Anthem Blue Cross

Anthem Blue Cross Renews Agreement with Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Anthem Blue Cross renewed their Commercial Hospital and Medical Group PPO Agreements with Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. The fully executed multi-year hospital agreement is effective August 15, 2019...

Anthem Blue Cross Offers Q4 Update

With the recent launch of Priority Select, Anthem Blue Cross is offering groups more affordable price points with a continued focus on coordinated care. They continue to reposition their presence in t...

Anthem Blue Cross Negotiates with El Camino Hospital

El Camino Hospital issued a notice to terminate its Contracting Hospital Agreement with Anthem Blue Cross. El Camino has hospital campuses in Mountain View and Los Gatos. To date, Anthem Blue Cross an...

Anthem Blue Cross Terminates Agreement With San Benito Medical Associates

Anthem Blue Cross will not renew its CaliforniaCare Agreement with San Benito Medical Associates. As a result, San Benito Medical Associates will no longer be part of Anthem’s commercial HMO Network b...

Anthem Blue Cross Provides Update On Verity, Allied HealthCare, and AllCare Medical Group

Anthem Blue Cross announced that Allied Healthcare Providers and Verity Medical Foundation will terminate on July 1, 2019. Impacted members will be transferred to alternate participating medical group...

Anthem Blue Cross Renews Agreement With Adventist Health

Anthem Blue Cross reached a multi-year agreement with Adventist Health. The fully executed amendments include Medicare Advantage, professional, and ancillary agreements. The amendments are effective o...

Anthem Blue Cross Removes Split Tier From Tier 1 Drugs

Effective Oct. 1, 2019, Anthem Blue Cross will change their Rx Tier 1a/1b (split tier) benefits on a majority of January 1, 2019 plans. This means that Tier 1 a/1b will combine to form Tier 1. This w...

Anthem Blue Cross Offers Broker Bonus for ACE Agents

Anthem Blue Cross is offering a 7% commission when you sell any new small group medical case with 10+ enrolled employees for a July 1, 2019 to January 15, 2020 effective date. This is in addition to a...

What’s New with Anthem in Small Group? New Network. New Plans

Anthem Blue Cross is bringing back a new and improved limited HMO network, Priority Select, in regions 15 through 19. This network was built with the following criteria in mind: medical groups demonst...

Anthem Blue Cross Enhances Priority Select HMO Network in SoCal

Effective July 1, 2019, Anthem Blue Cross is significantly enhancing the Priority Select HMO network for large groups in Southern California. Forty medical groups are being added as of July 1, 2019: ...

Anthem Blue Cross Alerts Brokers About Letter Sent In Error

Anthem Blue Cross is alerting brokers that a subset of customers (7,388 SBGs) received a letter in error. The letter advised them that their transition to Anthem’s new PBM, Ingenio Rx, would be effect...

Anthem Blue Cross Members Can Choose Video Visits With LiveHealth Online

Effective January 2019, the first three LiveHealth Online visits are free for PPO and HMO members, but not for PPO HSA members. Anthem Blue Cross offers LiveHealth Online to all members. Patients c...