PLAN DETAILS Essentia Choice Care with MedicaSM What is an Accountable Care Organization?

Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are networks or teams of health care providers (such as clinics, hospitals, doctors, and specialists) that collaborate ABOUT with Medica to make health care more efficient and improve the member experience. The network may be smaller than Medica’s other open access networks, but ESSENTIA the benefits are significant. CHOICE CARE ACOs Deliver Results ACOs deliver improvements in: » Costs — cost savings compared to open-access products » Clinical quality — better member engagement and care coordination Essentia Health and Medica have created a » Consumer experience — 97% of members renew unique network that delivers quality care, into an ACO product* patient satisfaction and lower costs. Essentia *Results based on 2019 enrollment Choice Care with Medica provides access to 26 hospitals, over 70 clinics and more than Travel Program

2,300 physicians and advanced practitioners If members travel outside the Medica service area in northern , southeastern North (Minnesota, , South Dakota and western ) they can get network coverage by visiting a Dakota and northern Wisconsin. provider in the Travel Program Network. This nationwide network is one of the largest in the country. If members have children attending college outside the service area, they can use this network, too. THE ESSENTIA CHOICE CARE WITH MEDICA EXPERIENCE

Same-Day Access to a Direct Access to Care Team Member Specialists

Members can get answers to questions Members may see any primary or and help with their health care needs specialty care provider in the Essentia within the same day, including e-visits. Choice Care network without a referral.

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This one-stop approach makes it Essentia Health Skin easy for members to contact either Renewal Centers Essentia Health or Medica. Service advisors can answer questions about From treatment for blemishes to health plan benefits, billing, care and concerns about signs of aging skin, coverage, and can even help schedule experienced skin renewal specialists appointments. offer a full selection of treatment options at clinics in Duluth and Fargo. WHEN IT COMES Secure Online Medication Therapy Patient Portal Management* TO HEALTH CARE, Members can track their health Essentia can provide an onsite or virtual information and stay connected with consult with a pharmacist clinician EVERYONE WANTS their physician through Essentia’s to ensure employees on chronic MyHealth/MyChart portal. medications are getting safe, effective and affordable medication therapy. TO HAVE CHOICES. We know it’s important to offer your employees options that will best meet their needs. If Worksite Flu Patient Assistant Essentia Choice Care with Medica is not the Vaccination Clinics Welcomes members and provides extra right fit for an employee, they have the option to help when needed. choose Medica Choice® Passport, which offers Essentia can provide a flu vaccination clinic at your workplace or another the largest network of providers. convenient location of your choosing. Online Care Options Medica Choice Passport is an open access plan Members can connect with Essentia that lets your employees choose from any doctor, Health providers online through clinic or facility throughout the large network Nurse Care Line a computer or mobile device for of more than one million providers and nearly medication refills, e-visits for Staffed by Essentia Health nurses common conditions and virtual care 5,800 hospitals nationwide. Regardless of their 24/7 to help members with health appointments for primary care and choice, employees have access to quality care questions. urgent care visits. and they can pick a plan that provides the care, convenience and cost savings they want. *MTM services are available for an additional fee CHOOSE ESSENTIA CHOICE CARE WITH MEDICA

Minnesota Hospitals § Rainy Lake Medical Center International Falls § Big Fork Valley Hospital § St. Francis Medical Center § Community Memorial Hospital Breckenridge Cloquet § St. Joseph’s Area Health Services § Cook Hospital Park Rapids § Ely Bloomenson Hospital § University Medical Center Mesabi § Essentia Health Hibbing Ada, Deer River, Duluth, Fosston, Virginia, Sandstone § Essentia Health - Holy Trinity Graceville North Dakota Hospitals § Essentia Health - Northern Pines § Essential Health Aurora Fargo § Essentia Health - St. Joseph’s Medical Center § Lisbon Area Health Services Brainerd § Essentia Health - St. Mary’s Hospital Detroit Lakes, Superior Wisconsin Hospitals § Essentia Health - St. Mary’s Medical Center § Hayward Area Memorial Hospital Duluth § Memorial Medical Center § Mercy Hospital Ashland Moose Lake § Spooner Health System

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