Assurant Health Now Offers Customers Access to Take Care Clinics
01.13.09
— Take Care Clinics are located at select Walgreens drugstores, staffed by board-certified family nurse practitioners and physician assistants who diagnose and treat common family illnesses —
— Assurant Health plan members can now receive in-network benefits at more than 800 retail health clinics throughout the U.S. —
MILWAUKEE, WI — JANUARY 13, 2009 — Assurant Health announced today that its health plan members can now receive in-network benefits at all Take Care Clinics, located at 322 Walgreens drugstores in 35 markets and 18 states. Take Care Clinics are walk-in, professional health care centers open seven days a week with extended evening and weekend hours.
Take Care Clinics are staffed by board-certified family nurse practitioners and physician assistants who diagnose and treat patients 18 months and older for common, non-emergency illnesses such as strep throat, ear and sinus infections, and poison ivy. Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants are licensed to write prescriptions that can be filled at the patient’s pharmacy of choice.
This new Assurant Health service is available through its agreement with Take Care Health Systems, the largest provider of convenient care clinics and worksite health and wellness centers in the country and a wholly owned subsidiary of Walgreens (NYSE, NASDAQ: WAG). With the addition of these clinics, Assurant Health customers with Individual Medical, Short Term Medical and Real Choices Small Group plans will have access to more than 800 retail health clinics throughout the U.S.
At Take Care Clinics, patients pay their co-payment, coinsurance or deductible amounts for covered services. Conveniently located at select Walgreens drugstores across the country, clinics provide care for individuals that fits their schedule and helps keep patients out of the emergency room for non-urgent conditions.
“This agreement is part of our continuing commitment to give our customers more choices and convenient access to affordable health care options,” said Scott Krienke, Senior Vice President, Product Lines, at Assurant Health.
"We are delighted to partner with Assurant Health to offer their customers and plan members high-quality, convenient and affordable healthcare built around their needs,” said Peter Miller, President and CEO of Take Care Health Systems. “Our goal is to provide access to care to as many individuals as possible. Partnering with companies like Assurant Health allows us to offer our model of care to more individuals across the country, and this national contract sets the stage for continued coverage as we expand our model to new markets and states.”
In addition to treating common episodic ailments such as colds, influenza, rashes and muscle strains, the Take Care Health Providers offer immunizations, physicals and diagnostic health screenings. Most of the clinics are located in high-traffic urban and suburban shopping centers, conveniently located where most individuals work or live.
Assurant Health recently added two other services to its plans as part of its ongoing effort to help customers make smart, cost-effective healthcare decisions. Its customers now have free telephone access to Patient Care, an independent advocacy company, which helps them better understand their health insurance and make good choices regarding physicians and hospitals. Customers can also call toll-free TelaDoc Medical Services, the nation’s leading platform in telehealth, for on-demand counsel from the nation’s leading network of board-certified, licensed primary care physicians.
more information on Assurant Health insurance products and services, please visit www.assuranthealth.com.
About Assurant Health
Assurant Health has been in business since 1892 and is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by Time Insurance Company, John Alden Life Insurance Company and Union Security Insurance Company. Together, these three underwriting companies provide health insurance coverage for almost one million people nationwide. Each underwriting company is financially responsible for its own insurance products. Primary products include individual medical, small group, short-term and student health insurance products, as well as non-insurance products and consumer-choice products such as Health Savings Accounts and Health Reimbursement Arrangements. With almost 3,000 employees, Assurant Health is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with operations offices in Minnesota, Idaho and Florida, as well as sales offices across the country. The Assurant Health Web site is www.assuranthealth.com.
Assurant Health is part of Assurant, a premier provider of specialized insurance products and related services in North America and selected international markets. Its four key businesses – Assurant Employee Benefits, Assurant Health, Assurant Solutions and Assurant Specialty Property – have partnered with clients who are leaders in their industries and have built leadership positions in a number of specialty insurance market segments worldwide.
Assurant, a Fortune 500 company and a member of the S&P 500, is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol AIZ. Assurant has more than $25 billion in assets and $8 billion in annual revenue. Assurant has approximately 14,000 employees worldwide and is headquartered in New York's financial district. The Assurant Web site is www.assuranthealth.com.
About Take Care Health SystemsSM
Take Care Health Systems (www.takecarehealthsystem.com) a wholly owned subsidiary of Walgreens and part of Walgreens Health and Wellness division, is the largest and most comprehensive provider of worksite health and wellness centers and convenient care clinics in the country. TCHS is comprised of Take Care Consumer Solutions (www.takecarehealth.com) and Take Care Health Employer Solutions (www.takecareemployersolutions.com). Take Care Consumer Solutions manages Take Care Clinics at select Walgreens drugstores throughout the country. Patient care at each of the Take Care Clinics is provided by Take Care Health Services, an independently owned state professional corporation established in each market. Take Care Health Employer Solutions manages primary care, health and wellness, occupational health, pharmacy and fitness centers at large employer campuses. Combined, Take Care Health Systems operates nearly 700 worksite and retail health care centers.
Press Contact:
For Assurant Health:
Peter Duckler or Rich Ringer
312-649-0371
pduckler@hlbcomm.com
rringer@hlbcomm.com
For Take Care Health Systems:
Dan Zacchei
212-446-1882
DZacchei@sloanepr.com