Becker's Healthcare August 13, 2021
Medicare Advantage company Alignment Healthcare on Aug. 3 announced it will expand into 16 new markets in 2022. The expansion will make the payer’s plan options available to a total of 6.9 million Medicare-eligible people in 38 markets across Arizona, California, Nevada and North Carolina.
CEO John Kao told Becker’s Aug. 4 that future expansions of the Alignment Healthcare brand across state and county lines will happen, but not right away.
“We’re doing that in a very disciplined and methodical way because you can’t just go into a new market and put a dot on the map and say you’re growing. That’s not good enough,” he said. “You have to go to the market, you have to work with existing...