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Western Health Advantage Teams Up with Virta Health to Offer Innovative Solutions to Californians with Type 2 Diabetes

Western Health Advantage President and CEO, Garry Maisel, announces that Jeff Cinciarelli, Sacramento-based health insurance industry veteran, will be joining the organization as its new Chief Sales Officer.

When an existing insurance company partners with providers to form a provider-sponsored health plan, providers and their patients can have a more direct relationship.

Capital region residents enjoy a high overall quality of life in a region thriving in areas like economic development and education, but tensions exist with concerns around homelessness, safety, and food insecurity, according to a recent poll.

Written by Garry Maisel  – President and CEO, Western Health Advantage

Choosing a health plan for your employees is a big decision. How do you decide when it seems that all the health plans are offering the same benefits? Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), implemented in 2013, standardized plan levels were established and many preventive care services became covered by all plans when done in network. So how should a business owner or human resources representative decide between them?

The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) rated Western Health Advantage (WHA) as first in Customer Satisfaction among 21 California health plans in its 2018 Health Insurance Plan Ratings. Consumer Satisfaction reflects what patients say about their health plans in satisfaction surveys, including about claims processing and customer service.

Western Health Advantage Welcomes CalPERS
Local healthcare plan opens to members of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System

Western Health Advantage Welcomes CalPERS

Local healthcare plan opens to members of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System

?Western Health Advantage (WHA) has been accepted by the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) to offer health coverage to CalPERS members during open enrollment in September, with coverage starting in January 2018. WHA has created a dedicated team to provide personalized customer service for CalPERS members, with knowledge specific to state and public agency employees.

Western Health Advantage Chief Executive Officer and President Garry Maisel is the 2017 recipient of the President’s Medal for Distinguished Service from Sacramento State.

Western Health Advantage is the top-ranked Healthiest Employer in the “small” company category (150-499 employees), as chosen by the Sacramento Business Journal. 

On February 25th, Western Health Advantage (WHA) will be raising awareness about colon cancer by participating as a sponsor and as a team – WHAtch Your Tushie – in the 2017 Sacramento Undy Run/Walk put on by the Colon Cancer Alliance.

Starting November 1, California residents who cannot get health insurance through their employer will be able to shop and enroll in a number of health insurance plans through Covered California, California's health benefit exchange.

On Thanksgiving morning WHA members and their families will be joining WHA staff and employees as we make up a team participating in the largest Thanksgiving Day run in the country.

Western Health Advantage is excited to support the 33rd annual Santa Parade, being held Saturday, December 10, 2016 at 10 a.m. in downtown Sacramento. The parade route goes around Capitol Park.

Western Health Advantage President and CEO Garry Maisel has launched a new blog to discuss the latest trends and industry insights regarding health plans in California.

December 11, 2014

Garry Maisel, president and CEO of Western Health Advantage in Sacramento, has been named chairman of the California Association of Health Plans (CAHP) board of directors.

Western Health Advantage won first place at the Sacramento Business Journal’s annual Best Places to Work 2014 awards luncheon.

Western Health Advantage tied for first place in the small company category at the Sacramento Business Journal’s annual Healthiest Employers awards luncheon. This is the second year that Western Health received top honors.