Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield continues partnership with NGHS

Individuals and families who are covered by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield through their employer-based health plans will still be able to utilize services from Northeast Georgia Health System, with the service covered under their insurance plan.  

Northeast Georgia Health System, or NGHS, and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Georgia have extended a new two-year agreement with the health system’s facilities – including all Northeast Georgia Medical Center hospitals, Northeast Georgia Physicians Group practices, Urgent Care locations, Georgia Heart Institute locations, Laurelwood, long-term care facilities and other outpatient facilities in Anthem’s network.

 NGHS spokesman ranking official Steve McNeilly stated, “We are pleased at the collaborative nature of the discussions and at the willingness of both parties to work together to ensure our patients have certainty about their access to services at NGHS. Because of this new agreement, our community can confidently choose Anthem when they enter open enrollment this fall.”

 Robert Bunch, president of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Georgia, added, “We are pleased to have extended an agreement that continues to make quality health care accessible for our members across Northeast Georgia. We value our collaborative relationship with NGHS as we work together to tackle healthcare affordability and improve lives and communities for the Georgians we mutually serve.”

For more information on Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, visit anthem.com. For more information on medical services available through NGHS, visit nghs.com.