Alignment Health Plan and Rite Aid to Offer Co-Branded Medicare Advantage Plan for Southern California in 2022
16 August 2021 - 10:00PM
Alignment Health Plan, a national Medicare Advantage health plan
from Alignment Healthcare (NASDAQ: ALHC), and Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD)
has signed an agreement to offer a new co-branded Medicare
Advantage product that will be available in six Southern California
markets1 beginning Jan. 1, 2022, reaching approximately 3.6 million
Medicare-eligible residents, pending regulatory approvals.
“Alignment Healthcare is committed to finding partners who will
put our seniors’ needs first, and we’re proud to join forces with
Rite Aid, one of the nation’s largest drugstore chains, to allow us
to continue delivering on that commitment,” said Dawn Maroney,
president, markets, Alignment Healthcare.
Members who enroll in this Medicare Advantage product will also
receive Alignment’s ACCESS On-Demand Concierge “black card,” which
can be used as a pre-paid credit card to purchase eligible
over-the-counter items at Rite Aid. Other black card perks include
access to a dedicated concierge team available 24 hours a day,
seven days a week, to answer health-related questions, schedule
medical appointments and arrange transportation.
“At Rite Aid, we want to connect patients to the care they need
to help them achieve whole health and thrive,” said Jim Peters,
chief operating officer, Rite Aid. “Providing easy, convenient
access and ultimately lowering health care costs is a key part of
our strategy, and we are excited to offer this new option with
Alignment Health Plan to our Medicare-eligible customers in
Southern California.”
Rite Aid has more than 2,500 locations across 17 states.
“Today’s seniors need – and deserve – immediate and easy access
to care,” said John Kao, founder and CEO, Alignment Healthcare. “As
we continue to expand our offerings to seniors nationwide, we are
looking forward to working with Rite Aid to provide our members
with more choices because, in health care, we know one size doesn’t
fit all.”
For more information, visit www.alignmenthealthcare.com.
About Alignment HealthcareAlignment Healthcare
is a consumer-centric platform delivering customized health care in
the United States to seniors and those who need it most, the
chronically ill and frail, through its Medicare Advantage plans.
Alignment Healthcare provides partners and patients with customized
care and service where they need it and when they need it,
including clinical coordination, risk management and technology
facilitation. Alignment Healthcare offers health plan options
through Alignment Health Plan and also partners with select health
plans to help deliver better benefits at lower costs.
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1 Service area includes Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San
Bernardino, San Diego and Santa Clara counties in California
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