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CONSUMER GUIDES
Consumer Guides give you key information on health insurance, hospitals, long-term care providers and physicians. VHI Consumer Guides provide the reader with a general understanding of the issues, questions, and choices available when choosing health care services.
Our Guides include lists and worksheets with questions to ask when making these important health care choices. Lists of resources including other publications and Internet web sites are also provided.
VHI Consumer Guides include:
- Obstetrical Services - Helps parents-to-be learn about the birth process, hospitals, a nd physicians that provide the care. Our third version is now under development.
- Virginia Hospitals - How hospitals came to be, today’s hospitals, your rights as a patient, choosing a hospital and more.
- Health Insurance Options - Trouble understanding the differences between HMOs, PPOs and other types of health insurance? This guide covers the features and benefits of plans with tools and resources to help you choose the right plan for your needs.
- Long Term Care: A Consumers Guide: - The most comprehensive publication on long Term Care. Home Care, Nursing Facilities, Assisted Living and more. Find the right type of long term care for your needs. How to evaluate a facility. Where to go for more information
VHI Consumer Guides are free on our website in downloadable Adobe Acrobat files. Online viewable versions are also available. Employers and other may also choose bulk purchases for selected guides.
Questions? Call VHI toll free at (877) VHI-INFO or email info@vhi.org
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