For Immediate Release
Bravo Health Advanced Care Center Opens in North Philadelphia
Center
Supports Providers by Addressing Point-of-Need Health Issues
(PHILADELPHIA, PA — January 11, 2010) — Bravo Health (www.bravohealth.com)
today announced the opening of the first Bravo Health Advanced Care
Center (the Center). The Center, an innovative, state-of-the-art physician
practice designed to help Bravo Health Pennsylvania’s participating
providers meet the health care needs of Bravo Health
members, is located at 1010 W. Lehigh Avenue in North Philadelphia.
An extension of the member’s primary care provider (PCP), the
Center is intended to complement the PCP’s care in two important
ways:
-
To provide immediate care when a patient has a non-emergent
condition and the PCP is not available because it’s after
hours or the appointment schedule is full
- To provide
care and physician-directed case management for a complex condition
that requires significant
time or resources that the patient ’s PCP can’t easily offer
"
The Advanced Care Center is a unique health care
alternative for Bravo Health members," said Andrew Aronson, MD,
Vice President of Physician Practice Operations for the Center. "We
designed the Center to enhance both access to quality care and the
efficiency with which Bravo Health Pennsylvania’s participating
providers operate their own practices."
Staffed by board certified or board eligible
physicians, the Center works directly with
the Bravo Health member’s PCP
to assure immediate and complex health needs are
met in the most effective way.
"
We have introduced a new innovative model of care
that reflects Bravo Health’s ongoing commitment to meeting our
members’ need for accessible, appropriate health care," said
Jason Feuerman, Senior Vice President and Executive Director, Bravo
Health Pennsylvania. "The Center is changing the way health
care is delivered."
Today, Bravo Health Pennsylvania serves more
than 50,000 members in the Philadelphia area.
The Center, which is located in an area where a high concentration
of Bravo Health Pennsylvania’s
membership lives, offers convenient hours of operation:
- Immediate care
services are available 365 days of the year from 9
am to 9 pm
- Complex
care services are available Monday through Friday from 7 am
to 4 pm
There is no co-pay,
in accordance with the Bravo Health member’s benefit plan, and no appointment is necessary
for immediate care services. Transportation arrangements
are available.
In the future, additional Centers will
be established in Bravo Health’s markets. Plans are underway for another Center
in West Philadelphia, as well as one in Baltimore,
Maryland.
About Bravo Health
Founded in 1996, Bravo Health’s licensed subsidiaries provide
Medicare beneficiaries access to high quality, cost-effective health
care. With more than 300,000 members, Bravo Health’s licensed
subsidiaries offer Medicare Advantage health plans
in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas and Washington,
D.C. and offer Part
D Prescription Drug Plans in 43 states. For more
information, visit www.bravohealth.com.
About the Bravo Health Advanced Care Center (Philadelphia)
Bravo Health Advanced Care Center, P.C. is a
Pennsylvania professional corporation owned
by Josh Bennett, MD, a Pennsylvania-licensed
physician. For more information, visit
www.bhacc.com.
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