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Alignment Health Plan to Expand Northern and Central California Service Area, Making Award-Winning Plan Benefits Available to 82% of Medicare-Eligible Adults Statewide
Alignment Healthcare to extend its Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans to Alameda, Fresno and Madera counties in 2023, pending regulatory approval
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[{"type":"text","content":"Alignment Healthcare to extend its Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans to Alameda, Fresno and Madera counties in 2023, pending regulatory approval\nORANGE, Calif., July 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- To provide more choices, greater benefits and better access to care, Alignment Healthcare (NASDAQ: ALHC) plans to extend its tech-enabled Medicare Advantage plans to three more counties in California — Alameda, Fresno and Madera — pending regulatory approval from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). If approved, Alignment Health Plan benefit packages would be available in a total of 21 California counties, reaching more than 5.4 million residents, or 82% of the state’s Medicare-eligible population, beginning Jan. 1, 2023.1 The company currently offers a wide range of low- to no-cost monthly premium HMO, PPO, chronic condition and dual-eligible special needs plans, all designed to cater to the diverse needs of seniors and other eligible Medicare beneficiaries across the Golden State. Its planned expansion includes Alameda County, the seventh most populous county in California and one of the most ethnically diverse regions in the Bay Area, and the agricultural hubs of Fresno and Madera counties, which comprise the third-largest metropolitan area in Northern California, behind the San Francisco Bay Area and Greater Sacramento. “We are growing to bolster much-needed health care and wraparound support for seniors across our home state of California, where the largest number of Medicare-eligible adults in the country live,” said Dawn Maroney, markets president, Alignment Healthcare, and CEO of Alignment Health Plan. “Alignment’s Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans stand out for their senior-first, data-driven design, and we are excited at the prospect of extending benefits like 24/7 access to a doctor and VIP concierge services into Alameda in the Bay Area and Fresno and Madera in the heart of California’s Central Valley.\" If approved by CMS, Medicare-eligible residents of Alameda, Fresno and Madera counties would have access to Alignment Health Plan HMO and chronic condition special needs plans, which are tailored for individuals who have a qualifying condition such as diabetes or heart disease. In addition, they would also have access to popular Alignment Health Plan benefits such as non-emergency transportat...