{"id":3127,"date":"2021-11-09T08:54:21","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T08:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthplan.distilinfo.com\/?p=3127"},"modified":"2021-11-09T08:54:22","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T08:54:22","slug":"how-wellcares-ma-members-stand-to-benefit-from-a-new-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/how-wellcares-ma-members-stand-to-benefit-from-a-new-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"How Wellcare’s MA members stand to benefit from a new deal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Wellcare, a Centene Corporation wholly-owned subsidiary, announced that starting July 1, 2021, its Medicare Advantage members will have in-network access to Iora Primary Care offices in Houston. Iora Primary Care focuses on primary care for Medicare-eligible seniors. Iora physicians and healthcare teams are dedicated to providing a complete approach to health through a relationship-based care strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Access<\/em><\/strong>: Each Iora patient has access to a provider and a health coach, as well as a team nurse and a behavioral health specialist, to assist them to achieve optimal health and wellness. Iora also provides same- and next-day appointments, phone access to a primary care practitioner 24 hours a day, onsite laboratories for simple one-stop treatment, and transportation for those who require assistance traveling to a provider’s office.<\/li>
  2. Partnership:<\/em><\/strong> “We are pleased to partner with Iora Health to extend our footprint in Texas and further support our efforts to partner with high-quality providers and health systems across the state,” said Rich Fisher, SVP and CEO of Medicare for Centene, Wellcare’s parent company.<\/li>
  3.  Passion: <\/em><\/strong>“We’re thrilled to be able to work with Wellcare, a company that shares our passion for delivering high-quality care to older adults,” said Lindsay Botsford, M.D., Iora Health’s Texas Medical Director. “Providing Houston residents with more choices to get the care that focuses on their whole-person health is a win-win.”<\/li>
  4.  Benefits<\/em><\/strong>: For more than 20 years, Wellcare has offered a range of Medicare products, including Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Plans (PDP), which offer affordable coverage beyond Original Medicare. Today, the company offers benefits with every Medicare beneficiary in mind, such as dental, hearing and vision services; Flex cards to assist with co-pays; transportation services; telehealth visits; wellness and fitness programs; in-home support services; and special supplemental benefits for the chronically ill.<\/li>
  5.  Healthcare:<\/em><\/strong> Iora Health, part of One Medical, is a membership-based primary care organization with a mission to transform health care for all through its human-centered, technology-powered model, particularly focused on the senior population. Iora Health and One Medical’s vision is to delight members with better health and better care while reducing costs.<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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