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Home Health Insurance Companies University of Florida Health is Now Participating in The Bright HealthCare Medicare and Individual Family Plans Networks

University of Florida Health is Now Participating in The Bright HealthCare Medicare and Individual Family Plans Networks

Posted on November 26, 2021 Written by Editor

Bright HealthCare 1 is pleased to announce that University of Florida Health has joined its provider network in Northeast, North Central, and Central Florida. University of Florida Health accepts other health plans in addition to Bright HealthCare. Bright HealthCare members living in Jacksonville, Gainesville Leesburg, The Villages and Leesburg will now have access University of Florida Health doctors and hospitals.

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(r), Hospital
UF Health Leesburg Hospital

Bright HealthCare will continue to expand its reach with UF Health, allowing it to reach additional eligible consumers. Jon Gavras (Bright HealthCare Florida market president) said, “We are thrilled to introduce our new care partner, University of Florida Health.” “UF Health is now part of our network. Bright HealthCare is expanding partnerships that are crucial to make healthcare more accessible, local and personal for Floridians.

Bright HealthCare is part of Bright Health Group (NYSE : BHG). It offers health plans that can be used by consumers throughout their life, including individual and family, Medicare Advantage and employer-sponsored plans. These products are built around Integrated Systems of Care for each market and use Bright Health Group’s DocSquad(tm), which have proven to deliver better outcomes.

The Medicare annual enrollment period is from Oct. 15 to Dec. 7, for coverage starting Jan. 1, 2022. Individuals interested in Marketplace plans can openly enroll from Nov. 1, 2021 to Jan. 15, 2022. Consumers who sign up by December 15 will be eligible to start coverage 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.

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