Today is National Smokeout Day, a day designed to get people to put out their cigarettes for good.

Capital Health Plan (CHP) today announced its members have exceeded smoking reduction goals set by the Healthy People 2010. Healthy People 2010 is a national set of health objectives to be achieved through the first decade of the new century. Currently only 10 percent of CHP members report that they smoke, surpassing the 12 percent goal set by Healthy People 2010. This is great news for the Big Bend area because not smoking is cited as one of the most significant things people can do to improve their health.

CHP rated top health plan in Florida

Capital Health Plan (CHP) has once again received national recognition. CHP today announced it was rated as the top-ranked commercial and Medicare health plan in Florida. In the rankings published in the 2008 U.S.News & World Report and the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) issue of “America’s Best Health Plans ” CHP was one of the top 25 commercial plans in the nation with a rank of 23 and one of the top 10 Medicare plans in the nation with a rank of 7.

For too many people, the reaction to those common questions is a resounding “Yes!” Low back and neck pain trouble a number of CHP members. Now, a new program is doing something about these aches and pains—with definite success.

CHP again received “Excellent” accreditation status for our commercial and Medicare Advantage products from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), an independent, not-for-profit organization dedicated to measuring the quality of America’s health care.

Elixirs, Essences, Expectorants, Poultices, Plasters, Potions, Syrups, Solutions, Salves, Tinctures, Tonics and Teas…

Medical care as we know it today is a far cry from the health care practiced in the 19th century, yet it owes a debt to the pioneer practitioners who blazed the trail.