MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Today, Bright Health announced it will begin offering individual and family plans and Medicare Advantage plans to residents across the state of Florida in 2020. To develop its health plans, Bright Health has worked in collaboration with several of the state’s leading health systems including AdventHealth, Ascension Health, and Tenet Health, among others. Bright Health has received regulatory approval from the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to offer health plans during this fall’s open enrollment period. The company’s individual and family plans will be available for purchase beginning November 1^st, and its Medicare Advantage plans will be available for purchase beginning October 15^th.

Bright Health’s model features proprietary Care Partner Networks developed specifically for Florida residents based on several criteria, including comprehensive care across specialties, geographic reach, quality of care and operational efficiency. Working in close collaboration with doctors in their Care Partner Network, Bright Health is able to engage proactively with members, including those with high-risk or chronic conditions, to improve health outcomes and reduce costs through coordinated in-network care. For Bright Health members, this translates into a more personalized and affordable patient experience, including:

• Lower out-of-pocket costs¹
• Fewer readmissions² and emergency room visits³
• A reduction in duplicate testing⁴
• Referral-free specialist visits

Bright Health’s pricing is competitive. Its Silver Plans are among the most affordable individual and family premium plans available. For consumers who qualify for federal subsidies, many of its plans are available at little to no premium cost to the individual. Florida seniors in qualifying counties have access to $0 premium Medicare Advantage plans.⁵

“At Bright Health, we believe the foundation of good healthcare is a strong relationship between people and their doctors,” said Bob Sheehy, Bright Health’s co-founder and chief executive officer. “Our Care Partner Networks in Florida have distinguished themselves as trusted providers that deliver superior, personalized care to their patients, and we look forward to working hand-in-hand with their physicians to provide a better healthcare experience for the people of Florida.”

In each market in Florida, Bright Health members will enjoy comprehensive coverage, as follows:

In addition to the standard benefits required for all ACA Marketplace plans, individuals and families who choose Bright Health will receive:

• Cash rewards for completing healthy actions
• Meal delivery after hospital stays
• Transportation benefits

Many Bright Health Medicare Advantage plans also include additional benefits, such as:

• $0 PCP copay
• Low or $0 Part D deductible
• Transportation benefits⁶
• Comprehensive dental, vision and hearing benefits⁷

Bright Health plans will be available to Florida residents in qualifying counties via the website, BrightHealthplan.com, call center and broker partners. Individual and family plans will also be available on the HealthCare.gov website and Medicare Advantage plans will be available at Medicare.gov.

About Bright Health
Bright Health is a consumer-focused health insurance and technology company. Through its collaborative Health Plan Care Partner Model in local communities and unique intelligence capabilities, Bright Health Plan is reshaping how people and care providers achieve better health together by making healthcare simpler, more affordable and personal. Bright Health Plan currently offers a range of individual, family and Medicare Advantage plans in Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, New York, Ohio and Tennessee via its website, call center, broker partners and through government websites as well as public health insurance exchanges. Bright Health plans will also be available in Florida, Illinois, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma and South Carolina for 2020. Learn more at www.brighthealthplan.com.

About Ascension Health
Ascension (www.ascension.org) is a faith-based healthcare organization dedicated to transformation through innovation across the continuum of care. As the largest non-profit health system in the U.S. and the world’s largest Catholic health system, Ascension is committed to delivering compassionate, personalized care to all, with special attention to persons living in poverty and those most vulnerable. In FY2017, Ascension provided more than $1.8 billion in care of persons living in poverty and other community benefit programs. Ascension includes approximately 165,000 associates and 34,000 aligned providers. Ascension’s Healthcare Division operates more than 2,600 sites of care – including 153 hospitals and more than 50 senior living facilities – in 22 states and the District of Columbia, while its Solutions Division provides a variety of services and solutions including physician practice management, venture capital investing, investment management, biomedical engineering, facilities management, clinical care management, information services, risk management, and contracting through Ascension’s own group purchasing organization.

About AdventHealth
With a sacred mission of Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ, AdventHealth is a connected system of care for every stage of life and health. More than 80,000 skilled and compassionate caregivers in physician practices, hospitals, outpatient clinics, skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies and hospice centers provide individualized, wholistic care. A shared vision, common values, focus on whole-person health and commitment to making communities healthier unify the system’s nearly 50 hospital campuses and hundreds of care sites in diverse markets throughout almost a dozen states. For more information about AdventHealth, visit AdventHealth.com, or Facebook.com/AdventHealth.

About Tenet Health
Tenet Healthcare’s Palm Beach Market is comprised of six acute care hospitals and numerous related health care services. Tenet’s hospitals aim to provide the best possible care to every patient who comes through their doors, with a clear focus on quality and service. Hospitals in the Florida region include, Delray Medical Center, Good Samaritan Medical Center, Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center, St. Mary’s Medical Center, Palm Beach Children’s Hospital, and West Boca Medical Center.

Tenet distinguishes itself as a leader in redefining health care delivery and has been recognized for the passion of its people and partners in providing quality, innovative care to the patients it serves in each community. Tenet’s Florida region hospitals have been recognized consistently by organizations such as Healthgrades, The Joint Commission and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association for their commitment to providing quality care. For more information, log on to www.tenetflorida.com.

¹ In 2017, redirection and repatriation resulted in in-network care that would have amounted to $2.2M of out-of-network charges billed to members.
² Based on 30-day all cause readmission rates for 2018 for Bright Health Plan MA patients as compared to CMS county level benchmarks in CO and AZ.
³ Comparison of 2018 emergency department utilization rates for Bright Health Plan members across all business lines to national utilization rates to National Center for Health Statistic data published by the CDC for [2016].
⁴ Comparing 2015 CO EPO product reimaging rates to Bright Health Plan’s 2017 CO IFP reimaging rates.
⁵ All pricing is subject to final regulatory approval.
⁶ Included in most plans
⁷ For plans that don’t include dental and vision coverage, coverage is available for an additional monthly premium. Most plans include hearing benefits.

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MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Oct. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® announced the launch of the Spanish-language version of its widely popular This Shirt Saves Lives campaign at the Billboard Latin Power Players Summit Party in Los Angeles. Launching with Mexican-American singer, songwriter and actress Becky G, the new t-shirt, “Esta Camiseta Salva Vidas,” introduces a new era of the national campaign that inspired a mainstream movement to support the lifesaving work of St. Jude: Finding cures. Saving children.®

The Billboard Latin Power Players Summit, along with Billboard’s Latin American Music Awards held later this week, brings together a vast and vibrant group of young Latinx artists and musicians spanning several musical genres and reaching fans throughout the world.

“Grounded on the influence of the Latinx community in every aspect of American life, the shirt ‘Esta Camiseta Salva Vidas’ came as a natural integration to a viral movement embraced by St. Jude supporters throughout the entertainment community,” said Rick Shadyac, President and CEO for ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. “We couldn’t be happier to launch our Spanish-language version of This Shirt Saves Lives among these creatively-driven and influential artists who are driving some of today’s biggest trends and changes in our society while reaching new global audiences.”

The This Shirt Saves Lives campaign has engaged more than 350 celebrity supporters and reached more than 1 billion people online. Each year, over 400,000 children worldwide will be afflicted by cancer and some of these young children hail from Latin American countries. Because of generous supporters, families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food – because all a family should worry about is helping their child live.

“I’m thrilled to launch this campaign for a mission that means so much to me,” said Becky G, who has two number one hits on the Billboard Latin Airplay Charts and one of Billboard’s “21 under 21.” “It’s cool to be part of a new cultural revolution that sees the power of music to impact – and save – lives directly. Whether you speak Spanish or not, this t-shirt is bridging a gap to help kids and families at St. Jude, and I can’t think of a better reason to be involved.”

About St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Its purpose is clear: Finding cures. Saving children.® It is the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center devoted solely to children. Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20 percent to more than 80 percent since the hospital opened more than 50 years ago. St. Jude won’t stop until no child dies from cancer. St. Jude freely shares the discoveries it makes, and every child saved at St. Jude means doctors and scientists worldwide can use that knowledge to save thousands more children. Families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food – because all a family should worry about is helping their child live. Join the St. Jude mission by visiting stjude.org, sharing stories and videos from St. Jude Inspire, liking St. Jude on Facebook, following St. Jude on Twitter and Instagram and subscribing to its YouTube channel.

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WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 2019 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Pinyon Foundation has partnered with The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the launch of a new Spanish-language campaign focused on confronting HIV stigma. It aims to encourage the community to work together on helping people with HIV access health resources that lead to a healthier life.

The multimedia campaign, titled “Stop HIV Stigma,” started airing nationally last week, and it will continue until the 20th of October, on the Hispanic Communications Network (HCN) and La Red Hispana’s affiliate radio stations, as well as on its digital and social media platforms. Messaging will focus on practical recommendations that help stop language that furthers stigma and discrimination of HIV while also offering ideas on how to support those living with HIV.

“HIV continues to pose a serious threat to the health of Latinx communities, and HIV stigma compounds that threat” says Eugene McCray, M.D., director of CDC’s Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention. “With a focused approach and more collaboration, it is possible to end the HIV epidemic among the Latinx community.”

As part of the new campaign, which coincides with the National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD), the CDC developed a stigma language guide with the goal of openly speaking about and empowering people with HIV. When talking about HIV, certain words may have a negative meaning for people at high risk for HIV or those with HIV. The guide provides practical tips on choosing appropriate language that is supportive and not stigmatizing when talking about HIV.

Further, the campaign highlights the role that each person plays in stopping HIV stigma and gives voice to people living with HIV, as well as their friends and family. Campaign participants share their stories and call on everyone to work together to stop HIV.

“We know that the first step to stop HIV is to speak openly about the topic and confront the stigma head on. But the reality is that many times, we don’t know how to react when a friend or family member tells us that they live with HIV, or we don’t know what to do when someone asks if HIV is ‘contagious’ by simply giving someone a kiss,” says Mariana Nonino, a representative of Pinyon Foundation.

“For these types of situations, the campaign offers practical advice to confront those who might be misinformed or prejudiced toward HIV, as well as focusing on how to share basic information about HIV, including how it is transmitted,” Nonino added.

The campaign, “Stop HIV Stigma,” includes the distribution of Public Service Announcements through HCN and La Red Hispana’s affiliate radio stations, interviews with leading voices of the fight against AIDS, digital multimedia resources on La Red Hispana’s webpage, as well as creative messaging on social media platforms such as: Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, integrated into its popular programming like Bienvenidos a América, la Dr. Isabel, En Privado with Dr. Eduardo López-Navarro and Encendío with Pedro Biaggi, among others.

For more information about the Spanish-language campaign, visit LaRedHispana.com.

Contact: Mercy Padilla
(202) 360-4112
[email protected]

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