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The hospital is an integrated part of the Tufts Medicine, which also includes Lowell General Hospital, Lawrence Memorial Hospital of Medford,MelroseWakefield Hospital, home health services, and physician networks. [2] [3] [4] It is also a major center for bio-medical research. Tufts Medical Center's Interim President is Phil Okala.
Tufts Health Plan was a Massachusetts-based non-profit health insurance company under Tufts Associated Health Plans, Inc. with headquarters in Watertown, Massachusetts. [1] It completed a merger with Harvard Pilgrim Health Care on January 1, 2021, making the then unnamed company the second-largest health insurer in Massachusetts.
Wellforce became Tufts Medicine on March 1, 2022. The Tufts Medicine name was selected to better reflect the system’s shared identity, its close relationship with Tufts University, and its commitment to unite the best of both academic and community health care and deliver a complete connected care experience when, where and how consumers want it.
Massachusetts-based Tufts Health Plan offers Medicare Advantage plans with dental coverage. In some cases, dental care is available as an add-on option. Tufts Health Plan is a nonprofit insurer.
Medicare has approved Tufts Health Plan to administer Medicare Advantage plans. Read on for more information about how Tufts and other Advantage plans work.
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care is a non-profit health services company based in Canton, Massachusetts serving the New England region of the United States. On August 14, 2019, the boards of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan announced plans for the two insurers to merge their organizations into a new company.
There is one hospital within the District of Columbia which offers care solely to members of the United States military, their families, and to veterans. This facility is owned and operated by the U.S. federal government and are generally not utilized by members of the public unless the individual falls into one of the categories served.
"In the 1960s, the Boston Dispensary merged with the Floating Hospital for Children and the Pratt Diagnostic Clinic/Tufts Medical Center Hospital. It also formed alliances with Tufts University School of Medicine which serves as the principal teaching affiliate for the Medical Center."