{"id":8476,"date":"2020-06-01T13:27:23","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T18:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/?p=8476"},"modified":"2020-06-01T15:52:48","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T20:52:48","slug":"benefits-tip-new-provider-search-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/2020\/06\/01\/benefits-tip-new-provider-search-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Benefits Tip: New Provider Search Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are very excited to announce a new online tool to help you make more informed choices about your healthcare providers. ELAP Services now offers online access to Guide Services \u2013 a comprehensive resource with data on more than 200k providers across the nation.<\/p>\n<p>Guide Services can help you find the right healthcare provider for your needs. You can find information to help you compare doctors and facilities based on a variety of factors. It provides real-time data on:<\/p>\n<p>Provider locations<\/p>\n<p>Estimated costs for healthcare<\/p>\n<p>Hospital quality scores<\/p>\n<p>Provider\u2019s acceptance of your plan\u2019s payment<\/p>\n<p>To access Guide Services online, log in to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gpatpa.com\/\">GPA portal<\/a> and click on the ELAP Pulse tab.<\/p>\n<p>Need a little more help in finding the right provider that works well with your plan? All the information you need to help you make better decisions is just one phone call away. Call 800-827-7223 to connect with the dedicated team at GPA. (This number is also listed on your insurance ID card.) GPA will use the Guide Services platform to answer your questions and are there to make you feel more confident and educated on your healthcare choices.<\/p>\n<p>For more information review this document, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/files\/2020\/06\/Guide-Services-One-Pager_GPA-Member.pdf\">Guide Services<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are very excited to announce a new online tool to help you make more informed choices about your healthcare providers. ELAP Services now offers online access to Guide Services \u2013 a comprehensive resource with data on more than 200k providers across the nation. Guide Services can help you find the right healthcare provider for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6988,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,6377],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-benefits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6988"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8476"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8485,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8476\/revisions\/8485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}