CareCentrix Moves into Florida

HARTFORD, Conn. — Home health benefits manager CareCentrix
has inked a deal with BlueCross BlueShield of Florida to become the
exclusive provider of home health services for the insurer’s nearly
4 million members in the state, including coordination of home
infusion therapies and DME.

CareCentrix has also signed a two-year contract with BCBS of
Tennessee as the exclusive manager of DME for the plan’s 32,000
Medicare Advantage members across that state. In an effort to
staunch a hemorrhage of red ink last year, Tennessee contracted
with CareCentrix to handle DME benefits for its TennCare (Medicaid)
beneficiaries.

According to providers, the cuts that followed averaged 15 to 25
percent. For more, see TennCare Changes Could Cut
Ranks of Medicaid Providers, HomeCare Monday, Sept. 3,
2010.