Curves Fitness Centers to Give Discounts to Tufts Health Plan Members.Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 28, 2004 Additional Value and Opportunity for Tufts Health Plan Members to Get Healthy Tufts Health Plan announced today that it will be offering its members discounted membership to Curves, the nation's hottest new fitness center, at participating locations in Massachusetts, New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). and Rhode Island Rhode Island, island, United States Rhode Island, island, 15 mi (24 km) long and 5 mi (8 km) wide, S R.I., at the entrance to Narragansett Bay. It is the largest island in the state, with steep cliffs and excellent beaches. . "This is great news for our members who are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. opportunities to get and stay healthy," says Nancy Leaming, president and chief executive officer at Tufts Health Plan. "The Curves program motivates those who have not considered an exercise plan or gym membership in the past to do so and we support that effort." The Curves discount is the latest edition to Tufts Health Plan's member rewards program, which provides a wide range of discounts on healthy products, treatments and services such as massage therapy Massage Therapy Definition Massage therapy is the scientific manipulation of the soft tissues of the body for the purpose of normalizing those tissues and consists of manual techniques that include applying fixed or movable pressure, holding, and/or , acupuncture, and fitness programs. Tufts Health Plan members and members of Secure Horizons(R), Tufts Health Plan for Seniors will receive a 50 percent discount on the Curves initiation fee and a free month of membership after 12 months of membership at their Curves center. Curves is the largest fitness franchise in the world with more than 7,000 locations representing all 50 states and 4 continents - North America, South America, Europe and New Zealand. Curves is the first facility designed for women to offer 30-minute fitness and common sense weight loss with the support of a community of women. Tufts Health Plan has been cited for its outstanding quality from a variety of third parties. Since 1996, Tufts Health Plan's HMO HMO health maintenance organization. HMO n. A corporation that is financed by insurance premiums and has member physicians and professional staff who provide curative and preventive medicine within certain financial, has been ranked, "Highest in Overall Member Satisfaction Among Health Plans in Boston", by J.D. Power and Associates(a). Tufts Associated Health Maintenance Organization, Inc., Total Health Plan, Inc. and Secure Horizons, Tufts Health Plan for Seniors, have been given Excellent NCQA NCQA National Committee on Quality Assurance, see there status. The plan was named one of the top 15 accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. health plans in the nation in the HEDIS HEDIS Health Plan Employer Data & Information Set Managed care An initiative by the National Committee on Quality Assurance to develop, collect, standardize, and report measures of health plan performances. (R) Effectiveness of Care Measure in the 2002 State of Health Care Quality Report (b). (www.tuftshealthplan.com) (a) J.D. Power and Associates 2002 Managed Care Satisfaction Study(SM) based on responses from 27,332 commercial health plan members in 16 of the top U.S. markets. Tufts Health Plan HMO was the highest ranked health plan in the Boston market which covers Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth and Suffolk counties in the state of Massachusetts. 1996, 1998, and 2000 studies conducted by CareData (acquired by J.D. Power and Associates in 2001). www.jdpower.com (b) HEDIS is a registered trademark of the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) |
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