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OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Blue Shield of California announced the expansion across California of its innovative program designed to transform the medical payment system into a simple, transparent, and more immediate, retail-like experience for patients and medical providers.

Blue Shield has teamed up with CommonSpirit Health (which operates Dignity Health hospitals) and software startup OODA Health to introduce the high-tech program. The group is buoyed by initial, positive results – the process makes cost share payments more streamlined, which resulted in a 92 percent satisfaction rate from patients who used it. 

«Our goal is to make the medical billing process better so providers can focus on delivering care to patients that will improve their health and wellbeing,» said Shayna Schulz, senior vice president of transformation and operations at Blue Shield of California. «We are using the latest technologies and innovations to create a healthcare system that puts the people at the center of it. That is our mission as a nonprofit health plan: creating a healthcare system that is worthy of our family and friends, and sustainably affordable.»

The three organizations launched the «Member Payments» pilot program in September 2019 at two Dignity Health hospitals in Sacramento. The program, initially slated to run for 12 months, grew to include six hospitals by the end of that year.

Now, the program has expanded to 20 additional Dignity Health hospitals throughout California. For Blue Shield of California members who receive care at those facilities, they will experience a faster, more concise, and transparent billing process, including additional options on how they pay for their portion of the bill.

«We want to support our patients through the entirety of their medical journey so they can focus on their healing. This collaboration with Blue Shield of California and OODA does just that by using technology to make patient medical bills easier to understand,» said Steve Scharmann, vice president of revenue cycle at CommonSpirit Health. «An important part of caring for our patients is to ensure they have a seamless financial experience that is equal to the high-quality care they receive at our hospitals.»

The Member Payments program works this way:

• Blue Shield of California members receive a consolidated, easy-to-read monthly medical bill from Blue Shield. The patient can choose a payment method for the amount owed – in full or in interest-free installments through their Flexible Spending Account card, credit card, check, or ACH direct deposit connection.
• Participating healthcare providers receive help managing the financial responsibility owed by Blue Shield members, improving their financial performance, and reducing time spent on paperwork and tracking down unpaid bills.

As part of the collaboration, Blue Shield of California also has implemented new technologies to reduce manual processes and work more efficiently to help create a more consumer-friendly experience for members and providers.

Seth Cohen, co-CEO and co-founder of OODA Health, added, «We are honored to grow this collaboration to help even more patients navigate their medical bills, especially during this turbulent time. And we’re proud to streamline administration and drive tangible results for our collaborators. This expansion further proves how innovative collaboration can catalyze transformation in healthcare.»

The Member Payment program is a first step toward real-time claims settlement that will make medical billing and payment more immediate and simpler. The effort is part of Blue Shield of California’s Health Reimagined initiative, a comprehensive effort to transform the healthcare system for all.

About Blue Shield of California
Blue Shield of California strives to create a healthcare system worthy of its family and friends that is sustainably affordable. Blue Shield of California is a tax paying, nonprofit, independent member of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association with over 4 million members, 6,800 employees and more than $20 billion in annual revenue. Founded in 1939 in San Francisco and now headquartered in Oakland, Blue Shield of California and its affiliates provide health, dental, vision, Medicaid and Medicare healthcare service plans in California. The company has contributed more than $500 million to Blue Shield of California Foundation since 2002 to have an impact on California communities.

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HIALEAH, Fla., Jan. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — The book Pasión Abismal was created by Ángel Amado Pereira Márquez «Enyelove». Ángel is an author who was born in the state of Mérida, in a town called Bailadores. She studied and graduated at the National Pedagogical Institute on the career of modern languages with a specialty in English.

Ángel Amado Pereira Márquez «Enyelove» said this about her book: «Fate wanted so much to dream of a series of events that they became, through writing, a narrative legend of those dream episodes. On many occasions, Ángel Amado Pereira Márquez had countless and customary insomnia. In them, she reflected the fear she felt of the dark when she was just a child—the fear of height as well as the panic suffered when dreaming that she fell from a building, a viaduct, or any elevation. All this state of affairs made her drowsy, which turned into terror, anguish, fear, and anxiety.»

Published by Page Publishing, Ángel Amado Pereira Márquez «Enyelove»‘s new book Pasión Abismal unravels the author’s deepest anxieties that birthed evoking parables that treasure pearls of wisdom for the readers to ponder upon.

Consumers who wish to partake in the book’s impassioned narrative about life, emotion, and apprehensions can purchase Pasión Abismal in any bookstore or online at Apple iTunes, Amazon.com, Google Play, or Barnes and Noble.

For additional information or inquiries, you can contact Page Publishing, through the following number: 866-315-2708.

About Page Publishing:

Page Publishing is a traditional full-service publishing house that handles all of the intricacies involved in publishing its authors’ books, including distribution in the world’s largest retail outlets and royalty generation. Page Publishing knows that authors need to be free to create, not bogged down with complicated business issues like eBook conversion, establishing wholesale accounts, insurance, shipping, taxes, and the like. Its roster of authors can leave behind these tedious, complex, and time-consuming issues and focus on their passion: writing and creating. Learn more at www.pagepublishing.com.

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SPRINGVILLE, Utah, Jan. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Claudia Quackenbush, a graduate of Bachelor of Hispanic American Literature at the Autonomous University of Tlaxcala, has completed her new book «Los Dioses Sí Hablan»: a gripping and potent expression in forms of poetry that voice out love in its many facets.

Heaviness.
Time nullifies the present,
it poisons future words.
Actions repeat themselves:
I breathe the same air,
the same place
the same memories.
Heaviness.

In Los dioses sí hablan (The Gods, in Truth, Speak), Claudia Quackenbush voices her encapsulated feelings and experiences that she has enjoyed since her marital romance—maternal expressions, sociopolitical thoughts, even her intimate memories, sending the reader to a world of love which breaks barriers and envelops time. Through her poems, one can envision a love for God and nature, peace, optimism, nostalgia, illusions, desire, as well as memories, all viewed through a novel expression of poetry that for the author is the conceptual image that produces desire and thrusts creativity and life forward.

Quackenbush’s poems are verses that seek to develop our dreams, intellect, illusions, sensations, a sense of longing.

Published by Page Publishing, Claudia Quackenbush’s captivating tale about life and love is spoken through creative poetic pieces that let us explore her mind’s wonders while transforming our souls with these inspiring words.

Readers who wish to experience this lovely work can purchase «Los Dioses Sí Hablan» at bookstores everywhere or online at the Apple iTunes store, Amazon, Google Play, or Barnes and Noble.

For additional information or media inquiries, contact Page Publishing at 866-315-2708.

About Page Publishing: 

Page Publishing is a traditional, full-service publishing house that handles all the intricacies involved in publishing its authors’ books, including distribution in the world’s largest retail outlets and royalty generation. Page Publishing knows that authors need to be free to create, not mired in logistics like eBook conversion, establishing wholesale accounts, insurance, shipping, taxes, and so on. Page’s accomplished writers and publishing professionals allow authors to leave behind these complex and time-consuming issues and focus on their passion: writing and creating. Learn more at www.pagepublishing.com.

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MIAMI, Jan. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Today, during the official announcement in Times Square, Francisca Restaurant — one of the most successful Latin American gastronomic concepts in Miami — reported that it will open 12 new locations in Florida as part of its expansion plan for 2021.

«We are happy to share this announcement with our clients and partners. The growth of Francisca Restaurant, a brand with a Venezuelan stamp, is due to the immense support we have received since our opening. After hundreds of requests, we decided to open more locations in other cities in Florida,» informed Jesús Pita, CEO of the company, from New York.

After the opening of the first location in Doral 4 years ago, Francisca Restaurant has opened 2 other locations in Miami Lakes and Miramar and currently generates more than 190 jobs for the community. The next cities where new locations will open are Brickell, Orlando, Kendall, Davie and others to be announced soon.

Levin de Grazia, CEO of Bocas Group, said that the corporation’s plans are focused on bringing Latin American flavors to Florida and the United States. Francisca Restaurant will offer the possibility to small and medium-sized entrepreneurs to invest in a license to work and grow under the backing of one of the most successful brands in the restaurant industry in South Florida.

Under their slogan «Success is cooked over charcoal», Francisca Restaurant established itself as the headquarters of Miami’s charcoal chicken. Unique in its style and flavor, and as a meeting place to celebrate Latin American gastronomy.

The pride in the traditions of our cuisine is embodied in the story of Francisca, a Venezuelan woman who traveled throughout Latin America and managed to pay tribute to our flavors. Today, this honor grows and is consolidated thanks to a vision of hard work, high quality standards, service and a passion for cooking.

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