Blue Shield of California
Blue Shield Announcement
We are pleased to announce that Blue Shield and Sutter Health have signed a new 3-year agreement effective January 1, 2017. This means that Sutter Health hospitals and providers are part of Blue Shield’s statewide network.
Blue Shield negotiates with providers with the goal of obtaining rates that help us keep healthcare coverage affordable. While we cannot provide details on the specifics of the contract with Sutter Health, we are pleased to be able to continue to give our members access to these providers.
For more information on our mission of making healthcare sustainably affordable, please visit our website MakeCareAffordable.org.
Sutter Health
Sutter Health Announcement
As part of our continuing proactive approach to communicating about our contract negotiations and renewals with health plans, I am pleased to announce that Sutter Health has come to an agreement with Blue Shield of California on a three-year renewal of our provider contract. We now have all of our health plan agreements in place for 2017.
- We have signed a 3 year contract with Blue Shield of California taking us through December 31, 2019
- As a system we negotiate all of our providers and facilities under one contract what that means is:
- Not all providers will be in all plans, not all facilities will be in all plans – check our website and with your provider to confirm the facility and/or provider is in a specific plan.
- Covered California – We participate in the PPO plan – again you will want to check our website and the carrier website to confirm participation.
- Our contract is for all coverage – Individual/Group/MediCal/MediCare – check our website for participation.
For information about products and the networks in which Sutter providers currently participate, please check: http://www.sutterhealth.org/openenrollment/accepted-health-plans.html