NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., July 25, 2017 --- The Trust (Powered by the NFLPA) recently announced the launch of the Milestone
Wellness Assessment. This new assessment was designed to round out The
Trust’s Medical/Wellness services by providing a comprehensive health
assessment administered by a team of highly regarded medical partners
to players who are more than 15 years removed from playing in the NFL.
Bahati VanPelt, Executive Director of The Trust said, “We’ve
spent the past three years listening to our former player population.
An assessment created specifically for this segment of players became
apparent early on. Working closely with our medical providers, we designed
the Milestone Wellness Assessment to focus on internal medicine concerns
which can arise as males get older.”
The Milestone Wellness Assessment is a set of comprehensive screenings,
including but not limited to: hypertension/high blood pressure, diabetes,
cardiovascular profile, orthopedic and body composition. As with The Trust’s
Brain and Body Assessment, Milestone Wellness Assessments will be administered
by the following medical partners of The Trust, Cleveland Clinic,
Hoag Neurosciences Institute, Tulane Institute of Sports Medicine and the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill.
“Hoag is pleased and privileged to partner in this crucial collaboration to
help ensure access for former NFL players to outstanding medical care
following their careers,” said
Michael Brant-Zawadzki, M.D., F.A.C.R., senior physician executive at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, and
the Ron and Sandi Simon Executive Medical Director Endowed Chair of the
Hoag Neurosciences Institute. “As the West Coast satellite location
for our efforts together with the Cleveland Clinic, we are able to optimize
the health of former NFL players through a proactive approach using the
most advanced diagnostic capabilities and clinical expertise available.
The Milestone Wellness Assessment will enable Hoag to expand the level
of high-quality care made possible through The Trust to former players."
Once the assessments are completed, medical partners will provide the former
player with recommendations containing a plan of action the former player
can follow to ensure continuity of care at home. Annual follow ups with
their personal primary care physician or specialist will be recommended.
As with all of The Trust’s programs and services, a former player
must have a minimum of 2 credited seasons to participate in the assessment.
Former players who are interested in activating their benefits and/or learning
more about the Milestone Wellness Assessment contact The Trust via phone
(866) 725-0063, email
[email protected] or website
http://playerstrust.com/get-started.
ABOUT HOAG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PRESBYTERIAN
Hoag is an approximately $1 billion nonprofit, regional health care delivery
network in Orange County, California, that treats more than 29,000 inpatients
and 305,000 outpatients annually. Hoag consists of two acute-care hospitals
– Hoag Hospital Newport Beach, which opened in 1952, and Hoag Hospital
Irvine, which opened in 2010 – in addition to seven health centers
and ten urgent care centers. Hoag is a designated Magnet® hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Hoag offers
a comprehensive blend of health care services that includes five institutes
providing specialized services in the following areas:
cancer,
heart and vascular,
neurosciences,
women’s health, and orthopedics through Hoag’s affiliate,
Hoag Orthopedic Institute, which consists of an orthopedic hospital and two ambulatory surgical centers.
In 2013, Hoag entered into an alliance with St. Joseph Health to further
expand health care services in the Orange County community, known as St.
Joseph Hoag Health. Hoag has been named one of the Best Regional Hospitals
in the 2016 - 2017
U.S. News & World Report, andBecker’s Hospital Review named Hoag as one of the 2016 “100 Great Hospitals in America”
– a designation Hoag has received four times. National Research
Corporation has endorsed Hoag as Orange County’s most preferred
hospital for the past 20 consecutive years and, for an unprecedented 21
years, residents of Orange County have chosen Hoag as one of the county’s
best hospitals in a local newspaper survey. Visit
www.hoag.org for more information.
ABOUT HOAG NEUROSCIENCES INSTITUTE
Delivering a personalized, integrated approach using best-practice guidelines,
the most advanced technology, and integration of medical specialists in
the most appropriate facilities, Hoag Neurosciences Institute provides
the highest quality care for patients with brain and spine disorders including
stroke, aneurysms and vascular malformations, brain tumors, epilepsy,
movement disorders, memory and cognitive disorders, pain, minimally invasive
spine surgery, multiple sclerosis, addiction medicine and sleep disorders,
as well as the mind-body interface of behavioral health. Several of Hoag’s
neuroscience programs have received high acclaim, including Hoag’s
stroke program, which was the first hospital in Orange County and the
second in California to be named a Certified Comprehensive Stroke Center
by DNV GL Healthcare and was awarded the American Stroke Association’s
Get With The Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Performance Achievement for Hoag’s
high standard of stroke care. And as one of the first centers in the U.S.
to offer the most advanced radiosurgical treatment system available, Leksell
Gamma Knife® Perfexion™, Hoag’s brain tumor program is
the largest in Orange County and is also among the top volume programs
in the western United States.
ABOUT THE TRUST (POWERED BY THE NFLPA)
The Trust is a set of resources, programs and services designed to provide
former players with the support, skills and tools to help ensure success
off the field and in life after football. The Trust emerged from the commitment
of the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) and its members
to ensure that players are provided access to benefits and services that
assist in their success beyond the game of football. It culminates the
hard-fought efforts of past and present CBA battles to better serve former
NFL players. For more information, visit
http://www.playerstrust.com
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