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Flex 2002 News:
New HMO Option for Danville and Lehigh Valley Pennsylvania
In an effort to offer employees access to meaningful medical—and managed
care—choices, Merck continuously evaluates health care plans in all major
U.S. markets. For 2002, the Company is pleased to report that employees
in the Danville and Lehigh Valley areas of Pennsylvania will have access
to an additional HMO, Keystone Health Plan Central.
By adding Keystone
Health Plan Central, Merck is providing approximately 1,100 employees
with an additional managed care medical coverage choice. The newly-available
HMO has earned the highest (“excellent”) accreditation status from the National
Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)—and recently received high marks
from consumers in a state-sponsored survey. The HMO offers a special focus
on preventive care, as well as access to leading area hospitals, including
Geisinger Medical Center and Lehigh Valley Hospital, which recently ended
its contract with Aetna U.S. Healthcare.
What These Changes
Mean To You
If you live in the Danville or Lehigh Valley areas of Pennsylvania, keep
in mind:
- During the upcoming
Flex 2002 open enrollment period—depending on your zip code—you may
have the opportunity to elect coverage under the Keystone Health
Plan Central HMO.
- For specific information
about the benefits and coverage available through Keystone Health
Plan Central HMO—or to find out about participating network physicians
and hospitals—visit the HMO’s Web site at http://www.khpc.com
or call Keystone Central’s member services at
800-622-2843.
- Facts about the
quality of services provided by various Pennsylvania-based managed care
and HMO options—including Keystone Health Plan Central HMO and Aetna
U.S. Healthcare HMO—are available in a new state report titled “Measuring
Quality in Pennsylvania’s Commercial HMOs.” For a copy of this
report, contact the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council
at 717-232-6786 or visit the agency’s Web site at http://www.phc4.org
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2009 Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, N.J., U.S.A.
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In an effort to offer employees access to meaningful medical—and managed
care—choices, Merck continuously evaluates health care plans in all major
U.S. markets. For 2002, the Company is pleased to report that employees
in the Danville and Lehigh Valley areas of Pennsylvania will have access
to an additional HMO, Keystone Health Plan Central.
By adding Keystone
Health Plan Central, Merck is providing approximately 1,100 employees
with an additional managed care medical coverage choice. The newly-available
HMO has earned the highest (“excellent”) accreditation status from the National
Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)—and recently received high marks
from consumers in a state-sponsored survey. The HMO offers a special focus
on preventive care, as well as access to leading area hospitals, including
Geisinger Medical Center and Lehigh Valley Hospital, which recently ended
its contract with Aetna U.S. Healthcare.
What These Changes
Mean To You
or call Keystone Central’s member services at
