NORTHWEST PODIATRY CENTERS IS PROUD TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FOLLOWING MANAGED CARE PLANS:
(IF YOU DO NOT SEE YOUR PLAN LISTED, PLEASE CONTACT THE OFFICE AT WHICH YOU WOULD LIKE AN APPOINTMENT AND ASK TO SPEAK WITH THE OFFICE MANAGER)
HMO:
AETNA HMO
AMERICAN HMO (THROUGH UNIFIED PHYSICIANS & ALLIED PHYSICIANS NETWORK)
PHYSICIANS CARE NETWORK, INC (Dekalb office only)
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN HMO
FHP HMO OF ILLINOIS
HEALTH ALLIANCE
HMO ILLINOIS (AKA BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HMOI)
HUMANA HMO
UNICARE HMO
UNITED HEALTHCARE
PPO:
AETNA (all Aetna programs)
ALEXIAN BROTHERS HEALTH PROVIDERS
AMERICA’S HEALTH PLAN (THROUGH HEALTH NETWORKS OF AMERICA)
ASI FLEX PPO, INC.
BEECH STREET/CAPP CARE (merged)
BLUE CROSS/BLUE SHIELD PPO (ALL BLUE CROSS PROGRAMS)
CCN (COMMUNITY CARE NETWORK/EPIQUAL)
CATERPILLAR HEALTHCARE NETWORK (effective 4/12/01)
CIGNA HEALTH PLAN PPO
COMPETITIVE HEALTH PLAN
CORVEL
DELPHI GROUP (THROUGH THE PRESTON)
EMPLOYERS HEALTH PLAN (AFFILIATED WITH HEALTHCARES FINEST NETWORK)
EMPLOYEE HEALTH SYSTEM, INC.
ETHEX PPO (THROUGH PREFERRED PLAN)
FIRST HEALTH
FHP GREAT LAKES
FOCUS (THROUGH HEALTHSTAR /PREFERRED PLAN/MBMA)
FORTIFIED PROVIDER NETWORK, INC (effective 6/20/02)
GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK
GHI (GROUP HEALTH INCORP.)
GUARDIAN RESOURCES, INC (GRI)
HEALTH ALLIANCE
HEALTHCARE NETWORKS OF AMERICA
HEALTH LINK (5/30/03)
HEALTH MARKETING, INC. (SUPER PPO)
HEALTH NETWORK PPO (AMERICANS HEALTH PLAN & PRO-NET THRU HEALTH NETWORK PPO)
HEALTH PAYORS ORGANIZATION LTD. (HPO)
HEALTH PREFERRED OF MID AMERICA
HEALTHSTAR MANAGED CARE CORP.
HFN (HEALTHCARES FINEST NETWORK)
HUAMANA PPO
INTEGRATED HEALTH PLAN, INC.
LABORCARE (THROUGH HEALTH DYNAMICS)
MANAGED CARE, INC.
MANAGED CARE OF AMERICA/PPO, INC.
MCS (Patient Centered Health Care Network.
METRO COMP
NATIONAL ASSOC OF PREFERRED PROVIDERS (NAPP) THRU FOOTCARE AMERICAN NETWORKS ONE HEALTH PLAN
NATIONAL FOOT CARE PROGRAMS,INC. (5/30/03)
NATIONAL PROVIDER NETWORK (NPN)
NORTHERN IL PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATION (NIPA) - Dekalb office only
ONE HEALTH PLAN
PHYSICIANS ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA
PODIATRIC INDEPENDENT PHYSICIANS ASSOCIATION (BRYNICZKA ONLY)
PREFERRED PLAN INC OF IL PPO(PRO-AMERICA THROUGH PREFERRED PLAN)(HEALTH PLAN MANAGEMENT)
PREFERRED HEALTH NETWORK MIDWEST (FORMERLY MBMA)
PRESTON GROUP
PRINCIPAL HEALTHCARE OF ILLINOIS
PRIVATE HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS (ONE HEALTH PLAN)
PRO-AMERICA (THROUGH PREFERRED PLAN)
PRO-NET(PROVIDER NETWORKS OF AMERICA)(THROUGH HEALTH NETWORKS)
PROVIDERS PLUS, INC. (formerly Managed care America)
SHOPMENS LOCAL 473 (THROUGH LABORCARE THROUGH HEALTH DYNAMICS)
THREE RIVERS PROVIDER NETWORK (TRPN) 3/15/2004
TRICARE ANTHEM ALLIANCE (FORMERLY KNOW AS CHAMPUS)
UNITED HEALTHCARE (all products)
UNITED FOOT & COMMERCIAL WORKERS UNIONS & EMPLOYERS MIDWEST BENEFITS (THROUGH BLUE CROSS)
UNICARE
USA HEALTH NETWORK
USA MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION (HRM MERGED 1/1/99)
IPA:
AMERICAN FOOTCARE NETWORK, INC. (THROUGH HEALTHCARE NETWORKS OF AMERICA, INC.)
HEALTH DYNAMICS
UNIFIED PHYSICIANS NETWORK, INC.
NORTH SUBURBAN IPA
NW COOK COUNTY MEDICAL NETWORK (UNICARE)
EXPLANATION OF DIFFERENT INSURANCE PROGRAMS
HMO: HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION (NEEDS REFERRAL FROM PRIMARY CARE DOCTOR)
PPO: PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATION
IPA: INDEPENDENT PHYSICIANS ORGANIZATION (NEEDS REFERRAL FROM PRIMARY CARE DOCTOR)
EPO: EXCLUSIVE PROVIDER ORGANIZATION
POS: POINT OF SERVICE (NEEDS REFERRAL FROM PRIMARY CARE DOCTOR)(PPO HANDLED LIKE HMO)
MC: MANAGED CARE (NEEDS REFERRAL FROM PRIMARY CARE DOCTOR (PPO HANDLED LIKE HMO)
PHO: PHYSICIANS HEALTH CARE