SCAN Health Plan
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SCAN Health Plan is a not-for-profit health plan founded in 1977 and based in Long Beach
, California
. The organization serves more than 110,000 people with Medicare in Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino San Diego and Ventura counties, California
, and Maricopa county Arizona
. The company also offers a health plan for Medicare and Medicaid-eligible individuals as part of the state’s long term care program in Maricopa county. In 2009, SCAN expanded to Santa Clara, Contra Costa and San Francisco counties in northern California. Also in 2009, SCAN acquired Medcore Health Plan in San Joaquin county, California and now serves more than 2,000 residents there.
, geriatric rehabilitation
to facilitate and enhance seniors’ ability to manage their health, and to continue to control where and how they live. SCAN is one of the California Long-Term Care Alternatives (Home and Community-Based Service Options) healthcare providers.
SCAN has provided the care needed to keep more than 75,000 seniors out of nursing homes.
SCAN also manages one of the largest Multi-Purpose Senior Service Projects (MSSP) in California. The MSSP provides community-based, long-term care and personal care coordination for low-income, frail seniors. A similar program managed by SCAN, called Linkages, provides case management and community services to support independence for disabled adults.
Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. The organization serves more than 110,000 people with Medicare in Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino San Diego and Ventura counties, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, and Maricopa county Arizona
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
. The company also offers a health plan for Medicare and Medicaid-eligible individuals as part of the state’s long term care program in Maricopa county. In 2009, SCAN expanded to Santa Clara, Contra Costa and San Francisco counties in northern California. Also in 2009, SCAN acquired Medcore Health Plan in San Joaquin county, California and now serves more than 2,000 residents there.
History
SCAN was founded in 1977 by a group of seniors who were frustrated by their lack of access to services and who wanted an organization that addressed their specific needs. These seniors formed the Senior Care Action Network, now known as SCAN Health Plan.Senior Healthcare
SCAN is developing its business to geriatric related health management, such as geriatric nursingGeriatric nursing
Geriatric nursing is the specialty that concerns itself with the provision of nursing services to geriatric or aged individuals.-Geriatric nursing:...
, geriatric rehabilitation
Geriatric rehabilitation
Geriatric rehabilitation or Geriatric Physical Therapy is the branch of medicine that studies rehabilitation and physical therapy issues in elderly.- Origins :...
to facilitate and enhance seniors’ ability to manage their health, and to continue to control where and how they live. SCAN is one of the California Long-Term Care Alternatives (Home and Community-Based Service Options) healthcare providers.
SCAN has provided the care needed to keep more than 75,000 seniors out of nursing homes.
SCAN also manages one of the largest Multi-Purpose Senior Service Projects (MSSP) in California. The MSSP provides community-based, long-term care and personal care coordination for low-income, frail seniors. A similar program managed by SCAN, called Linkages, provides case management and community services to support independence for disabled adults.