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Tie-up
Apollo Signs Agreement with Anthem Well Point
Apollo Hospitals has signed an agreement with a US based insurance company Anthem
Blue Cross and Blue Shield, a subsidiary of Anthem Well point. WellPoint is
one of the largest healthcare insurers in the US.
As per the agreement, Anthem WellPoint will initially send the employees of
Serigraph Inc, a corporate client of Anthem WellPoint, to Apollo Hospitals for
certain elective procedures at Delhi and Bangalore Apollo Hospitals to start
with and later to all JCI accredited Apollo Hospitals. All the patients will
be routed through their global TPA, Mondial Assistance, USA which is already
empanelled with Apollo Hospitals. Healthbase would handle on-the-ground logistics
support, which again has a tie up with Apollo Hospitals.
A high-level team from Anthem WellPoint and Mondial visited the Apollo hospitals
in November, last year. Their standard of evaluation was based on the quality
healthcare services, clinical outcomes and skills in handling international
patients.
This pilot project, launched for about six months, would initially cover about
700 group members and their dependents at Serigraph. WellPoint case managers
will coordinate with patients on their travel and medical arrangement with the
hospitals in India. All the financial details will be looked after by Serigraph's
insurer, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield. The employer-funded healthcare plan
will cover the costs of airfare and accommodations, as well as a dedicated case
manager to coordinate travel, medical care plus post-operative care upon return
to US.
Speaking about this agreement Preetha Reddy, MD Apollo Group of Hospitals said,
"It is a matter of pride that upon reviewing our performance and healthcare
services, the team from Anthem WellPoint and Mondial selected Apollo Hospitals
as their partners in this programme. The programme meets the guidelines set
for Medical Tourism by American Medical Association (AMA) and we will strive
to achieve the best healthcare standards to ensure total success of this programme."
EH News Bureau
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