Network Health Offers MassHealth Coverage Statewide
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012MEDFORD, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
Network Health, LLC, a Massachusetts health plan that provides access to
high-quality health care coverage for more than 200,000 Massachusetts
residents with low and moderate incomes, announced today that eligible
residents throughout western Massachusetts can now enroll in its Network
Health Together® plan. State approval of the
health plan’s expansion extends Network Health benefits to residents
eligible for MassHealth statewide.
“We are pleased to now offer Network Health Together, our
MassHealth plan, to Massachusetts residents statewide,” said Christina
Severin, Network Health president. “This expansion enables Network
Health to continue its mission to improve the health and well-being of
members and their diverse communities across the state.”
With its new expansion, eligible MassHealth members residing in the
Northampton, Greenfield, North Adams, and Pittsfield areas can now
select Network Health Together as their health plan. Network
Health’s provider network in western Massachusetts includes Cooley
Dickinson Physician Hospital Organization in Northampton, North Adams
Regional Hospital in North Adams, Berkshire Medical Center in
Pittsfield, and Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington. For a
comprehensive list of provider partners, please visit www.network-health.org.
Network Health Together provides access to affordable health care
for qualified residents and their families who meet income eligibility
requirements determined by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Network
Health Together members have access to regular doctor’s
visits, checkups, hospital stays, prescriptions, and X-rays and lab
tests.
Network Health Together members also receive great EXTRAS
including free childbirth, newborn, and breastfeeding classes; free
kids’ bike helmets and home-safety kits; discounts on eyewear;
incentives to complete routine checkups and immunizations; discounts on
healthy-living programs such as Weight Watchers; and a $50 rebate on
fitness activities and programs.
Network Health offers all members free health support with a 24/7
NurseLine and an English- and Spanish-language Web site where members
can order ID cards, change their primary care provider, use interactive
tools like “Find a Doctor, Hospital, or Pharmacy,” and obtain up-to-date
health information. The health plan also employs friendly customer care
specialists who can assist members in more than 170 languages.
About Network Health
Since 1997, Network Health has provided access to high-quality health
care for Massachusetts residents with low and moderate incomes. Based in
Medford, Mass., Network Health is a nonprofit, comprehensive health plan
serving members through its Network Health Together (MassHealth), Network
Health Forward® (Commonwealth Care), and Network
Health Extend™ (Medical Security Program) plans.
To improve the health and well-being of its more than 200,000 members
and their diverse communities, Network Health offers fully integrated,
in-house care management, providing a team of medical, behavioral
health, social care, and pharmacy professionals who coordinate member
care. Network Health partners with 20,000 primary care providers,
specialists, hospitals, and community organizations statewide.
Network Health earned National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
“Excellent” Health Plan Accreditation, NCQA’s highest accreditation
rating, for its Network Health Together plan. Since 2010, Network
Health has been a top-ten plan among all Medicaid health plans
nationally, according to NCQA’s Health Insurance Plan Rankings —
Medicaid. Additionally, Network Health is nationally recognized for its
innovative programs and received a 2010 Case In Point Platinum Award for
“Best Overall Case/Care Management Program” from Dorland Health. In
2010, Network Health also was recognized as having a top leadership team
among health plans nationally by HealthLeaders Media.
For more information about Network Health, call 888-257-1985 or
visit www.network-health.org.
Follow Network Health on Facebook
and @_NetworkHealth on Twitter.
To learn about their health plan options, Massachusetts residents can
call Commonwealth Care at 877-623-6765 (TTY:877-623-7773), Monday
through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., or visit www.mahealthconnector.org;
call MassHealth at 800-841-2900 (TTY:800-497-4648), Monday through
Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., or visit www.mass.gov/masshealth;
or call the Medical Security Program at 800-908-8801, Monday through
Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., or visit www.mass.gov/dua/msp.
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