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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA) is a state licensed nonprofit private health insurance company under the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association with headquarters in Boston. The Boston location located on 101 Huntington ave is currently under study as a pending Boston Landmark by the Boston Landmarks Commission .
Founded in 1948, [26] Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield (ABCBS) [27] is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, and the largest healthcare provider in the state. [28] It donated $1.98 million to The Walton College of Business toward founding its Robert L. Shoptaw Master of Healthcare Business Analytics Program. [ 29 ]
2009: Signed a five-year Alternative Quality Contract [23] (AQC) with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts to improve the quality of care and cut medical costs [24] 2009: Created the Atrius Health Foundation to support innovative solutions to improve healthcare and help in emergency situations like the 2010 earthquake near Port-au-Prince, Haiti
The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation is a private, non-profit organization. The Foundation's mandate is to expand access to health care for vulnerable and low-income people in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Foundation was established in 2001, with an endowment of $55 million from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts ...
Concerns have also been raised about insurance carriers' efforts to limit the number of providers in their networks to reduce costs. A study of the California marketplace confirmed these concerns, but also showed that geographic access was similar and quality at times superior in marketplace-based plans. [98] "Cherry-picking"
According to Boston Globe investigative journalists, Blue Cross and other insurers increased the rate they paid Mass General Brigham by 75 percent between 2000 and 2008, though CEO James J. Mongan argued insurance rates in Massachusetts have gone up at roughly the same rate as the national average. [13] [70]
Carelon Behavioral Health, formerly known as Beacon Health Options, is a behavioral health company based in Boston, Massachusetts. On Jun. 6, 2019, Anthem, Inc. (now Elevance Health) announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Beacon Health Options. [1] The acquisition was completed on Mar. 2, 2020. [2]
Area codes 781 and 339 Massachusetts' area codes. Area code 781 and 339 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan for the U.S. state of Massachusetts.The numbering plan area consists of Boston’s inner suburbs along the Route 128 corridor, and some outer suburbs, especially in the South Shore region.