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With Kaiser in sight, Anthem creates new plan with major California hospitals

Health insurer Anthem Blue Cross and seven competing health systems in Southern California are joining forces to create a new health plan that executives believe will enhance competition in the area while reducing healthcare costs. Anthem, a subsidiary of Indianapolis-based WellPoint (to be renamed Anthem later this year), said the new Anthem Blue Cross Vivity plan will be similar to an HMO. Vivity members will be able to go to Los Angeles hospitals and doctors at Cedars-Sinai Health System, Good Samaritan Hospital and UCLA Health; Memorial Care Health System, based in Fountain Valley; PIH Health, Whittier; Torrance (Calif.) Memorial Medical Center; and Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, without paying a deductiblle..,Read More

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