Fierce Health Payers September 16, 2021
Cityblock Health is expanding its Massachusetts collaboration with Tufts Health Plan, the provider startup announced.
The expansion doubles Cityblock’s reach in the state, offering services to 3,300 members in a home or virtual setting, the company said. Cityblock first entered Massachusetts in March 2020 and since then has served 1,800 low-income individuals, earning an 86% net promoter score.
Cityblock offers value-based care centered in the Medicaid and Medicare markets.
“Our work in Massachusetts launched in March 2020, just a few weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Toyin Ajayi, M.D., Cityblock’s president and co-founder, in a statement. “Over the last 16 months, we’ve worked alongside community partners in Worcester to meet our members’ most pressing needs, and the response has been...