| Little Company of Mary and Blue Cross of California Agree to Multi-Year Contract |
Posted: June 29, 2000 |
Contract Takes Effect July 1, 2000
Torrance, CA -- Little Company of Mary and Blue Cross of California today announced the signing of a multi-year agreement for hospital services for Little Company of Mary Hospital in Torrance and San Pedro Peninsula Hospital in San Pedro. The new contract will take effect
July 1, 2000.
�We are delighted to again welcome Blue Cross members to Little Company of Mary Hospital and San Pedro Peninsula Hospital and look forward to taking care of their medical and health care needs,� commented Blair Contratto, CEO of Little Company of Mary. �I want to thank all of our loyal patients, physicians, employees and everyone else who helped to make this contract happen through their calls, letters and enthusiastic support,� Contratto continued.
According to Max Brown, senior vice president of Network Management for Blue Cross of California, �We are pleased to have reached an agreement. Our goal has always been to reach a positive outcome so that our members may once again access the services of Little Company of Mary Hospital and San Pedro Peninsula Hospital.� Brown noted that the multi-year agreement applies to Blue Cross of California�s Prudent Buyer PPO, the CaliforniaCare HMO and Medicare secondary and Medicare supplement members.
Blue Cross members who utilize either Little Company of Mary Hospital or San Pedro Peninsula and still have questions about their coverage are urged to phone the Little Company of Mary Hotline at (310) 793-8138.
Little Company of Mary Health Services (LCMHS) is a not-for-profit, integrated, regional health care system based in Torrance, California. It is comprised of more than 28 health care sites throughout the greater South Bay area, extending north to El Segundo, south to San Pedro, west to the beach cities and east to Carson. LCMHS was created in 1992 through the affiliation of Little Company of Mary Hospital and San Pedro Peninsula Hospital. It currently includes two acute care hospitals, four skilled nursing facilities, three diagnostic imaging centers, four urgent care centers, two medical groups, two mobile pediatric vans, home health services, hospice and infusion therapy services, an inpatient and outpatient chemical dependency program and two fund-raising foundations. In 1999, LCMHS furthered its mission by affiliating with the Providence Health System. LCMHS embraces the mission of the Sisters of Little Company of Mary�a worldwide nursing congregation of more than 400 Catholic sisters.
Blue Cross of California, with 5.3 million medical members, is the California operating subsidiary of WellPoint Health Networks, Inc., one of the nation�s largest publicly traded managed care companies. WellPoint services the health care needs of 7.5 million medical and approximately 31 million specialty members nationally. WellPoint offers a broad spectrum of quality network-based health products, including open access PPO, POS and hybrid products, HMO and specialty products. Specialty products include pharmacy benefit management, dental, utilization management, vision, mental health, life and disability insurance, long term care insurance, flexible spending accounts, COBRA administration and Medicare supplements.
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