IPA
MANAGED CARE CONTRACTS
April 30, 2026
IPA Physicians participates with the following plans:
- 1199 National Benefit Fund
- Aetna
- Affinity by Molina Healthcare
- Anthem BlueCross BlueSheild
- Amida Care (uses BeaconHealthOptions to manage behavioral health services)
- Beech Street
- Carelon Behavioral Health/ ValueOptions(formerly known as Beacon Health Options) (manages Centers Plan for Healthy Living MAP, Emblem’s, Emblem SOMOS, The NYS Empire Plan, Hamaspik Choice, Village Care Max MAP/DSNP and VNS Choice behavioral health services)
- Beacon Health Strategies (manages Amida Care behavioral health services)
- Centerlight Healthcare (Effective 12/1/2023)
- Centers Plan for Healthy Living (uses ValueOptions/Carelon Behavioral Health to manage behavioral health services for MAP LOB. Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Parent Company acquired Centers Plan for Healthy Living (CPHL) effective 1-1-2026.
- Centivo
- Cigna HealthCare (IPA is not contracted with Cigna’s Medicare LOB and Psych Services. CIGNA uses Evernorth Behavioral Health / EBH)
- Create Flex, Create NYC & Create Long Island
- Elderplan
- ElderServe Health, Inc.
- Emblem Health (GHI-HIP) (uses Carelon/ValueOptions Behavioral Health to manage behavioral health services)
- Anthem Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Anthem Empire BlueCross BlueShield HealthPlus
- Anthem Empire BCBS Blue Access
- Anthem Empire BCBS Blue View Vision
- Fidelis Care
- First Health/Coventry
- Group Health Inc. (GHI (uses Carelon/ValueOptions Behavioral Health to manage behavioral health services)
- Hamaspik Choice (uses Carelon /ValueOptions Behavioral Health to manage behavioral health services)
- Health Plan of NY (HIP) (uses Carelon/ValueOptions Behavioral Health to manage behavioral health services)
- Healthfirst PHSP & MHI
- Hotel Trades Council
- Humana Health Plan, Inc.
- Magna Care
- Magnacare IPA, LLC
- MetroPlus Health Plan, Inc.
- Multiplan/PHCS
- Optum/UBH (manages all United Healthcare lines of business and Oscar behavioral health services)
- Oscar Health Insurance for New York (uses Optum/UBH to manage behavioral health services)
- Pomco Health Insurance for New York
- Senior Whole Health by Molina Healthcare (Effective 1/1/2024)
- SOMOS Emblem (uses Carelon Behavioral Health to manage behavioral health services)
- SOMOS Empire Healthplus
- The NYS Empire Plan (uses Carelon/ValueOptions Behavioral Health to manage behavioral health services)
- TriCare / Humana Military (Health Net Federal Services)
- United Healthcare/Oxford Health Plans (uses Optum/UBH to manage behavioral health services)
- VillageCareMax (uses Carelon/ValueOptions Behavioral Health to manage behavioral health services for Village Care Max MAP & DSNP LOB
- Vision Care Service (Superior Vision)
- VNS Choice (uses Carelon/ValueOptions Behavioral Health to manage behavioral health services)
- Wellcare of NY Health Plan
- World Trade Center Health Program (TJH, Jamaica Hospital, The Jamaica Physicians & ACP)
Unless specifically noted otherwise, assume that Physicians participates in all Plans’ lines of business.