Blue Cross of California and Good Samaritan Hospital Agree to Multi-Year Contract; Agreement Takes Effect May 15, 2000.Business Editors THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 5, 2000 Blue Cross of California (BCC) and Good Samaritan Hospital Good Samaritan Hospital may refer to: In the United States:
GSH reduced glutathione. ) today announced the signing of a multi-year agreement for hospital services in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or . The new contract will take effect May 15, 2000. "We are pleased to reach an agreement," said Max Brown, senior vice president of Network Management. "Our goal has always been to reach a positive outcome so that our members may once again access the services of Good Samaritan hospital." Brown noted that the multi-year agreement applies to Blue Cross of California's Prudent Buyer PPO PPO abbr. preferred provider organization PPO Managed care Preferred provider organization, see there Infectious disease Pleuropneumonia-like organism, see there , CaliforniaCare HMO and Medicare Select members. "We are delighted to once again welcome Blue Cross policy holders," said Good Samaritan President and CEO Andrew Leeka. "In recent months, representatives from GSH and BCC have put forth tremendous effort in renegotiating a contract that moves the hospital in the right direction." Honored as one of "America's Best Hospitals America's Best Hospitals Media & health An annual 'report card' on the quality of care received in US hospitals published by US News & World Report, that is either proudly quoted by those who are rated or dismissed by those who are not " (U.S. News & World Report U.S. News & World Report Weekly newsmagazine published in Washington, D.C. U.S. News was founded in 1933 by David Lawrence (1888–1973) to cover important domestic events; he founded World Report in 1945 to treat world news. The two magazines were merged in 1948. , 7/27/98), GSH combines modern medicine with compassionate care. Located in downtown Los Angeles, the 408-bed, non-profit facility has met the health care needs of the community since 1885. Today, GSH employs approximately 1,500 people, including 500 nurses and more than 650 physicians on its medical staff. Blue Cross of California, with 5.3 million medical members, is the California operating subsidiary of WellPoint Health Networks Inc., one of the nation's largest publicly traded managed care companies. WellPoint serves the health care needs of 7.5 million medical and approximately 32 million specialty members nationally. WellPoint offers a broad spectrum of quality network-based health products including open access PPO, POS and hybrid products, HMO and specialty products. Specialty products include pharmacy benefit management A Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) is a third party administrator of prescription drug programs. They are primarily responsible for processing and paying prescription drug claims. , dental, utilization management, vision, mental health, life and disability insurance, long term care insurance, flexible spending accounts, COBRA administration, and Medicare supplements. |
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