Bath Iron Works Selects Tufts Health Plan; Maine's Largest Private Employer Chooses New England's Fastest Growing HMO.PORTLAND, Maine--(BW HealthWire)--Oct. 17, 1997--Bath Iron Works I´ron works` a. 1. See under Iron, a. os> (BIW BIW Body in White (automotive design technique) BIW Business Information Warehouse biw Biweekly (medication dose) BIW Building Information Warehouse BIW Ben Ik Weer (Dutch: I'm Back) ) announced today that it has selected Tufts Health Plan as the exclusive health plan for its 7,300 employees and their families. Effective Jan. 1, 1998, Tufts Health Plan will gain 22,000 new members from the deal with BIW, which is Maine's largest private employer. The selection was made by a joint union and management committee, which considered a variety of other plans before making its selection. "We chose Tufts Health Plan because they provided the best overall value," says Kevin Gildart, assistant to the president at BIW. "They offer customized service and medical management benefits to our employees at a competitive price." "We appreciate Bath Iron Works Bath Iron Works (BIW) is a shipyard located on the Kennebec River in Bath, Maine. Since its foundation in 1884 by Thomas W. Hyde, Bath Iron Works has built private, commercial and military vessels. and its employees have placed their trust in Tufts Health Plan. We are confident that they have made the right choice and that they will be extremely satisfied with the service we provide," says James Puiia, Tufts Health Plan's assistant vice president. Tufts Health Plan's Maine operations are located in South Portland South Portland, city (1990 pop. 23,163), Cumberland co., SW Maine, on the Fore River and Casco Bay, part of the Portland metropolitan area; separated from Falmouth (now Portland) as part of the town of Cape Elizabeth 1765, separated from Cape Elizabeth and inc. 1898. . Its statewide provider network includes 17 hospitals and 1,000 physicians, but that network is expanding rapidly and the addition of the BIW account is expected to accelerate that growth. As New England's fastest growing 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, with 750,000 members, Tufts Health Plan's region-wide network includes 100 hospital and 15,000 physicians. "The selection by BIW of Tufts Health Plan firmly establishes us in Maine and confirms that our core values of integrity, quality, customer service, teamwork and innovation are recognized by valued customers," says Harris Berman, M.D., chief executive officer at Tufts Health Plan. Bath Iron Works Corp. is a General Dynamics General Dynamics Corporation (NYSE: GD) is a defense conglomerate formed by mergers and divestitures, and as of 2006 it is the sixth largest defense contractor in the world[1]. The company has changed markedly in the post-Cold War era of defense consolidation. Company. In its second century of shipbuilding, it has constructed over 400 commercial and naval ships. Since World War II, BIW has built the lead ship for 10 out of 20 classes of U.S. Navy Surface combatants. Currently, BIW is the lead designer and builder of the most technically advanced surface combatant in the world--the AEGIS guided missile guided missile, self-propelled, unmanned space or air vehicle carrying an explosive warhead. Its path can be adjusted during flight, either by automatic self-contained controls or remote human control. destroyer. CONTACT: Tufts Health Plan Michelle Davis 781/466-9411 |
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