| SCAN Health Plan (SCAN) was founded in 1977 by a group of Long Beach senior citizen activists who were frustrated with the lack of access to appropriate health care services and were determined to remain as independent in their communities as possible. Together with a group of experts in medicine, gerontology, psychology and social services, these seniors formed a grassroots organization called Senior Care Action Network, now known as SCAN Health Plan. Today, SCAN is the fourth largest not-for-profit Medicare Advantage Plan in the nation serving more than 130,000 members in California and Arizona. Our mission today is very much the same as it was in 1977: to find innovative ways to enhance seniors' ability to manage their health and continue to control where and how they live. We achieve this mission by developing innovative partnerships that allow us to deliver the right health care, in the right setting, and at the right cost while maximizing seniors' ability to remain independent. |