What is the new name for Tufts Health?

Point32Health is our corporate name. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Tufts Health Plan and our other brands will continue to show up as they do today—trusted, high-quality health plans for people across the country.

What happened to Tufts Health Plan?

Tufts Health Plan and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care are now part of one combined organization. For the time being, however, Tufts and Harvard Pilgrim will continue to operate as separate companies and keep their current respective company names.

Who did Tufts medical merge with?

On January 26, 2021, Tufts Health Plan announced the completion of their merger with Harvard Pilgrim Health Care.

Is Tufts Health Plan the same as MassHealth?

With Tufts Health Together, our MassHealth plan, you get all the benefits of MassHealth, including: Visits to doctors and specialists. Prescription drugs for kids ($1 to $3.65* copayment for ages 21 and over)

Is Tufts Health together the same as Tufts Health Plan?

Tufts Health Together is our MassHealth plan. Tufts Health Plan works closely with two health care providers to offer accountable care organization plans (ACOs). Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) and UMass Memorial Health. We also offer a managed care organization plan (MCO).

Tufts Health Unify is now Tufts Health One Care

Is Tufts Health Plan good?

The National Committee for Quality Assurance

Tufts Health Plan HMO POS and Medicare Preferred HMO have held the highest accreditation status available since 1996.

Is Tufts Health Plan part of UnitedHealthcare?

As you may know, Tufts Health Freedom Plan was sold to UnitedHealthcare effective Jan. 1, 2021, and was renamed UnitedHealthcare Freedom Health Plan. Tufts Health Freedom Plan provided administrative support during a transition period that ended on June 30, 2022.

Is Tufts Health Plan only in Massachusetts?

Tufts Health Plan offers health insurance plans for employers of all sizes in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Our national CareLink product, in collaboration with Cigna, provides coverage for multi-state employers.

Is Tufts part of MassHealth?

Our MassHealth plan

Our Tufts Health Together plan provides high-quality MassHealth coverage for individuals and is free or low cost to low-income families enrolled in the state's Medicaid plan.

Why is Tufts Medical Center closing?

The Tufts line for patients and families is 866-978-2339 and the BCH line is 617-355-5437. Tufts announced its decision in January to close its 41-bed Tufts Children's Hospital, citing less demand for pediatric care and increasing demand for adult care.

Why is Tufts called Tufts?

Hosea Ballou (1796–1861), nephew of the theologian Hosea Ballou (1771–1852), was joined by Universalist church members in founding Tufts College in 1852 and served as its first president. It was named for its original benefactor, Charles Tufts of Somerville.

What hospital is Tufts affiliated with?

We have four other major academic partners: Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Maine Medical Center, Newton Wellesley Hospital, South Shore Hospital, and many other highly-rated teaching partners (listed below).

Did Tufts hospital close?

Floating Hospital for Children officially merged with Tufts Medical Center in 1965, but retained its name until it became Tufts Children's Hospital in 2020. In January 2022, Tufts announced they would be closing their 41-bed pediatric hospital as of July 2022 but will keep their NICU open.

Is Tufts Medicaid or Medicare?

With Tufts Health One Care (our Medicare-Medicaid One Care plan for people ages 21 to 64), members get all the benefits of MassHealth and Medicare, plus other benefits, including a care manager, a personalized care plan, a 24/7 NurseLine, and long-term services and supports.

Is Tufts Health together a PPO or HMO?

Tufts Health Plan offers several HMO plans and an Access PPO plan. Just call 1-800-890-6600 (TTY: 711). You can also compare plans on our website.

What is Tufts medical known for?

Tufts Medical Center

Offering patient-centered care in New England for over 200 years, with more than 100 specialties including a top heart transplant center and level 1 trauma center.

Is Tufts related to Harvard?

A number of courses at Tufts University are affiliated with Harvard University as well as the Massachusettes Institute of Technology. Apart from this, joint undergraduate degree programs are offered with New England Conservatory, the College of Europe, and Sciences Po Paris.

Who funded Tufts?

19th century. In the 1840s, the Universalist Church wanted to open a college in New England, and Charles Tufts donated 20 acres to the church in 1852 to help them achieve this goal.

Can I use Tufts Health Plan in Florida?

Members seeking health care services in Massachusetts, Rhode Island or New Hampshire can use providers within the Tufts Health Plan network at an in-network cost share. Members seeking health care services in all other states can use providers within the Cigna PPO network at an in-network cost share.

Is Tufts an HMO?

This is a comprehensive plan in which you choose a primary care provider (or PCP) who will coordinate your medical care within the HMO's network and provide referrals as needed. There are no benefits for health care outside of the New England network except for emergency and urgent care.

What states are covered by Tufts Health Plan?

Our full network includes more than 51,000 health care professionals and 110 hospitals across all of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire. The network also extends into parts of Maine, Vermont, New York and Connecticut.

Does Tufts Health Plan cover surgery?

Tufts Health Plan covers medically necessary professional components of surgical services, in accordance with the member's benefits. Services and subsequent payment are pursuant to the member's benefit plan document.

Is Tufts a PPO?

Because your plan is a PPO, you can choose any doctor and go to any hospital in the Tufts Health Plan provider network or outside of our network. Even though it's not required, we always recommend that you choose a PCP—a primary care provider—who will take care of the majority of your health care needs.

Is Tufts a Medicaid plan?

(November 14, 2023) — Point32Health, the parent company of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan, today announced that its Tufts Health Unify product, available to Massachusetts residents ages 21-64 who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, will change its name to Tufts Health One Care effective ...