MEDIA CONTACT:

Agnes Perez
Marketing Manager
agnes.perez@takecareasia.com
300-7270

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

TakeCare Announces New Options for Radiology and Imaging Services

Tamuning,GU — Effective March 10, 2012, TakeCare Insurance Company has announced it will continue, on an out-of-network basis, to support patients and their primary care doctors when they choose radiology services at Guam Radiology Consultants (GRC). Additionally, TakeCare has extended a policy-covered Airfare Benefit to all its members, making it easier for patients to travel to the Joint Commission-accredited St. Luke’s Hospital in Manila where they’ll have 100 percent covered access to a more complete suite of world-class radiology services. The Airfare Benefit, now extended to all members, includes roundtrip transportation and three days lodging in Manila.
GRC is just one of several providers of radiology services in the TakeCare network. TakeCare members continue to have access to a full range of radiology services through its on-island and off-island provider network. The company provides access to radiology services through the FHP Radiology Center and the MDX Imaging Center on Guam, as well as Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, St. Luke’s Hospital in Manila, Bumrungrad in Thailand, and several others.

FHP Radiology Center, where the CT-scan services are the first and only services on Guam to be accredited by the American College of Radiology, continues to expand its facilities.

“We at TakeCare stand by our commitment to support our patients and their primary care doctors by enabling them to seek care at the specialty providers of their choice,” Larsen said. “As GRC is now an out-of-network provider, TakeCare has put definitive measures and procedures in place to ensure qualified patient expenses for GRC services will be reimbursed on an out-of-network basis.”

Regardless of payer status, GRC maintains a policy of being a center where “no patient is turned away.”

TakeCare Insurance Company based in Guam, U.S. A., offers health plans of optimal choice and easy access to the providers consumers want. TakeCare’s health plans adequately cover its 30,000-plus members’ needs at a competitive price with exceptional, member-patient focused services. A seasoned and enduring health insurance company rooted in national standards, with over 35 years in the industry, TakeCare upholds the highest standards of excellence for accredited provider networks, patient management expertise, and end-to-end quality control processes.

Established in 1973, FHP has grown to encompass eleven Centers of Medical Care on Guam and Saipan, giving its patients region-wide access to complete medical care. These centers include Urgent Care, OB/GYN and Women’s Care, Pediatrics, Adult Medicine, Occupational Health, Radiology, and a Cancer Center and Surgi-Center as well as a Pharmacy, Dental and Vision Center and Home Health.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Agnes Perez
Marketing Manager
agnes.perez@takecareasia.com
300-7270

OFFICIAL MEDIA STATEMENT

Response Regarding Senator Rodriguez’s Letter
to Office of Public Auditor

GUAM — Ensuring Guam Memorial Hospital is the best, most efficient hospital Guam can offer is crucial for all TakeCare members and all Guamanians. It only makes sense that TakeCare, a company that represents over 30,000 Guam patients, is absolutely committed to keeping the hospital we all rely on strong. This includes helping Guam Memorial Hospital to standardize care management and improve its billing systems.

For nearly 40 years, TakeCare has been a reliable leader of quality standards for the industry and for GMHA, and for decades, FHP facilities, providers and staff have been a part of the hospital’s extended medical support team. Working together, we can help strengthen these systems at GMHA and ultimately improve its financial health. Doing so is in the best interest of the hospital, our patient-members and the entire island.

“No matter what the circumstance, TakeCare is a part of this community and will continue to extend our hand in partnership to GMHA to advance our common goal of taking care of Guam’s families,” said Joseph Husslein, Chief Executive Officer of TakeCare. “And as always, we will continue to focus on providing the best service we can to our members.”

Effective February 1, 2012, Dr. Hidalgo and Dr. Garcia of the Pediatric and Asthma Clinic and Dr. Sean Fitzsimmons, orthopedic sports medicine surgeon, join the TakeCare network as Pediatric Providers.