An Administrative Law Judge on August 9 decided against Arizona's Medicaid agency and in favor of insurers protesting the agency's choice of Arizona Complete Health Complete Care Plan and UnitedHealthcare Community Plan to provide long-term care services to about 26,000 AHCCCS members who are enrolled in the Arizona Long Term Care System...
On October 1, 2022, new ACC-RBHA contracts began with Mercy Care (Central GSA), Arizona Complete Health (South GSA) and Care 1st Health Plan (North GSA) resulting in about 6,100 members transitioning from the Health Choice RBHA to Care1st. Aligning RBHA service areas with ACC and ALTCS contracts also shifted about 1,900 members the Mercy...Arizona News
Arizona's Medicare Advantage market continues to climb with a 38 percent saturation rate; latest numbers following the annual enrollment period shows UnitedHealthcare's AARP branded product still reigns supreme.
According to data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, UnitedHealthcare/Pacificare's AARP plan reprised...Arizona Comings & Goings
Mike Uchrin is stepping down as CEO of Health Choice as of March 16. Troy Smith, Health Choice's COO, will serve as interim division CEO. Shawn Nau, CEO of Health Choice Integrated Care will now assume the role as CEO for Steward Health Choice Arizona.
Mike...
Steward Health Care System LLC (Steward) becomes sole operator of the newly merged company and will oversee 36 individual hospitals across 10 states along with managed care operations in Arizona, Utah, and Massachusetts.
Dr. Ralph de la Torre, chairman and CEO of Steward said,
This merger enables Steward to expand our successful,...
Chelsea Gregory is the new vice president, chief human resources officer for Health Choice. Previously, Gregory worked as the director of human resources at Dignity Health.Arizona Comings & Goings
Diana Alvarez joined Health Choice as it's vice president of president of training, marketing and outreach. Alvarez previously worked as the director of compliance at the now defunct AHCCCS managed care organization, Phoenix Health Plan, a subsidy of Tenet.
