Gold Coast Health Plan (GCHP) and its pharmacy benefit manager Script Care, Ltd. have teamed-up with Nipro Diagnostics, Inc., a diabetes lifestyle management company, to give away free blood glucose monitoring meters and test strips to Plan Members. This offer can be used for all diabetic Members including those using Medicare.
"We understand the importance of accurately managing our diabetic Member population," said Earl Greenia, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, Gold Coast Health Plan. "We've taken these steps to demonstrate our commitment to providing the highest standard of care for our Members."
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), reports that diabetes affects 25.8 million people of all ages or 8.3 percent of the U.S. population. "The effects of poorly controlled blood glucose levels can cause serious complications for patients with diabetes," said Charlie Cho, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, GCHP. "Patients need to manage their diabetes, understand low and high blood glucose levels and track them on a daily basis."
Script Care will host 3 events at participating pharmacies to dispense meters—at no cost or co-pay—to GCHP Members. The locations, dates and times are as follows:
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December 14th
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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December 15th
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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December 16
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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Seebers Pharmacy
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Herbay Pharmacy
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Burts Pharmacy
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110 W. Harvard Blvd., Suite H
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650 Hobson Way
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2333 Borchard Rd.
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Santa Paula, CA 93060
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Oxnard, CA 93030
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Newbury Park, CA 91320
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805.525.3313
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805.487.7551
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805.498.6675
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"Members can download a flyer from the GCHP website or just show-up at one of the participating pharmacy locations to receive a free TRUEresult® or TRUE2go® meter," said Kevin Brown, Executive Vice President, Script Care. "These meters have preferred status on the GCHP formulary and will help the Plan deliver the best device at the lowest cost." Both meters feature no coding, results in as fast as 4 seconds and 0.5 microliter blood samples. The program begins 1/1/12.
About Gold Coast Health Plan
Gold Coast Health Plan is an independent public entity created by County Ordinance and authorized through Federal Legislation; however, Gold Coast Health Plan is not a county agency. The Ventura County Board of Supervisors approved implementation of a County Organized Health System (COHS) model, transitioning from fee-for-service Medi-Cal to managed care, on June 2, 2009. The purpose of Gold Coast Health Plan is to serve Medi-Cal beneficiaries, enhance the quality of healthcare, provide greater access, improve service and provide choice. The plan provides health benefits to more than 100,000 beneficiaries in Ventura County, California.