrolled in ALTCS, many of
whom share the same frailty and chronic illness characteristics found in many of
SCAN’s current membership of more than 90,000 Medicare eligible enrollees. ALTCS
participants are covered for medical care, including doctor’s office visits,
hospitalization, prescriptions, lab work and behavioral health services. ALTCS
has been viewed as a national model for its success in placing and supporting a
high percentage of individuals in their home or community-based residential
facilities where appropriate rather than placement in the more costly nursing
home care.
The first new ALTCS members in SCAN will be effective on October 1. In
anticipation, SCAN has assembled a strong local provider network and has opened
a Phoenix-based office that is being staffed by local individuals such as Dr.
Lato and recently appointed Vice President/General Manager Maureen McGurrin who
bring with them hands-on experience in Maricopa County.
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
not-for-profit health plan currently serves more than 90,000 seniors in Los
Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura and Kern counties. 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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