Anthem California

Anthem Blue Cross Provides More Guidance on Impacted Bronze Plans

Anthem Blue Cross made benefit changes to certain Bronze plans to comply with state requirements. Briefly, the impacted Bronze plans are: Bronze PPO 70/6300/35% Bronze PPO 60/6350/40% Bronze...

Anthem Blue Cross Extends Dual PPO Pilot for Regions 1 & 9

The Anthem Blue Cross Dual PPO Pilot will continue through June 15, 2020 effective dates for Regions 1 & 9. Employer eligibility requirements are: Meets the definition of a small group (1-1...

Provider Update for Anthem Blue Cross HMO Members with HealthCare Partners

HealthCare Partners (HCP) has or may be terminating its contracts with certain hospitals and/or medical group partners. This is a contract issue between providers. We want to emphasize that Anthem Blu...

Anthem Blue Cross and Prime Healthcare Services Rescind Termination

Anthem Blue Cross announced that the termination has been rescinded for the 12 Prime Healthcare Services hospitals listed below. The current agreements, (including Medicare Advantage) remain in effect...

Anthem Blue Cross Makes Updates to Certain Bronze Plans

Anthem Blue Cross recently made benefit changes to certain Bronze plans in response to state regulatory approval requirements. The following plans are in Anthem's Direct Portfolio on both Full and S...

Anthem Blue Cross Offers Specialty Broker Bonus — Effective Dates of February 1, 2020 to January 31, 2021.

You qualify for the Anthem Blue Cross Specialty Broker Bonus when you bring in at least 10 new lines of coverage and $75,000 in new annualized premium. Earn up to $25,000 per line of coverage for ...

Anthem Blue Cross Notifies Members of Los Angeles Hospital Closure

St. Vincent Medical Center closed and discontinued all services on January 24, 2020. The Los Angeles acute care hospital had been contracted with Anthem Blue Cross. On February 11, 2020, Anthem mailed...

Anthem Blue Cross Updates Blue View Vision Network

Anthem Blue Cross Blue View VisionSM eye care plans no longer include Sears Optical, JCPenney Optical, and Stanton Optical as of February 1, 2020. Anthem sent a mailer to members who visited these opt...

Anthem Blue Cross Announces Q2 Rate Action

Anthem Blue Cross reports a statewide average increase of 0.9% across all small group medical plans for Q2. There are no medical plan changes. The following underwriting promotions continue through Ju...

Anthem Blue Cross Extends Dual PPO Pilot Program in Region 1 and Region 9

Anthem Blue Cross is extending their Dual PPO Pilot Promotion in Region 1 and Region 9. You can pair the Anthem Blue Cross Full PPO and Select PPO within the same group offering for new groups through...

Anthem Contract Update: Cottage Health Remains In-Network

Cottage Health has rescinded their notice of termination with Anthem Blue Cross. Cottage Health provides services to members in Santa Barbara County and includes Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital, Santa ...

Anthem and Cottage Health Contract

Anthem and Cottage Health continue to negotiate but haven't yet reached an agreement. The contract is set to terminate on January 1st, 2020. The following impacted Cottage facilities include: ...