Health Plan of Nevada and Southwest Medical Associates Turn Headquarters Cafeteria into Meal Prep Base for Those in Need
April 06 2020 - 12:00PM
Business Wire
Partnership between these local UnitedHealth
Group companies, City of Las Vegas and Clark County is helping to
fill a surging need
Thousands of Las Vegas area homeless will have access to healthy
meals, as UnitedHealth Group’s Southern Nevada-based companies─
Health Plan of Nevada, Southwest Medical Associates and OptumCare─
reallocate their campus cafeteria staff to provide 10,500 meals
each week, at least through the end of April. The effort comes as
nonprofits report massive increases in the number of people needing
help in accessing food.
UnitedHealth Group leaders devised the plan to help Compass
Group food service workers get back to work in recently closed
office cafeterias in several U.S. cities and to serve a community
need.
“During this unprecedented public health emergency, access to
healthy meals will increasingly become a challenge for many in the
Las Vegas Valley,” said Don Giancursio, CEO, Health Plan of Nevada.
“As a part of UnitedHealth Group, Health Plan of Nevada is proud to
be able to participate in the enterprise’s multi-city effort to
reallocate space and resources for such an important need.”
The City of Las Vegas and Clark County, partners in this effort,
will be transporting and distributing 1,500 bagged meals each day,
Monday through Thursday to Cashman Isolation/Quarantine Complex and
Courtyard Homeless Resource Center, among others. On Fridays, 4,500
meals will be bagged and delivered to these shelters so healthy
food is available on site through the weekend as well.
“The need grows daily during this health crisis. We are grateful
for our community partners, including Health Plan of Nevada and
Southwest Medical Associates for their much-needed help,” said
Kathi Thomas-Gibson, Director, Office of Community Services, City
of Las Vegas.
Meals are being prepared by more than 18 Compass Group
employees, who normally cook for, and serve, Health Plan of Nevada,
Sierra Health and Life, Southwest Medical Associates, and OptumCare
staff based at the Tenaya Way campus, many of whom are now working
from home.
“As one of oldest and largest multispecialty medical groups in
the state, OptumCare Nevada has dedicated itself to the health of
Southern Nevada for years,” said Robert McBeath, MD, president,
OptumCare Nevada. “This is another great example of people working
together across the organization and between organizations to give
our community strength for the fight while our health care
providers battle this pandemic.”
UnitedHealth Group is covering the $500,000 in food costs and
wages for the Compass Group employees in Las Vegas. This outreach is part of UnitedHealth Group’s
recently announced $50 million initial commitment to support
communities affected by COVID-19.
About UnitedHealth Group UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) is a
diversified health care company dedicated to helping people live
healthier lives and helping to make the health system work better
for everyone. UnitedHealth Group offers a broad spectrum of
products and services through two distinct platforms:
UnitedHealthcare, which provides health care coverage and benefits
services; and Optum, which provides information and
technology-enabled health services. For more information, visit
UnitedHealth Group at www.uhg.com or follow @UnitedHealthGrp on
Twitter.
About UnitedHealthcare UnitedHealthcare is dedicated to
helping people live healthier lives and making the health system
work better for everyone by simplifying the health care experience,
meeting consumer health and wellness needs, and sustaining trusted
relationships with care providers. In the United States,
UnitedHealthcare offers the full spectrum of health benefit
programs for individuals, employers, and Medicare and Medicaid
beneficiaries, and contracts directly with over 1.3 million
physicians and care professionals, and more than 6,000 hospitals
and other care facilities nationwide. The company also provides
health benefits and delivers care to people through owned and
operated health care facilities in South America. UnitedHealthcare
is one of the businesses of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), a
diversified health care company. For more information, visit
UnitedHealthcare at www.uhc.com or follow @UHC on Twitter.
About OptumCare Nevada OptumCare Nevada is the state’s
largest multispecialty medical group with over 450 local health
care providers through 45 OptumCare Specialty and Primary Care and
Southwest Medical, including seven convenient care centers, six
urgent care centers, one that is open 24-hours, two outpatient
surgery centers and two community centers catering to older adults,
plus access to a vast network of contracted primary and specialty
care providers through the OptumCare Network of Nevada for Medicare
Advantage patients. OptumCare Specialty Care includes the
55,000-square-foot OptumCare
Cancer Center offering a wide range of services under one roof in
the Las Vegas Medical District. To us, success means the
health and happiness of our patients. That’s how we’re helping to
create a health care system that works better for everyone. For
more information: OptumCare.com/Nevada
About Eurest USA Eurest is a $1.75 billion food and vending
organization serving the business and industry market with over
2,000 locations and more than 18,000 associates throughout the
United States. Eurest serves more than 850,000 guests daily and is
a sector of North Carolina-based Compass Group North America.
Compass Group North America is the leading foodservice management
and support services company with $18.6 billion USD in revenue in
2018. Compass Group North America is owned by Compass Group PLC
based in the United Kingdom, operating in 45 countries with 600,000
associates worldwide. For more information, visit
eurest-usa.com.
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Lisa Contreras
Regional Communications
UnitedHealthcare
Lisa_Contreras@uhc.com 520-444-6600
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