Baystate Health, Wellpoint Reach Agreement

SPRINGFIELD — Baystate Health and Wellpoint have reached a new, multi-year contract that maintains patients’ access to their current doctors and nurses. This means Wellpoint members will continue to have access to all Baystate Health hospitals, facilities, doctors’ offices, convenient care, and ancillary service centers, as well as its affiliated physicians through Baycare Health Partners, on Jan. 1, 2025 and beyond.

“We are extremely pleased to have reached a new agreement with Wellpoint and ensure continued access for health-plan members to the care they receive at Baystate Health and our affiliated physicians through Baycare Health Partners,” said Peter Banko, president and CEO of Baystate Health. “From the beginning, our mutual goal was to ensure we continue to meet the needs of our patients today and in the future and protect their access to essential services in Western Massachusetts.”

David Morales, general manager of Wellpoint, added that “we worked tirelessly to come to an agreement that preserves access to high-quality, affordable care at Baystate Health for Wellpoint members. We are pleased that our longstanding partnership with Baystate Health will continue promoting preventive care and supporting the whole health of the individuals our organizations serve across the Springfield region.”