In December, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona (BCBSAZ) announced its working again with TriWest Healthcare Alliance to deliver healthcare services to active-duty members and veterans in the West Region. This week, BCBSAZ also joined a coalition of other Blues plans to form Synergie Medication Collective to improve affordability and...Arizona News
Arizona Complete Health, BCBSAZ, Bright Health, Cigna and Oscar Health are all prepping for open enrollment November 1.
Arizona Complete Health, with a dozen silver plans, offers the most options to enroll in the most popular metal-level plan. The insurer expanded its sales territory in 2020 beyond Maricopa and Pima counties and...Arizona News
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona (BCBSAZ) and Phoenix Children's Hospital (PCH) will be continuing their provider relationship with a new three-year contract. The initial contract deadline was extended to make room for negotiations, but an agreement was reached.
PCH will continue to be part of the provider network for BCBSAZ...Arizona Comings & Goings
Chuck Sowers has moved from Banner Health where he was VP and chief financial officer-insurance operations to GM of Government Business at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona....Arizona Comings & Goings
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona recently named Michael Groeger vice president of commercial group and specialty sales. In his new role, Groeger will lead BCBSAZ sales team with a focus on growth and the company's steadfast commitment to improving the lives and health of all Arizonans.
Groeger was formerly with Banner|Aetna where he...Arizona Comings & Goings
Paige Rothermel given the newly created position.
In this role, she will ignite new opportunities to deliver on what customers need and want, and help drive the mission for improving the quality of life for Arizonans.
Rothermel joins BCBSAZ from Anthem Inc., where she served for more than 30 years. In her most recent role as...Arizona News
The only seller of individual health insurance policies under the Affordable Care Act in 13 rural Arizona counties will decrease rates by about 1 percent across all its individual plans in 2018.
An average 7.2 percent increase was initially proposed in July. The reduction is possible because of improved profitability on current...