Open Enrollment can be stressful. Do you check the same boxes as the year before and hope for the best? Or do you dig into the details and compare plan options, co-pays and networks?
The choices you make during Open Enrollment affect us and our families for the entire year. To take the guesswork out of Open Enrollment, we want to share a few industry secrets:
Secret 1. The Best Care Is in Your Backyard: By virtue of where you live, you have access to the highest quality care around: Hoag. Hoag offers the most advanced technology in the region and access to cutting-edge clinical trials that are changing the future of health care. Specialists have come to Hoag from renowned medical centers nationwide because they know this is where they can do their best work. And Hoag is one of only 429 hospitals nationwide to receive the highest possible distinction in Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings, a 5-star rating, from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Secret 2. Choose a Hoag Affiliated Physician: Choosing a Hoag Medical Group (HMG) or Hoag Physician Partners (HPP) doctor as your primary care physician will ensure that you have access to all of Hoag. Even if you were able to access Hoag through your primary care doctor in the past, make sure that doctor is still affiliated with the hospital. Check here, or call 855-450-4464.
Secret 3. Use Your Health Care. Once you make your selection and get your great doctor, go see them! Regular preventative care, screening appointments and consultations with needed Hoag specialists help keep you healthy and keep your health care costs down. During the height of the pandemic, people were putting off needed treatment and preventative care. It is our hope that people will catch up with the care they need and deserve.
For more information, go to www.hoaghealth.org.
