| SPRINGFIELD — Health New England (HNE) announced that it has signed agreements with three hospitals in Central Mass. Beginning in October, UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, along with Wing Memorial Hospital in Palmer and its affiliated medical centers, became participating providers in the Health New England provider network.
In September, HNE signed a provider agreement with the Fallon Clinic, a 255-doctor group practice with medical centers throughout Central Mass. Athol Memorial Hospital in Athol joined the HNE provider network this past July.
With these additions, HNE is expanding the options available to subscribers, particularly those on the eastern edge of its Western Mass. service area. Subscribers to HNE now will be able to obtain care from these providers in addition to Baystate Health and the many other facilities and practices in Western Mass.
According to Peter F. Straley, HNE president and CEO, the expansion to Central Mass. was made to better serve its members. “We have employer groups where 80{06cf2b9696b159f874511d23dbc893eb1ac83014175ed30550cfff22781411e5} to 90{06cf2b9696b159f874511d23dbc893eb1ac83014175ed30550cfff22781411e5} of their workforce is located in Western Mass., but the remaining 10{06cf2b9696b159f874511d23dbc893eb1ac83014175ed30550cfff22781411e5} to 20{06cf2b9696b159f874511d23dbc893eb1ac83014175ed30550cfff22781411e5} percent live in Central Mass. By contracting with these providers, we can better serve all our HNE members, especially those located on the edge of Western and Central Mass.”
Health New England is a managed care organization serving Western Mass. since 1985, boasting nearly 100,000 members and 5,000 employers in its network. HNE employs more than 200 associates at its main offices in Springfield and in its Berkshire County office in Pittsfield. HNE’s service area covers Franklin, Berkshire, Hampden, Hampshire, and parts of Worcester counties in Massachusetts. |
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