Vantage 25th Anniversary Honesty. Integrity. Trust.
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N ANY BUSINESS, THESE QUALITIES MATTER. IN health insurance, they are essential. For many companies, it can take decades to build the trust of clients and the public. Health insurance, because of its personal nature, not only has to start with trust, it can never lose that trust. Vantage Health Plan is celebrating its 25th year as a trusted company in Monroe, Louisiana. Health insurance is a difficult industry to enter, much less succeed in. Through the careful and dedicated leadership of CEO and Chief Medical Director, Dr. Patrick Gary Jones and a group of other local physicians, Vantage has grown from a young business to a successful state-wide health insurance company. The key to Vantage’s success? Caring. Vantage was founded by Dr. Jones and others in 1994 after they started listening to complaints about the high health insurance costs in Louisiana. As family practice physicians with their own practices, they knew first-hand how complicated healthcare was for doctors and patients alike. They wanted to work within the system to create a more equal playing field, to provide quality health insurance for lower costs. Twenty-five years later, Vantage is still doing exactly that: providing cost-effective health insurance for Medicare members, individuals, and businesses and backing it up with the promise to care. A big part of caring about the health of members is caring about their communities. Vantage donates to, and volunteers with, organizations across Louisiana. Vantage has been committed to renovating buildings in downtown Monroe. Vantage was the first company to reinvest in the community of Monroe’s downtown area and has been called a leader in the downtown renaissance. So far, Vantage has restored six buildings to their former beauty, encouraging a wave of new businesses and restaurants to invest in Monroe’s downtown as well. Of course, Vantage’s goal of renovating old buildings was not entirely selfless. From just a few employees in 1994 (many of whom are still with Vantage today), to 60 in 2003, and now with over 600 employees, Vantage’s exponential growth has pushed the company to find office space for those employees. In addition to the 600 Vantage
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employees, Vantage contributes to the local economy through its subsidiary companies, Affinity Health Group and Monroe Surgical Hospital, which together have over 600 employees Because of Vantage’s dedication to local, friendly, caring customer support, Vantage directly employs all member services staff and does not outsource to third party companies. Every member of Vantage’s well-trained staff understands the unique challenges of healthcare in the State of Louisiana (and speaks the language!) After 25 years, Dr. Jones continues to be excited about the success of Vantage: “The future of Vantage is bright! Vantage has now expanded into Arkansas and will continue to grow as it expands into other surrounding states.” To all who are insured with Vantage, we thank you! And to those who have not yet experienced Vantage health insurance, we look forward to serving you in the near future. ABOUT VANTAGE HEALTH PLAN Vantage Health Plan is a Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) formed over 25 years ago by physicians who wanted to improve healthcare and help lower healthcare costs. Vantage prides itself in offering friendly, excellent customer service and high-quality healthcare products. Coverage is available to members who live or work in any of the 64 Louisiana parishes and, beginning January 1, 2020, select counties in Arkansas. For more information, please visit VantageHealthPlan.com or facebook.com/VantageHealthPlan. Vantage Health Plan complies with all applicable Federal and State civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected characteristic. ATTENTION: If you have limited English proficiency, language assistance services, free of charge, are available to you. Call 1-866-704-0109 (TTY: 1-866-524-5144). ATENCIÓN: si habla español, tiene a su disposición servicios gratuitos de asistencia lingüística. Llame al 1-866-704-0109 (TTY: 1-866-524-5144). ATTENTION: Si vous parlez français, des services d’aide linguistique vous sont proposés gratuitement. Appelez 1-866-704-0109 (TTY: 1-866-524-5144).