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New Fitness Membership Program for CareAdvantage Members

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New Fitness Membership Program for CareAdvantage Members

Regular exercise can help your patients feel better, sleep better, keep a healthy weight and more! That’s why we now offer our CareAdvantage members a no-cost YMCA membership that includes access to: 

  • YMCA locations throughout San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties. Locations may include exercise equipment, basketball courts, indoor or outdoor fitness studios, and indoor or outdoor swimming pools.
  • More than 600 in-person and online group exercise classes led by certified instructors in yoga, Pilates, Zumba, cycling, aqua fitness and more.
  • In-person and online wellness coaching to help members meet their health goals.

Encourage your CareAdvantage patients to sign up and use their no-cost YMCA membership!

To sign up, they can either: 

  1. Visit a YMCA location near them and show their HPSM CareAdvantage member ID card. 
  2. Sign up online by selecting a YMCA location near them and clicking the “Enroll Today” button.