Fierce Healthcare November 13, 2019
Blues plans are launching a high-performance network nationwide.
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) revealed this week that its member plans would offer Blue HPN beginning in January 2021. The network will be available in 55 markets across the U.S.
Jennifer Atkins, vice president of network solutions at BCBSA, told FierceHealthcare that the goal in launching the network was to build on the plans’ existing value-based and patient-centered models.
“As we pulled the pans together to work on this national profile, we found we have a lot of commonalities in our existing value-based arrangements,” Atkins said.
There was strong interest in the individual markets for such a network, she said. About 70% of members in...
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