UnitedHealthcare Makes Nutritious Foods More Affordable with Healthy Savings Program for People in Virginia and Washington, D...
November 13 2017 - 9:30AM
Business Wire
- Nearly 180,000 eligible
UnitedHealthcare plan participants in northern Virginia and
Washington, D.C., can receive discounts on healthy food options at
area supermarkets
- Program includes card for use at
select retail chains and mobile app that features available
discounts
- Available to people enrolled in
UnitedHealthcare fully insured employer-sponsored health
plans
Beginning Nov. 15, nearly 180,000 UnitedHealthcare plan
participants and their dependents in northern Virginia and
Washington, D.C., enrolled in fully insured, employer-sponsored
health plans will be able to buy healthy foods at discounted prices
through the Healthy Savings® program.
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Program participants receive a Healthy
Savings card in the mail. After the card is activated online at
www.HealthySavingsUHC.com, participants can purchase prequalified
healthy foods from more than 200 food and beverage brands. Healthy
Savings can reduce monthly grocery bills for eligible users by more
than $150 (Courtesy of UnitedHealthcare and Solutran).
Healthy Savings can reduce monthly grocery bills for eligible
users by more than $150. Program participants will receive a
Healthy Savings card in the mail and can also download the Healthy
Savings mobile app. After the card is activated online at
www.HealthySavingsUHC.com, participants can purchase prequalified
healthy foods from more than 200 food and beverage brands.
With Healthy Savings, there is no clipping, printing or
downloading of coupons, as discounts are pre-loaded on accounts
each week. Users can scan their cards or mobile apps at checkout.
The discounts are instantly subtracted from their bill and are
printed on their receipt. Eligible participants can use the Healthy
Savings program at any Giant® Food, Shoppers® Food and Farm Fresh®
store locations. There are more than 140 store locations in
northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. The Healthy Savings mobile
app, available at no charge at iTunes® or Google Play™, enables
people to view available discounts, find nearby participating
grocery stores and track accumulated savings through the
program.
Weekly discounts are offered on products in the healthiest
one-third of items in a grocery store, including fresh produce,
milk, whole-grain bread, lean meats, eggs, yogurt and many other
products. The food items are qualified through the nationally
renowned Guiding Stars® nutrition guidance system, which rates the
nutritional quality of food using information from the nutrition
facts label and the ingredients list.
“Healthy Savings makes choosing healthier food easier and more
affordable for thousands of people throughout Virginia and the
District,” said Christopher Mullins, CEO, UnitedHealthcare of the
Mid-Atlantic. “We believe individuals and families will appreciate
Healthy Savings because it enables them to improve their diets,
which can improve their health and well-being.”
“It is rewarding to make healthy foods more affordable for
families across America,” said Chad Kelly, chief marketing officer
of Solutran Inc., the parent company of Healthy Savings. “We’re
grateful for the opportunity to work with UnitedHealthcare to help
its plan participants in Virginia and the District eat
healthier.”
Healthy Savings is available to eligible individuals and their
dependents whose employers are based in the District of Columbia
and in Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick,
King George, Loudoun, Madison, Page, Prince William, Rappahannock,
Rockingham, Shenandoah, Spotsylvania, Stafford and Warren counties;
and in the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church,
Fredericksburg, Manassas and Winchester.
UnitedHealthcare made Healthy Savings available last year to
people enrolled in fully insured employer-based and individual
health plans in parts of Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana. Since its
introduction, more than 500,000 people have received access to
Healthy Savings.
UnitedHealthcare serves nearly 1.4 million people in Virginia
and Washington, D.C., with a network of 123 hospitals and nearly
25,000 physicians and other care providers.
About Healthy
Savings®Healthy Savings® is a program which enables
health insurance members to save on healthier foods without having
to clip, print, or download coupons. Solutran S3 technology serves
as the supporting substantiation platform behind the Healthy
Savings program. The mission of Healthy Savings is to unlock the
enormous potential within each individual with the goal of working
together to improve the way America eats. The technology behind the
Healthy Savings program is powered by Solutran, Inc., a
Minnesota-based technology company specializing in electronic
benefit transfer systems and payment solutions.
About
UnitedHealthcareUnitedHealthcare is dedicated to helping
people nationwide live healthier lives by simplifying the health
care experience, meeting consumer health and wellness needs, and
sustaining trusted relationships with care providers. The company
offers the full spectrum of health benefit programs for
individuals, employers, military service members, retirees and
their families, and Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, and
contracts directly with more than 1 million physicians and care
professionals, and 6,000 hospitals and other care facilities
nationwide. UnitedHealthcare is one of the businesses of
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), a diversified Fortune 50 health and
well-being company. For more information, visit UnitedHealthcare at
www.uhc.com or follow @UHC on Twitter.
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Solutran, Inc.Caitlin Frear,
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804-267-5320brad_alexander@uhc.com
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