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VISTA announces new Medicare benefits in Palm Beach County
HOLLYWOOD - April 15, 2004 - Vista Healthplan, Inc. (VISTA), a health benefits
company, announced today mid-year enhancements to its Medicare Prime Advantage
product in Palm Beach County. The benefit enhancements are effective May 1,
2004 and available to Medicare eligible individuals in Palm Beach County.
VISTA's Medicare Prime Advantage plan has no copay for inpatient care at
participating hospitals in Palm Beach County. Additional benefit plan
enhancements include no copay for x-rays and no copay for outpatient surgery
conducted at a participating ambulatory surgical center. The copay for
formulary brand name drugs has been reduced from $30 to $15. The benefit plan
also features no copay for days 1 through 10 in a skilled nursing facility and
no copay for physical, speech and occupational therapy conducted at a
freestanding facility.
"The enhancements to VISTA's Medicare Prime Advantage plan bring additional
value to consumers and are aligned with our strategy to increase membership in
Palm Beach County." said John Fanning, vice president of Medicare Sales. "We
are committed to reducing our member's out-of-pocket expenses and in fact are
the only plan in the county that has no hospital copay for in patient care at
participating hospitals in Palm Beach County.
" Over the past year, VISTA has experienced a successful turnaround driven by
membership growth, the introduction of new commercial products, and renewals
and multi-year awards of key employer group contracts. A growing health
benefits company, VISTA has revenue of $1 billion, more than 330,000 healthplan
members, a network of more than 5,000 skilled participating physicians
in South Florida and over 1,000 employees.
About VISTA
VISTA, through its affiliated companies, Vista Healthplan, Inc., Vista
Healthplan of South Florida, Inc. and Vista Insurance Plan, Inc., offers a
choice of health benefit plans including health maintenance organization (HMO),
preferred provider organization (PPO) and point-of-service (POS). Headquartered
in Hollywood, Florida, the VISTA companies provide health benefits coverage to
more than 300,000 members and 10,000 employers in Florida through employer
group and individual plans, Medicare, Medicaid and Florida's Healthy Kids
program. More than 5,000 independent physicians and the area's leading
hospitals participate in VISTA's provider network. VISTA's health plans were
awarded a three-year accreditation from the Accreditation Association for
Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) - the highest level of accreditation a health
plan can achieve. More information about VISTA is available at
www.vistahealthplan.com
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