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Windsor
Medicare Extra Adds Baptist Memorial Health Group to Its Growing
Provider Network
Nashville, TN, October 11, 2006 - Windsor
Medicare Extra, a Medicare Advantage plan offered by Windsor
Health Plan Inc., announced that they have signed a full-service
agreement with Baptist Memorial Health Care. The agreement will
enable Windsor to add Baptist to its participating health network
in the West Tennessee and Northern Mississippi areas, effective
immediately.
Baptist is one of the largest not-for-profit health care systems
in the United States and offers a full continuum of care to communities
throughout West Tennessee and North Mississippi.
"The addition of Baptist Memorial Health Care greatly enhances
our provider network, giving our West Tennessee and northern Mississippi
area members even greater access to world-class facilities and health
care," said Michael Bailey, Windsor Health Plan’s President
and CEO.
"We are delighted that our new agreement enables us to provide
care to the thousands of Windsor Health Plan members in the area
who have confidence in Baptist and our specialists who partner with
us,” said David Elliott, CEO of Baptist Health Services Group.
“We look forward to working closely with Windsor to provide
its members with high-quality health care.”
There are 14 hospitals in Baptist Memorial Health Care's system,
and they draw patients from across the Mid-South region. Baptist
also operates four minor medical centers in the Memphis area, and
numerous outpatient facilities in the region.
About Windsor Medicare Extra
Windsor Medicare
Extra is a series of Medicare Advantage Plans that provides
comprehensive benefit coverage to Medicare beneficiaries. Combining
the benefits of Original Medicare, Medicare Supplements and Medicare
Prescription drug coverage with extra benefits ranging from preventative
care and health screening to hearing, eye care and even transportation
coverage. Windsor Medicare Extra Plans provide “all-in-one”
coverage from a single trusted source. Windsor Medicare Extra and
Windsor Health Plan are affiliates of Windsor
Health Group Inc., a Nashville Tennessee based managed healthcare
company operating government sponsored health plans and providing
specialty managed care service to both the insurance and healthcare
provider communities.
About Baptist Memorial Health Care
One of the largest and top-rated integrated health networks in the
country, Baptist Memorial Health Care comprises 14 hospitals; more
than 2,900 affiliated physicians; home, hospice and psychiatric
care throughout the area; minor medical centers; a network of surgery,
rehabilitation and other outpatient centers; and an education system
highlighted by the Baptist College of Health Sciences. In fiscal
year 2005, Baptist provided more than $324 million in community
benefit, and the organization had an economic impact of more than
$2 billion on the communities it served in fiscal year 2004. For
more information about Baptist, please visit www.baptistonline.org
or call 1-800-4-BAPTIST.
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