AmeriHealth Signs New Agreement with MultiPlan, Inc. to Provide Members Access to National Provider Network.ISELIN, N.J. & MT. LAUREL Laurel, cities, United States Laurel. 1 Town (1990 pop. 19,438), Prince Georges co., central Md., about halfway between Washington, D.C., and Baltimore; patented in the late 1600s, inc. 1870. , N.J. -- AmeriHealth New Jersey signed a new agreement with the medical cost management firm, MultiPlan, Inc., that gives AmeriHealth members access to a national network of health care providers on an in-network benefits level. AmeriHealth members with national access riders added to their AmeriHealth preferred provider organization pre·ferred provider organization n. Abbr. PPO A medical insurance plan in which members receive more coverage if they choose health care providers approved by or affiliated with the plan. (PPO PPO abbr. preferred provider organization PPO Managed care Preferred provider organization, see there Infectious disease Pleuropneumonia-like organism, see there ) or point-of-service plus medical plans are now eligible to use MultiPlan's PHCS PHCS Private Healthcare Systems PHCS Primary Health Care Service PHCS Preventive Health Care System PHCS Princeton Health Care System (Princeton, New Jersey) PHCS Senior Chief Photographer's Mate (Naval Rating) PPO Network. MultiPlan's national PPO network consists of 525,000 health care professionals, 3,800 hospitals, and 66,000 ancillary care facilities. Access to this expansive provider network will assist those members seeking care outside of AmeriHealth's service area, which includes New Jersey, Delaware, and parts of Pennsylvania. "AmeriHealth's agreement with MultiPlan underscores our commitment to provide our members and their families access to quality, affordable health care through a broad network of hospitals, physicians, and other health care providers," said Michael Munoz, AmeriHealth vice president, sales and marketing. "We chose MultiPlan because it's one of the largest, most well-known, independent PPO networks in the country." About AmeriHealth AmeriHealth New Jersey provides health care coverage to nearly 230,000 New Jersey residents. The company's contracted hospital and physician network includes thousands of physicians at 76 hospitals throughout its service area. AmeriHealth New Jersey has offices in Mt. Laurel and Iselin. The company's managed care plan, AmeriHealth HMO HMO health maintenance organization. HMO n. A corporation that is financed by insurance premiums and has member physicians and professional staff who provide curative and preventive medicine within certain financial, Inc. of New Jersey, has received the highest possible accreditation by the National Committee for Quality Assurance National Committee for Quality Assurance Medical practice A private, not-for-profit organization which has become the leading accreditor of managed care plans; in site visits, NCQA reviewers evaluate a managed care plan in terms of quality management, physicians' (NCQA NCQA National Committee on Quality Assurance, see there ) by meeting NCQA's rigorous evaluation standards. AmeriHealth New Jersey is part of AmeriHealth, Inc, a growing group of insurance and health care companies whose product portfolio includes health insurance, workers' compensation workers' compensation, payment by employers for some part of the cost of injuries, or in some cases of occupational diseases, received by employees in the course of their work. , property and casualty insurance, and management services. For more information on AmeriHealth, visit our website at www.amerihealth.com. About MultiPlan MultiPlan is the industry's most comprehensive provider of medical cost management solutions. The company provides over 2,100 clients with a single gateway to a host of primary, complementary and out-of-network strategies for managing the financial risks associated with health care claims. Clients include large and mid-sized insurers, third party administrators, self-funded plans, HMOs and other entities that pay claims on behalf of health plans. Services include PHCS Network, the country's leading independent primary PPO network; The MultiPlan Network, the national network most often used to complement a primary PPO; fee negotiation services; a Wisconsin-based primary PPO and a national transplant network. Approximately 600,000 network providers participate with MultiPlan through these networks. Incorporated in 1980, MultiPlan is owned by a group of investors led by The Carlyle Group  The of this article or section may be compromised by "weasel words".You can help Wikipedia by removing weasel words. The Carlyle Group is a Washington, D.C. . For more information, visit www.Multiplan.com. |
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