A Message from PG&E:
Anthem Blue Cross and Dignity Health have been engaged in negotiations for several months to reach reasonable reimbursement rates and make specific contractual changes that are beneficial to both organizations. Unfortunately, to date, Anthem Blue Cross and Dignity Health have been unable to reach agreement and it appears that the commercial hospital contract with Dignity Health terminated effective July 15, 2021. Anthem Blue Cross continues to negotiate with Dignity Health to reach an agreement.
Dignity Health includes the following hospitals located in throughout California, impacting 5,100 PG&E Anthem members, with 9,153 visits in the last 12 months (Jun 2020 – May 2021):
- Bakersfield Memorial Hospital (050036)
- California Hospital Medical Center (050149)
- Community Hospital of San Bernardino (050089)
- Dominican Santa Cruz Hospital (050242)
- French Hospital Medical Center (050232)
- Glendale Memorial Hospital & Health Ctr (050058)
- Marian Regional Med Ctr-Arroyo Grande (0050LP)
- Marian Medical Center (050107)
- Mark Twain St Joseph’s Hospital (050366)
- Mercy General Hospital (050017)
- Mercy Hospital of Bakersfield (050295)
- Mercy Hospital of Folsom (050414)
- Mercy Medical Center – Mt Shasta (050419)
- Mercy Medical Center – Redding (050280)
- Mercy Medical Center Merced (050444)
- Mercy San Juan Medical Center (050516)
- Methodist Hospital of Sacramento (050590)
- Northridge Hospital Medical Center (050116)
- Sequoia Hospital (050197)
- Sierra Nevada Memorial Miners Hospital (050150)
- St Bernardine Medical Center (050129)
- St Elizabeth Community Hospital (050042)
- St Francis Memorial Hospital (050152)
- St. John’s Pleasant Valley Hospital (0056L4)
- St John’s Regional Medical Center (050082)
- St Joseph’s Medical Center of Stockton (050084)
- St Mary Medical Center Long Beach (050191)
- St Mary’s Medical Center (050457)
- Woodland Memorial Hospital (050127)
Anthem mailed pre‐termination letters to physicians with admitting privileges at Dignity Health and admitting HMO medical groups. The letters inform providers about the pending termination and encourage them to seek alternate admitting privileges at another participating hospital if necessary.