WellPoint, Indianapolis, has completed its acquisition of CareMore Health Group, a Cerritos, Calif.-based company that offers Medicare Advantage plans and operates 26 clinics in Arizona, California and Nevada.
The publicly traded Blues insurer said in a news release that it plans to replicate the model of CareMore across the country. About 54,000 enrolled Medicare beneficiaries are provided with access to physicians, nurse practitioners, medical assistants, podiatrists, psychologists and case managers at CareMore's neighborhood care centers.