Members

Innovative Programs & Added Values

Get to know the Innovative Programs & Added Values of PMC Medicare Choice (HMO).

A place to get together, exclusively for PMC Members. In it, they enjoy a variety of activities and receive valuable information. Moreover, they can share and meet new friends. There they have access to reading areas, computer lounges, boardgame tables and even educational talks, among other amenities. There are currently Members Club facilities in Manatí, Ponce, Carolina, and Bayamón; and they will be expanding towards other areas around the Island.

This is the Transportation Unit’s program that provides service to a member if they need transportation to go to a medical appointment, to receive specialized health services, or to go home after a hospital discharge. The service is offered in non-emergency cases, when the physician certifies that it is clinically necessary.

This program provides all necessary ways to help members keep in contact with the plan:

• Medical helplines
• Member Services
• Website
• Recurring publications with information on health and wellness

This program gathers personalized services for members with chronic conditions and special needs. It maintains continuous communication with physicians, and makes sure that a whole team of nursing professionals, physicians, pharmacists, health educators and social workers, among others, is available to take better care of members’ health.

This program now comprises:

• Health Promotion and Education: prepares members for adequate health management through prevention and education
• Smoking Cessation Program: a member receives the support needed to quit smoking
• Government Aid Program: information center on assistance programs
• Discharge Planning Unit (DPU): the best step from the hospital to your home
• Telemonitoring
• Case and Disease Management

A savings program around the Island, through which the member receives a quarterly mailing with coupons. Participating businesses and savings vary from quarter to quarter.

Patitas Calientes is a community program from PMC that promotes physical and emotional wellbeing while members:

• Participate in community activities
• Exercise with a professional trainer that helps them improve their coordination, flexibility and motor skills
• Receive health education
• Take part in sporting, social and charity events
• Enjoy entertainment activities designed for them
• Improve their health and reduce their risk to develop some diseases like diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity

The program is for people 60 and older or Medicare beneficiaries with an impediment. Patitas Calientes incorporates members of the general community, which means they don’t have to be PMC members.

We currently have 20 groups throughout the Island and we continue to grow. Joining is real easy, call us today at 787-622-7511!

Gold Card

A program that recognizes members who perform preventive measures on their own. During 2011, they will receive certain rewards for accomplishing specific prevention activities for which they are eligible.

Preventive or Health-Promoting Activity	Criterion	Reward
Flu Vaccine	Get vaccinated between January and December of 2011	Umbrella
Osteoporosis Test	Women 65 and older that get an osteoporosis test between January and November of 2011	Pedometer
Diabetic Retinopathy Test	Diabetes patients that get a diabetic retinopathy test between January and November of 2011	Thermal lunchbox