Anthem Blue Cross of California

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By  Jessica Hagen 01:19 pm May 5, 2023
Contract negotiations between virtual primary and urgent care provider Carbon Health and health insurance giant Elevance Health have become public after Carbon published a blog post calling out the insurer for failing to "pay a living wage" for its services provided to members in California.  The virtual care provider said it has been in talks with Elevance, which operates in the state as Anthem...
Anthem's LiveHealth Online offering
By  Jonah Comstock 02:57 pm November 27, 2018
Anthem Blue Cross of California has launched a new telehealth option for its 1.2 million Medicaid patients in California. These patients can access both urgent care and behavioral health visits through Anthem’s LiveHealth Online telehealth platform via smartphone, tablet or computer. “We have members in rural counties that are looking at this very favorably,” Dr. Barsam Kasravi, chief medical...
By  Aditi Pai 06:31 am November 10, 2015
Los Angeles-based Heal, which has developed an app that helps people request a doctor to visit their house, announced that it is now in-network with Anthem Blue Cross of California. Now, Heal members in California who are large or small group Anthem Blue Cross of California PPO plan members can pay a co-pay, often between $10 and $30 instead of paying Heal's $99 fee. Services these members are...