CareSource has new in-network deals

CareSource has struck deals to be in-network at an Indiana hospital and a Kentucky health system.

The Dayton-based insurer primarily manages Medicaid plans but is also expanding into new territory this year with its commercial insurance line that Affordable Care Act plans.

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CareSource is the only insurer selling Affordable Care Act plans in several counties in Kentucky and Indiana, and these new deals provide for not only the availability of ACA insurance but also options for where that insurance can be used.

Fast-growing CareSource is among downtown Dayton’s anchor businesses with more than 2,000 employees in the city’s core and a second office building under construction.

The non-profit insurer that represents 1.8 million people in five states, now has deals with Louisville-based Baptist Health and Marion General Hospital, with facilities in Grant County and Miami County, Ind.

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Baptist Health, with nine hospitals and 1,100 providers, is the largest non-profit health system in Kentucky and will start accepting CareSource Affordable Care Act marketplace plans start in January.

CareSource is the only commercial insurance carrier selling plans on the marketplace in the Louisville, Lexington, Richmond and Corbin markets.

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“We are excited to expand our network with the addition of Baptist Health. This alliance provides CareSource members with greater access to more than 300 points of care and a physicians’ network of more than 1,000,” said Michael Taylor, vice president and executive director of the Kentucky Market for CareSource.

CareSource also has a deal with Marion General Hospital. CareSource will be the only Affordable Care Act option in Grant County in 2018, which is home to the hospital.

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