Meeting Your Health Care Needs
Going beyond your everyday expectations is part of our everyday culture. Here's an at-a-glance view of the variety of services we offer.
| Business Needs |
| Plans for every group |
| • |
Medium/large group (51+) |
| • |
Small group (2-50) |
| • |
Individual & Family offered by Group Health Cooperative |
| • |
Group Medicare offered by Group Health Cooperative |
Multiple health platforms
Defined network plans with a coordinated network of selected providers |
| • |
Group Health offered by Group Health Cooperative |
| • |
Small group (2-50) |
| • |
Options Select offered by Group Health Options, Inc. |
| • |
Alliant Select offered by Group Health Options, Inc. |
| Point-of-service plans with the benefits of defined network plus ability to self-direct to out-of-network doctors |
| • |
Options offered by Group Health Options, Inc. |
| • |
Alliant Plus offered by Group Health Options, Inc. |
| PPO plan with the widest in-network physician choice with greatest flexibility |
| • |
Options PPO for Spokane-based employers, offered by Group Health Options, Inc. |
Consumer-directed health plans
Health savings accounts (HSAs) and health reimbursement accounts (HRAs) give employers and employees the tools for more informed decision-making and enable better management of a health coverage program.
Convenience
Personalized online services
Members who get care at Group Health medical centers get full access to MyGroupHealth. Secure doctor/patient e-mail, appointment requests, online medical record and test results, after-visit summaries, and more. All members can refill prescriptions online with free delivery, browse more than 5,000 health care topics, read condition centers for more in-depth health information, and check their benefits.
Special services
Choose from chiropractors, naturopaths, and acupuncturists. For vision care, Group Health See Centers and Vision Centers provide eyeglasses, contacts, and routine eye exams.
Health and Safety
Prescription safety
Our Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee reviews new drugs before they reach our formulary. Case in point: Vioxx and Fen Phen. We never covered them because we were never satisfied with their safety.
Group Health Research Institute
Our research department has found better treatment methods for chronic diseases, breast cancer, and back pain, to name a few and attracts such partners as the National Institutes of Health, Center for Disease Control, University of Washington, and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
Evidence-based medicine
Group Health clinicians practice medicine based on scientific evidence, not fads or marketing hype. Diabetes, for example, is better controlled and treated when patients get yearly retinal and foot exams. It helps prevent costly, serious medical complications.
Group Health At A Glance
Founded in 1947, Group Health is a consumer-governed, nonprofit health care system that coordinates care and coverage. Based in Seattle, Group Health and its subsidiary health carriers, Group Health Options, Inc. and KPS Health Plans, serve more than 574,000 members in Washington and Idaho.** Group Health's commercial and Medicare plans have received the top rating of "Excellent" from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).
Group Health encompasses medical and specialty centers, hospitals (including a full service community hospital), a nationally recognized research center, and a charitable foundation. Group Health and Group Health Permanente (its multispecialty medical group practice) combined employ more than 9,000 staff.
| People |
| • |
Combined membership: 574,000+† |
| • |
Group Health Permanente Medical Group: 1,131 physicians and other clinicians* |
| • |
Specialties: 45 |
| • |
Contracted network providers: 9,100+* |
Service area
All or parts of 20 counties in Washington state and two counties in North Idaho.
| Facilities |
| • |
Primary care medical centers: 25 |
| • |
Specialty care centers: 6 |
| • |
Hospitals: 2 |
| • |
Contracted hospitals: 39* |
| • |
Behavioral Health Services locations: 8 |
| • |
See Centers/Vision Centers: 15 |
| • |
Hear Centers: 5 |
| • |
Speech, Language, and Learning Services locations: 6 |
| • |
Take Care Stores: 4* |
*Source: OIC Provider Network Form A
**Only Group Health Options, Inc. provides coverage in Idaho.
†OIC Health Quarterly Statements for Group Health Cooperative and Group Health Options, Inc. (as of May 15, 2006.)
|
 |
|
