NETWORK HEALTH EXPANDS ITS PROVIDER NETWORK
Network Health adding providers — Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Health Care Network
MENASHA, WI (September 18, 2014) – Network Health, the Wisconsin-based health insurance company, will soon offer its 137,000 members access to more providers, doctors, hospitals and clinics in Wisconsin. Children’s Hospital providers in the Fox Valley will be available to members starting October 1, 2014. Members will also have access to Children’s Hospitals’ providers and services in Milwaukee and at other locations around the state beginning January 1, 2015.
Network Health President Sheila Jenkins said, “It is vital that we continually enhance our provider network with the intent to offer members the very best in quality, service and affordability offered in the state of Wisconsin.”
Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin in Neenah is the only hospital in the Fox Valley dedicated exclusively to the care of children. It offers direct connections to specialists at Children’s Hospital in Milwaukee, ranked the #4 pediatric hospital in the nation by Parents magazine.
“We are pleased that additional families in northeast Wisconsin now have access to the best pediatric care available in our state,” Peggy Troy, president and CEO of Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin said. “We are committed to serving the needs of northeast Wisconsin children and their families.”
Effective January 1, 2015, Network Health members will also have access to specialty care through Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) health network’s academic medical center in Milwaukee. Froedtert Hospital is ranked as one of Wisconsin’s top two hospitals by US News & World Report.
“We look forward to providing the excellent health care value we’re known for to the members of Network Health,” Catherine Jacobson, president and CEO of Froedtert Health said.
“We at the Medical College of Wisconsin welcome the opportunity to provide Network Health members with access to MCW faculty physicians, who provide pediatric and adult specialty care at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and Froedtert Hospital,” John R. Raymond, Sr., MD, MCW’s president and CEO said.
Jenkins said, “The face of insurance and providers in the state of Wisconsin is evolving. Network Health, together with Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Froedtert Health and the Medical College of Wisconsin are leading the way.”
