Transcript Faculty Group Practice

FIU Premier Care Program
Offered by the FIU Academic Health
Center HealthCare Network
and the
FIU HEALTH Faculty Group Practice
Program Description
An advisory program available to provide guidance to individuals
requesting assistance with:
 Navigating through the health care environment and health
insurance world when faced with the need to make decisions
regarding care when they or a dependent have a new or
chronic disease or condition.
 Learning about available health insurance plan, and
University resources and/or
 Transition of care planning for individuals changing their
health care provider when they have a new, chronic or serious
medical condition.
Purpose
 This advisory program, provided by the FIU HealthCare
Network (FIU-HCN) and the FIU HEALTH Faculty Group
Practice staff in conjunction with the FIU Human
Resources Department is available to the FIU community
at no cost and on a personalized basis, respecting
privacy and the needs of each individual.
Collaboration
 The FIU-HCN and FIU HEALTH Faculty Group Practice
health care professionals will work collaboratively with
the FIU Human Resource Department representatives as
well as key contacts from each of the University
sponsored health insurance plans; Blue Cross/Blue
Shield, Coventry and AvMed.
Objectives
 To provide guidance during the annual open
enrollment period, during the early change period
following the selection of a new University health
insurance option as well as throughout the year as
the FIU Community has the need.
Objectives Continued
 To provide care coordination assistance to established
patients (faculty and staff/the FIU Community) who are
under the care of a physician at the FIU HEALTH Faculty
Group Practice in response to:
 A change in their health insurance plan
 Transition of care/care coordination needs (including
authorization) when transitioning care from a community
provider to a Faculty Group Practice provider
 The need to acquire medical records from their community
provider(s) to ensure care continuity as well as pharmacy
needs related to maintenance medications and chronic
health care management
Objectives Continued
 To acquaint faculty and staff with available
medical care and provider options on the Modesto
Maidique campus such as the FIU HEALTH Faculty
Group Practice and through Herbert Wertheim
College of Medicine physicians.
Limitations
To uphold privacy laws, the FIU-HCN and FIU HEALTH
Faculty Group Practice staff cannot contact an individual’s
physician or other provider of care about medical care,
bills and/or authorizations unless you are a patient of the
FIU HEALTH Faculty Group Practice.
Human Resources Role
 The Human Resources Department will
continue to be the primary resource related
to health plan benefit questions.
Contact Information
 For more information you may contact the FIU Premier
Care Program at:
(305) 348-4260
FIU HEALTH Faculty Group Practice
 When choosing your health care providers, consider the
FIU HEALTH Faculty Group Practice and its physicians
and services as an option.
 To make an appointment to see a physician at the
Faculty Group Practice call
(305) FIU-DOCS (305-348-3627)
To learn more go to: http://hcn.fiu.edu
FIU HEALTH
Faculty Group Practice
at the
Modesto A. Maidique
Campus
FIU HEALTH
Faculty Group Practice
at the
Modesto A. Maidique Campus
FIU HEALTH
Faculty Group Practice
at the
Modesto A. Maidique Campus