Dear Connecticut Business Community,
Every year, business leaders across Connecticut make critical decisions on healthcare coverage. These decisions have both financial and personal impacts to your business. Healthcare coverage serves as a retention mechanism and helps drive the health of your most important asset, your employees. Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of CT is committed to our role as a lifetime trusted partner in this endeavor for more than 85 years. We serve more people in the state of CT than any other health insurer and that role is incredibly meaningful to us. Thank you to our many clients who continue to choose us. We look forward to continuing to advance our collaboration and grow together.
As we head into 2023, we are on a renewed mission here at Anthem– a mission to compete and earn your business and your trust every single day. A high-performing local team backed by the most powerful and dynamic health company in the country. For those businesses considering Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in CT, we would like the opportunity to prove the value we can bring to your business and your employees.
Below is a snapshot of what Anthem offers that sets us apart from our competitors and make us the best choice for your business in the short and long term.
1. Broad, Diverse Network.
Anthem’s strong network offers you and your employees access to high-quality, affordable care across medical, pharmacy, dental, vision, and behavioral health. Our networks include 96% of doctors and 97% of hospitals in-network across Connecticut. And for people who live or work outside of the state, access to our nationwide network includes 95% of doctors and 96% hospitals in the U.S. When you choose Anthem, you can feel confident in your coverage.
2. Unmatched Value.
Almost 80% of our customers in Connecticut are enrolled in Administrative Services Only (ASO) programs, which means they self-fund their employee benefits and we administer them. Third-party studies have proven that our network delivers a discount advantage of 4% when compared to our competitors, which results in, on average, 7% savings on medical costs for you as a business.* We also have significantly matured how we reimburse our providers, shifting more and more to value- based arrangements, which are effectively moving our payment structure from fee for service to outcomes-driven reimbursement models. Currently, more than 400,000 of our members are seen by a doctor within a value-based agreement. These partnerships align our network with the common goal of improved quality of care and health of your employees.
3. The Best Choice for Small Businesses.
The heart of CT’s economy lies within our ability to support our small businesses. Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in CT offers a wide range of products and financial options designed specifically for small businesses. As we all continue to navigate through economic challenges into 2023, Anthem will now have the most effective and affordable plans out there on the market for our small businesses in CT. If you are a small business, it is time to take a close look at Anthem for your health benefits coverage.
Finally, and most importantly, we love our Connecticut communities. I grew up in Connecticut and I work alongside an amazing team of professionals that is excited about doing everything we can to make this state a great place to work, live, and pursue whole health. There are many reasons to consider Anthem as your partner in healthcare: our commitment, network, insights, value, and importantly, our people. We hope you will consider Anthem, and I invite you to reach out if you have any questions about what we can do to help you improve the health of you and your teams.
Wishing you good health,
Lou Gianquinto, President,
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Connecticut
