HealthEquity®, Inc., and Optima Health To Offer Service-Oriented Health Savings Accounts
Optima Health customers will now have access to an enhanced consumer driven product including a health savings account (HSA) and high deductible health plan (HDHP).
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Sentara Unveils New Cardiovascular Institute
Sentara Healthcare announces the formation of a new research institute dedicated to halting the number one killer of men and women, cardiovascular disease.
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Optima ‘Life Coach’ Diabetes Program Wins National Award
Disease Management Association cites improved patient compliance, health
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Treatment Cost Advisor Helps You Estimate the Cost of Your Care
Need to learn about and plan for healthcare treatment costs? We now have a tool to help you make the decisions you need.
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Optima Health Named Virginia's Top Health Plan for Customer Service
Optima Health has recently been named the 2006/2007 Customer Care Award winner for the state of Virginia.
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Prescription Mail Order Change
Beginning October 1, 2007, prescription mail order services will handled by Caremark.
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Optima Health Now Serving the Fredericksburg Area
Optima Health is now providing group health coverage in Fredericksburg and surrounding King George, Stafford and Spotsylvania counties.
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Sentara Healthcare 5th Most Integrated Network
Verispan recently ranked Sentara Healthcare for the tenth consecutive year in a row as a Top 100 Integrated Healthcare Network (IHN).
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Optima Health Explanation of Benefits (EOBs) Available by Secure Email
View, print, file and save your Explanation of Benefits without ever having to open a paper envelope again!
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Optima Health Ranked Among Top 50 Health Plans By U.S. News & World Report
Optima Health is ranked 50th among the nation’s health plans in the second annual survey by U.S. News & World Report and NCQA, the National Committee for Quality Assurance.
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Optima Health Web Site Receives URAC Accreditation
Optima Health announced today that it has been awarded URAC Health Web Site accreditation from the American Accreditation Healthcare Commission, a Washington, DC-based healthcare accrediting organization that establishes quality standards for the healthcare industry.
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Sentara Princess Anne, Comprehensive Health Campus
In response to staggering growth and demand for health care services in southern Virginia Beach, Sentara is opening a comprehensive health campus with the Southside’s first free-standing emergency center.
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Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center Opens Thursday, August 17
The new regional medical center offers increased privacy and patient-centered care with larger all private rooms, expanded Emergency, Surgery and Maternity Departments; and advanced diagnostic imaging capabilities.
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Sentara Bayside Hospital Kicks Off Program Aimed at “Building a Better Environment for Safety”
Virginia Beach Vice Mayor Louis R. Jones joined Sentara Bayside Hospital Administrator Larry DePriest and the Bayside leadership team for the kickoff of a new internal program aimed at keeping employees engaged in patient safety efforts at the hospital.
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Expansion at Sentara Port Warwick Now Open
Sentara Port Warwick II—the 2nd phase of Sentara’s outpatient campus off Jefferson Avenue—opened Monday, June 26 with a brand new ambulatory surgery center.
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Optima Plans Rank Well in First U.S. News & World Report Survey
In its first national ranking of health plans, U.S. News & 30 Medicaid managed care programs. Optima Health plans rank in top 100.
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Sentara Health Campus Opens Summer 2006
Private and Sentara physicians are among the dozens of doctors committing to office space at Sentara Princess Anne, the 72-acre comprehensive health campus at the intersection of Princess Anne and Dam Neck Roads.
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Sentara CarePlex Hospital Opens Second Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Two fully operational labs offer lifesaving heart treatment to area residents.
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Sentara Heart Hospital
Construction is complete and the doors opened on the region’s only dedicated heart hospital, Sentara Heart Hospital on Saturday, February 25, 2006.
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Obici Hospital Merger With Sentara Healthcare Receives Regulatory Clearance
Obici Health System in Suffolk and Norfolk-based Sentara Healthcare have received clearance from federal and state regulatory bodies and anticipate that their planned merger will become effective April 1, 2006.
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Sentara's Healthy Edge Program Wins 2006 ‘Wellness in the Workplace’ Award
The Virginia Business Coalition on Health has awarded one of two 2006 Wellness in the Workplace awards to Sentara Healthcare for its Healthy Edge program.
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Healthcare Advisor™ Leads You to Informed Decisions
Interested in learning about a condition or treatment option? Curious about how hospitals are rated? Be informed.
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Optima Health Plans Wins A+ from Weiss Ratings Agency
Optima Health Plan joins an elite group of 12 health plans in the nation to earn an A+ rating from the prestigious Weiss ratings agency.
Data from the 4th quarter of 2004 resulted in the only A+ rating among health plans in Virginia.
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Obici Health System and Sentara Healthcare
Obici Health System of Suffolk and Norfolk-based Sentara Healthcare have agreed to a merger. The boards of directors of both organizations have signed a letter of intent.
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Sentara Named One of the Most Wired Health Care Systems Across the Nation
For the sixth consecutive year, Sentara Healthcare has been named one of the 100 Most Wired Health Systems in the nation.
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Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS) Becomes Out-of-Area Provider Network
Beginning January 1, 2006, the out-of-area provider network will change from the CCN Network to the Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS) Network.
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Signing In to Optimahealth.com? Check Your Password.
Passwords for optimahealth.com are now case sensitive.
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Sentara Healthcare Receives John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award
Sentara’s Culture of Safety initiative has been awarded the 2005 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality award from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and the National Quality Forum.
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Sentara Receives State Approval for Outpatient Surgery Center
Today Sentara Healthcare received approval from the state health commissioner to build a state-of-the-art, outpatient surgery center at Sentara Princess Anne Health Campus.
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Princess Anne Health Campus
Construction begins on one of the area’s most comprehensive and futuristic health complexes—Sentara Princess Anne Health Campus-scheduled to open in mid-2006.
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NCQA "Excellent" Accreditation for 2005
For the seventh year in a row, health plans administered by Sentara Health Plans, Inc. have received an “Excellent” accreditation from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).
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Sentara and CHKD Assemble Katrina Relief Team
At the request of the Department of Health and Human Services, Sentara Healthcare and Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters have assembled a 110-person medical team for Katrina Hurricane Relief.
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Ins and Outs of Health Insurance
Do all of the terms and rules about your health plan leave your head spinning?
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Optima Family Care Wins Health Award
Virginia’s largest Medicaid HMO, Optima Family Care, has won a community service award from the Urban League of Hampton Roads for a girls basketball program that goes far beyond sports.
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Optima Health Wins First U.S. EPA Award For Asthma Management
Optima Health has received a first-ever award for asthma management from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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Optima ‘Partners in Pregnancy’ Program Wins National Award
Optima Health’s three-year-old program to improve prenatal care for women on Medicaid has won a national award from the Disease Management Association of America (DMAA).
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Vioxx Removed From Market
Merck & Co., Inc. announced its voluntary withdrawal of the prescription pain drug Vioxx® from the market.
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Optima FourSight: Big Coverage. Little Price.
There’s a new health plan that gives businesses the best of both worlds. It’s called Optima FourSight. This deductible plan is unique because it allows covered members to receive benefits before their deductible is met. Yet this PPO costs less than most of Optima Health’s HMOs.
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National 'Quest for Quality' Prize Awarded to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
There are few peer awards more prestigious for a hospital to win than the Quest for Quality prize by the American Hospital Association. This year, that national recognition goes to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.
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Don't Sit On Colon Cancer
“Death rates from colon cancer in Hampton Roads are higher than the national average,” says George Heuser, MD, a Medical Director for Sentara Health Management. “The irony is, it’s one of the most preventable and treatable cancers, if we catch it early.”
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Optima Health: A New Name. A Renewed Commitment To Health.
As of July 1, 2004, all health plan products will officially be unified under the name Optima Health.
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New Prescription Mail Order Service
PharmaCare Direct will serve as your health plan’s new prescription drug mail order service.
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Asthma Program Chosen by EPA
Sentara's Asthma Life Coach, a component of Sentara’s Asthma Disease Management Program, has been chosen out of multiple candidates across the country to be highlighted in a special video news release sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency.
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