About Western Health Advantage

Since its inception nearly 15 years ago, Western Health Advantage has become a high-quality health plan for local business owners interested in providing affordable, responsive health coverage.

In keeping with its local mission, the company serves employers and individuals in Sacramento, Yolo, Solano, western El Dorado, and western Placer counties. We believe that "local" is a better way to do business. It ensures that our members enjoy responsive, local customer service, affordable coverage, excellent access to quality doctors and hospitals and unbeatable service.

Conveniently, that's our mission at Sacramento-based Western Health Advantage - To provide an affordable, high quality alternative to for-profit health insurance plans and national HMO's. We want to improve the health and well-being of our neighbors by expanding access to healthcare, which is why our charitable and community outreach efforts embrace the same goal.

WHA Key Facts

Headquartered in Sacramento, Western Health Advantage is a local health plan created to offer clear value in quality care for the people who live and work in this region. This commitment is fulfilled through a business model that eliminates wasteful bureaucracy, emphasizes personal service and delivers access to care - not obstacles to treatment. And this care starts with the exceptional range and reputation of our health care providers.

Western Health Advantage is committed to delivering the best value to our customers, while providing access to quality medical care.

• That's why our provider network includes more than 500 of the region's best primary care physicians.
• Throughout our unique Advantage Referral program, WHA members can easily be referred to nearly any of more than 1800 specialists or 8 hospitals in the network, without cumbersome medical group restrictions.
• Western Health Advantage has more than 92,000 members and is consistently recognized for quality.

Health care is a benefit, but it should also be beneficial. It should help you stay well, and care for you with skill and compassion. You can count on Western Health Advantage to bring you the convenient services you need to help get or stay healthy.