Articles from Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Virginia

Inova and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Virginia have announced a multi-year agreement that continues to ensure access to medical services at Inova care sites across Northern Virginia for individuals with Anthem’s Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, employer-based, and Affordable Care Act Exchange plans.

Chesapeake Regional and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield have reached a multi-year agreement providing Anthem members with continued access to affordable, high-quality care at all Chesapeake Regional facilities, outpatient care centers, and physician offices in Hampton Roads.

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Virginia announced last week that the WiseChoice Healthcare Alliance had secured its first contract for the state’s healthcare solution for small businesses.

Carilion Clinic and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Virginia have signed a new multiyear agreement with the health system’s hospitals, facilities, and physicians in Anthem’s network guaranteeing continued access for Anthem members.

Anthem HealthKeepers Plus recently donated $30,000 to People Incorporated’s King’s Mountain Permanent Supportive Housing Program in Bristol, Virginia. King’s Mountain was founded in 2008 as the only permanent supportive housing option in Bristol and provides housing for men who have experienced chronic homelessness and face difficult barriers to stable housing such as physical disabilities, mental illness, and substance abuse. As of this month, King’s Mountain has housed nearly 60 residents in its program and currently operates at a capacity of 12 tenants.

Moments ago, the Virginia Chamber of Commerce announced its partnership with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Virginia on the WiseChoice Healthcare Alliance. Joined by Governor Glenn Youngkin and key local chamber leaders from across the Commonwealth, President & CEO Barry DuVal made this significant health care announcement.

VHC Health – Virginia Hospital Center and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Virginia have renewed an agreement that provides medical services in the Washington, DC metropolitan area to Anthem members.

After working for several months on a new contract, Valley Health and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield today announced a new agreement that will keep Valley Health physicians and hospitals in Anthem’s provider networks. The new agreement provides Anthem customers uninterrupted, in-network access to Valley Health caregivers and services through 2028; additional details of the new agreement were not disclosed.

The Choral Arts Society of Washington and season sponsor Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Virginia announce they have partnered on a new program called Healthcare Heroes to offer concert tickets to northern Virginia area frontline healthcare workers. One hundred and twenty tickets for the 43rd Annual Holiday Concert will be distributed to workers from area hospital systems.

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Virginia President Monica Schmude was recently recognized by the Washington Business Journal as one of its Power 100 for 2023. This prestigious assembly was selected by the media group as “leaders who have the power and the will to tackle Greater Washington’s post-Covid hangover.”

Anthem HealthKeepers Plus recently donated a fully outfitted 24-foot medical van to the Mel Leaman Free Clinic in Marion, VA to expand access to healthcare for individuals and families in Washington, Smyth, and Grayson Counties. The van will be used for primary care visits (physicals, blood work, chronic disease management, etc.) and dental extractions, which can keep many out of the emergency room and urgent care facilities. The clinic is also researching potential preventive dental care (cleanings/fillings) and behavioral health visits.

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Virginia announced today that its Plan President Monica Schmude has been named by Washingtonian magazine as one of its most influential women shaping government, business, law, media, and nonprofits.

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Virginia announced today that its Plan President Monica Schmude has been named by Virginia Business magazine to its Virginia 500 2023 Power List.

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Virginia today announced its Anthem Link Virtual First health plans to eligible members in select commercial health plans. Anthem Link Virtual First plans give individuals affordable access to virtual care options, including access to a symptom checker driven by artificial intelligence, routine wellness care, and chronic condition management, along with behavioral healthcare.

VCU Health and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Virginia have renewed a new multi-year agreement with the health system’s hospitals, facilities and physicians in Anthem’s network guaranteeing continued access for Anthem members.

Anthem announced today that Monica Schmude has been named President, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Virginia.

A new three-year grant provided by the Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation (Anthem) to the Chris Atwood Foundation will allow more individuals to seamlessly progress from treatment for substance use disorder, incarceration, or other high-risk transition points into a safe and supportive recovery housing environment. For the past nine years, the Foundation has worked to save lives from overdose and support recovery from substance use disorder.

While people in America have shared that the pandemic and other stressors like social injustice, elections, and the economy negatively impacted their mental health in 2020, there wasn’t a corresponding increase in people seeking mental health treatment, according to the inaugural State of the Nation’s Mental Health report, commissioned by Anthem, Inc., parent company to Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Virginia (Anthem).