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<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\u201cWe worked extensively with local healthcare providers to create a coverage plan that has the doctor-patient relationship at its core,\u201d said Marc Neely, chief executive officer of UnitedHealthcare in Colorado. \u201cThat\u2019s where trusting relationships are built.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHealthONE brings an added value to Colorado Doctors Plan, a plan which offers significant cost-savings but also a more personalized, simplified, and coordinated care experience that can help people improve their health and well-being,\u201d Neely continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2018, the payer launched the Colorado Doctors Plan through a collaboration with Centura Health, Colorado Health Neighborhoods, and New West Physician.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This relationship between payer and accountable care organizations aims to provide low-cost, patient-centered healthcare for Coloradans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe best healthcare is a combination of three important ingredients \u2014 access, affordability, and quality outcomes,\u201d Gary Winfield, MD, family practitioner and chief medical officer of HealthONE, said in the press release. \u201cIt\u2019s my goal daily to see that our care is a combination of all three.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the recent addition of HealthONE, members enrolled in Colorado Doctors Plan will gain access to more than 4,200 total providers and 22 area hospitals. The partnership will serve residents in eight counties across the Denver, Boulder, and Colorado Springs areas who receive employer-sponsored health coverage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
HealthONE\u2019s network contributes over 2,700 providers, seven acute care hospitals, nine urgent care centers, and 17 ambulatory surgery centers, the press release stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Increasing access to physicians, specialists, clinics, and hospitals is not only expected to boost care quality but also affordability. Colorado Doctors Plan can reduce healthcare costs by up to 20 percent compared to a traditional PPO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEveryone\u2019s goal is to create a healthcare system that is more accessible and more affordable,\u201d Neely stated. \u201cSo, when we first envisioned Colorado Doctors Plan, we asked ourselves, \u2018If we could build a better solution from the ground up, with consumer and physician satisfaction as job No. 1, what would that look like? Colorado Doctors Plan is the result, and we are incredibly proud of it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Colorado is not the only state where UnitedHealthcare has launched a Doctors Plan partnership. In 2020, UnitedHealthcare and Canopy Health introduced the California Doctors Plan, which offers free access to urgent and primary care services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The concierge-style health plan also planned to save members up to 25 percent compared to other health plan premiums. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Canopy Health partnership served residents in nine California counties in the San Francisco bay area by offering them access to 5,000 physicians and 19 hospitals with similar goals as its sister plan in Colorado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn designing the California Doctors Plan, we wanted to not only offer significant cost-savings but also a more personalized, simplified, and coordinated care experience that can help people improve their health and well-being,\u201d Steve Cain, chief executive officer of UnitedHealthcare in Northern California, explained at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSource: HealthPayer Intelligence<\/a><\/span>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"