Weekly Health Tips

New Year’s Eve is one of the biggest celebrations of the year.  Think about it -- Times Square, the New Year’s Eve Ball Drop, champagne toasts, old classic movies, midnight kisses, and endless parties.  But after all the partying is over, reality sinks in and we enter the first month of a brand new year.  What a difference a day makes! 

A common focus of the holiday season is to share and celebrate family togetherness.  Even extended families, normally separated from each other throughout the year, manage to somehow reconnect during the holidays.  This is the spirit that defines the season.  So for many military families, where a loved one may be absent due to military deployment, truly being able to enjoy season’s festivities may be more difficult.

We all love the holiday season, but wonder how can we increase the joy and decrease the stress that comes hand in hand with it? Each year, we hope to pull off the perfect holiday with less spending, less craziness, less running around, and less pressure.  The main question is how do you enjoy more of the holiday while doing less?  How do you keep the holidays happy even if you have to spend it away from some of your loved ones?

As we move into full swing for this holiday season, I want to extend wishes of peace, joy, and above all, good health, on behalf of US Family Health Plan.

Each year, the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Provider Systems (CAHPS) rates aggregate member satisfaction for all health plans in the country.  This year’s report showed that US Family Health Plan’s satisfaction rating for 2014 was 91.5%, making our members among the most satisfied in the country.  In fact, this rating is more than 25% higher than the national average for commercial health plans.  It’s a rating that we are very proud of.