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Acquisition of Beacon Health Options
Published: May 1, 2020 - State & Federal / Medicaid
Anthem, Inc. completed its acquisition of Beacon Health Options (Beacon), a large
behavioral health organization that serves more than 36 million people across the country.
Beacon will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Anthem. Empire BlueCross BlueShield
HealthPlus is a wholly owned subsidiary of Anthem.
Bringing together our existing solid behavioral health business with Beacon’s successful
model and support services creates one of the most comprehensive behavioral health
networks in the country. It’s also an opportunity to offer best-in-class behavioral health
capabilities and whole-person care solutions in new and meaningful ways to help people live
their best lives.
From the standpoint of our customers and providers at this time, it’s business as usual:
Members should continue to call the customer service number on the back of their
membership card or access their health plan’s website for online self-service.
Providers should continue to use the provider service contact information, websites
and online self-service websites as part of their agreement with either Empire BlueCross
BlueShield HealthPlus or Beacon.
There will be no immediate changes to the way Empire BlueCross BlueShield
HealthPlus or Beacon manage their respective provider networks, contracts and fee
arrangements. Empire BlueCross BlueShield HealthPlus and Beacon provider networks,
contracts and fee arrangements will remain separate at this time.
We know our providers continue to expect more of their health care partner, and at Empire
BlueCross BlueShield HealthPlus, we aim to deliver more in return.
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For more details, please see the press release, and/or additional details will be shared in
future communications.
NYE-NU-0207-20 March 2020
URL: https://providernews.empireblue.com/article/acquisition-of-beacon-health-options-1
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