Health New England
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Health New England is a managed care
organization that has been serving western Massachusetts since 1985. Because of its commitment to accountable, personal service, more than 100,000 members and 5,000 employers select HNE as their choice for health care coverage, administrative services and programs.
HNE employs more than 240 associates at its main offices in Springfield and in its Berkshire County office in Pittsfield. HNE’s service area covers Franklin, Berkshire, Hampden, Hampshire and parts of Worcester counties in Massachusetts. HNE has been ranked among the top health insurance plans in the United States by independent surveys. In addition, HNE was one of the first plans in the country to receive accreditation from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) and maintains an Excellent level of accreditation today.
While Health New England is majority-owned by Baystate Health, HNE insurance is accepted at most hospitals in Western Massachusetts.
HNE has received numerous awards and recognitions over the years. A few highlights include:
The Quality Compass 2008 report recognized HNE for achieving the highest rating in Customer Service among 160 commercial HMO/POS health plans surveyed in the United States. The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)sponsors the annual Quality Compass report.
Top-ten ranking in U.S. News & World Report
/NCQA America's Best Health Plans in 2007
2006 Employers Association of the North East - Employer of the Year Award in the for-profit of greater than 100 employees category
2006 HNE honored by the American Lung Association
at the Breath of Spring Ball for our commitment to Smoke Free Work Environments
2006 HNE honored by the Springfield Urban League for good corporate citizenship
2005 HNE honored by the Springfield Citizens for Community Action’s good citizenship award
2004 Balancing Work & Life Award Winner—given by Springfield Day Nursery (now Square One), and Business West magazine
HNE has also received a number of National Health Information Awards for its pediatric health program, the HNE Whiz Kidz Series.
Managed care
...intended to reduce unnecessary health care costs through a variety of mechanisms, including: economic incentives for physicians and patients to select less costly forms of care; programs for reviewing the medical necessity of specific services; increased beneficiary cost sharing; controls on...
organization that has been serving western Massachusetts since 1985. Because of its commitment to accountable, personal service, more than 100,000 members and 5,000 employers select HNE as their choice for health care coverage, administrative services and programs.
HNE employs more than 240 associates at its main offices in Springfield and in its Berkshire County office in Pittsfield. HNE’s service area covers Franklin, Berkshire, Hampden, Hampshire and parts of Worcester counties in Massachusetts. HNE has been ranked among the top health insurance plans in the United States by independent surveys. In addition, HNE was one of the first plans in the country to receive accreditation from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) and maintains an Excellent level of accreditation today.
While Health New England is majority-owned by Baystate Health, HNE insurance is accepted at most hospitals in Western Massachusetts.
HNE has received numerous awards and recognitions over the years. A few highlights include:
The Quality Compass 2008 report recognized HNE for achieving the highest rating in Customer Service among 160 commercial HMO/POS health plans surveyed in the United States. The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)sponsors the annual Quality Compass report.
Top-ten ranking in U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report is an American news magazine published from Washington, D.C. Along with Time and Newsweek it was for many years a leading news weekly, focusing more than its counterparts on political, economic, health and education stories...
/NCQA America's Best Health Plans in 2007
2006 Employers Association of the North East - Employer of the Year Award in the for-profit of greater than 100 employees category
2006 HNE honored by the American Lung Association
American Lung Association
The American Lung Association is a voluntary health organization whose mission is to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease.-History:...
at the Breath of Spring Ball for our commitment to Smoke Free Work Environments
2006 HNE honored by the Springfield Urban League for good corporate citizenship
2005 HNE honored by the Springfield Citizens for Community Action’s good citizenship award
2004 Balancing Work & Life Award Winner—given by Springfield Day Nursery (now Square One), and Business West magazine
HNE has also received a number of National Health Information Awards for its pediatric health program, the HNE Whiz Kidz Series.