GAINESVILLE, Fla., Nov. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Bright
HealthCare¹ is excited to
announce University of Florida Health
is now part of its provider network across Northeast, North Central
and Central Florida. University of
Florida Health continues to accept other health plans, in addition
to Bright HealthCare. Bright HealthCare members in
Jacksonville, Gainesville, Leesburg and The
Villages will now have access to University of Florida Health physicians and
hospitals, including the following:
- UF Health Shands Hospital
- UF Health Shands Children's Hospital
- UF Health Shands Cancer Hospital
- UF Health Heart & Vascular Hospital
- UF Health Neuromedicine Hospital
- UF Health Psychiatric Hospital
- UF Health Jacksonville
- UF Health North
- UF Health The Villages® Hospital
- UF Health Leesburg Hospital
The new relationship with UF Health further grows Bright
HealthCare's footprint to reach thousands of additional eligible
consumers in the new year. "We're thrilled to introduce our
new Care Partner, University of Florida
Health," said Jon Gavras, Bright
HealthCare Florida market president. "UF Health is now in our
network. Bright HealthCare continues to expand partnerships that
are critical to making healthcare more local, personal and
accessible for Floridians."
Bright HealthCare, which is part of Bright Health Group (NYSE:
BHG), offers health plans that serve consumers across their entire
life journey, including Individual and Family, Medicare Advantage,
and employer-sponsored plans. These products are built around
Integrated Systems of Care in each market and leverage Bright
Health Group's proprietary DocSquad™ technology which together have
consistently shown to produce better outcomes.
Medicare's annual enrollment period runs from Oct. 15 through Dec. 7 for coverage beginning
Jan. 1, 2022. The Open
Enrollment Period for individuals interested in Marketplace plans
started on Nov. 1, 2021 and runs
through Jan. 15, 2022. Consumers who
enroll by Dec. 15 will be eligible for coverage starting
Jan. 1, 2022.
For more details about Bright HealthCare plans, visit
www.brighthealthcare.com Bright HealthCare is not a corporate
entity, but rather it is a business unit within the Bright Health
Group, Inc. holding company structure.
ABOUT BRIGHT HEALTHCARE
Bright HealthCare delivers healthcare benefits to over 719,000
consumers across 14 states and 99 markets through its various lines
of business which include Individual and Family, Medicare
Advantage, and Employer health plans. Bright HealthCare also
participates in a number of specialized plans, including Medicare
Advantage Chronic Condition Special Needs Plans which are designed
to exclusively serve individuals with severe or disabling chronic
conditions. Bright HealthCare leverages its intelligent operating
system and proprietary DocSquad™ solutions to produce better
outcomes and reduce costs. Bright HealthCare is part of Bright
Health Group (NYSE: BHG). For more details about Bright HealthCare
plans, visit www.brighthealthcare.com.
About University of Florida
Health
UF Health is a world-class academic health center that combines
leading-edge research at campuses around Florida with outstanding clinical care at a
network of hospitals around the state. The flagship is UF Health
Shands Hospital, part of Florida's
preeminent health system, with 14 adult and pediatric specialties
ranked among the nation's elite top 50 programs in the 2021-22 U.S.
News & World Report Best Hospitals and Best Children's
Hospitals surveys. That's more than any other hospital in
Florida.
With main campuses in Gainesville and Jacksonville as well as satellite sites in
Central Florida and several other
locations, UF Health provides world-class health care to patients
across the third-most populous state in the nation. UF Health
consists of six health colleges, nine research centers and
institutes, 10 hospitals — including two teaching hospitals and
five specialty hospitals — and a host of physician medical
practices and outpatient services.
The backbone of UF Health is a talented and dedicated workforce
of more than 30,000 people who provide lifesaving care and research
breakthroughs for more than 3 million patients who come to UF
Health each year from around the U.S. and more than 40
countries.
UF Health is committed to improving lives and health through a
variety of community-based programs and activities. As part of the
state's "safety-net'' hospital system, caring for
people who have little or no medical coverage, UF Health provided
more than $297.6 million in
unsupported charity care, social responsibility and community
benefit across its Gainesville,
Jacksonville and Central Florida campuses in fiscal year 2020.
Annually, UF Health contributes more than $4.6 billion to Florida's overall economy.
Our mission is to promote health through outstanding and
high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the
health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact
research across the spectrum of basic, translational and clinical
investigation. Visit www.UFHealth.org to learn more.
¹Bright HealthCare is the
health plan business unit of Bright Health Group, Inc. and offers
Individual and Family and Medicare Advantage plans in Florida under the corporate name Bright Health
Insurance Company of Florida.
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