AmeriHealth Caritas has 5 million Medicaid, Medicare and Children's Health Insurance Program members across 13 states and Washington, D.C., according to its website.
Six things to know:
- AmeriHealth Caritas is one of five North Carolina Medicaid plans to join the state's coordinated care network NCCARE360, WNCT reported July 19.
- AmeriHealth Caritas was one of six insurers chosen by the Ohio Department of Medicaid to manage the state's $20 billion managed care program in 2022.
- Karen Amstutz, MD, became the company's CMO in June.
- The company's chair and CEO, Paul Tufano, is a member of AHIP's board of directors.
- The company's senior vice president of medical affairs, Andrea Gelzer, MD, is a member of the American Telemedicine Association's board of directors.
- AmeriHealth Caritas left Iowa's Medicaid program in November 2017.