{"id":71685,"date":"2019-09-23T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-blue-shield-of-california-and-ucla-health-expand-their-network-relationship-by-entering-into-a-new-medicare-advantage-agreement-beginning-oct-1-2019\/"},"modified":"2019-09-23T12:03:15","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T16:03:15","slug":"blue-shield-of-california-y-ucla-health-amplian-su-red-comun-al-firmar-un-acuerdo-nuevo-para-medicare-advantage-que-entrara-en-vigencia-el-1-de-octubre-de-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/blue-shield-of-california-y-ucla-health-amplian-su-red-comun-al-firmar-un-acuerdo-nuevo-para-medicare-advantage-que-entrara-en-vigencia-el-1-de-octubre-de-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Shield of California and UCLA Health Expand Their Network Relationship By Entering Into a New Medicare Advantage Agreement Beginning Oct. 1, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prngen2{\nBORDER-TOP:1pt; BORDER-RIGHT:1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: BOTTOM; BORDER-BOTTOM:1pt; PADDING-LEFT:0.50em; BORDER-LEFT:1pt; PADDING-RIGHT:0.50em\n}\n.prntblns{\nBORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: 1pt\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">LOS ANGELES<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 23, 2019<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> and UCLA Health have signed a new multi-year agreement that gives the nonprofit health plan&#8217;s Medicare Advantage plan members in-network access to UCLA Health providers as of <span class=\"xn-chron\">October 1, 2019<\/span>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg21a3left\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg21a3left\" title=\"Blue Shield of California Logo\" style=\"HEIGHT: 147px; WIDTH: 400px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Blue Shield of California Logo\" align=\"middle\" imagelabel=\"General\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/810201\/blue_jpg_Logo.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p>The new agreement expands the network relationship between the two organizations. Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> members enrolled in its commercial plans already have been enjoying in-network access to UCLA Health. In addition to UCLA Health, Blue Shield offers a wide-range of in-network medical providers for its Medicare Advantage plan members.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At Blue Shield, we are passionate about offering our members many options when choosing in-network medical providers who share in our vision of providing quality healthcare that is worthy of our family and friends and sustainably affordable,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Krista Bowers<\/span>, general manager and vice president of Medicare for Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>. &#8220;We are very pleased to offer our Medicare Advantage plan members access to UCLA Health and look forward to working with their team to help improve the health and wellness of our members.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;UCLA Health looks forward to becoming a participating provider in Blue Shield&#8217;s Medicare Advantage plan to offer Medicare enrollees expanded access to <span class=\"xn-org\">UCLA<\/span> physicians and services for their healthcare needs,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Johnese Spisso<\/span>, president of UCLA Health and CEO of its hospitals and clinics.<\/p>\n<p>Medicare&#8217;s Annual Election Period is <span class=\"xn-chron\">October 15, 2019<\/span> to <span class=\"xn-chron\">December 7, 2019<\/span>. For more information about Blue Shield&#8217;s Medicare plan offerings, please visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2588226-1&amp;h=2923690934&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fblueshieldcamedicare.com%2F&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fblueshieldcamedicare.com%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/blueshieldcamedicare.com\/<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><b>About UCLA Health <br \/><\/b>UCLA Health includes four hospitals on two medical campuses \u2014 Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center; UCLA Medical Center, <span class=\"xn-location\">Santa Monica<\/span>; Mattel Children&#8217;s Hospital UCLA; and Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at <span class=\"xn-org\">UCLA<\/span> \u2014 and more than\u00a0180 primary care and specialty offices throughout <span class=\"xn-location\">Southern California<\/span>. UCLA Health ranks #1 in <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Los Angeles<\/span>, and #6 in the nation in <i>U.S. News &amp; World Report&#8217;s<\/i> Best Hospitals survey.\u00a0Click <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2588226-1&amp;h=3703011238&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.uclahealth.org%2F&amp;a=here\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n<p><b>About Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span><\/b><br \/>Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> strives to create a health care system worthy of our family and friends that is sustainably affordable. We are a not for profit, independent member of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association with 4 million members, 6,800 employees and more than <span class=\"xn-money\">$20 billion<\/span> in annual revenue. Founded in 1939 and headquartered in <span class=\"xn-location\">San Francisco<\/span>, Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> and its affiliates provide\u00a0health, dental, vision, Medicaid and Medicare health care service plans in <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>. 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