News


  Optima Health Introduces New Individual and Family Health Plans  

Optima Health, a Virginia-based health plan, launched its individual and family health plans throughout Virginia this week. These plans are designed to make it easy for individuals to select health plan coverage, no matter what their budget or stage of life.    Read more



  Optima Health Launches Campaign For Medicare Annual Enrollment  

This year, Optima Health is offering four comprehensive plan choices, including two new $0 premium options.    Read more



  Optima Health No Longer Requires Referrals for Most Plans  

Beginning January 1, 2008, referrals to see a participating specialist are no longer required for most HMO and POS plans!    Read more



  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).    Read more



  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.    Read more



  Prescription Mail Order Change  

Beginning October 1, 2007, prescription mail order services will handled by Caremark.    Read more



  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.    Read more



  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.    Read more



  Sentara CarePlex Hospital Opens Second Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory  

Two fully operational labs offer lifesaving heart treatment to area residents.    Read more



  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.    Read more



  Sentara Port Warwick Expands Emergency Care to 24 Hours per Day  

Emergency care at Sentara Port Warwick is now offered around the clock-24 hours per day.    Read more



  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).    Read more



  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!    Read more



  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.    Read more



  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.    Read more



  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.    Read more



  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.    Read more



  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.    Read more



  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.    Read more



  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.    Read more



  Signing In to Optimahealth.com? Check Your Password.  

Passwords for optimahealth.com are now case sensitive.    Read more



  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.    Read more



  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.    Read more