MVP Health adds another hospital

Southern New Hampshire Medical Center in Nashua has become the latest New Hampshire hospital in the state to sign provider agreements with MVP Health Care.

“We are making steady progress in contracting with New Hampshire hospitals, and we are proud to add Southern New Hampshire Medical Center and its physician group to our growing provider network,” said David Oliker, the non-profit health insurer’s president and chief executive officer.

Based in Schenectady, N.Y., MVP plans to begin offering health insurance plans in New Hampshire by the start of 2005. MVP currently covers over a half-million lives in upstate New York and Vermont.

MVP recently signed agreements with Catholic Medical Center in Manchester and Concord Hospital, and is currently negotiating contracts with several other New Hampshire hospitals and affiliated provider groups, with a goal of initially offering health insurance coverage in Hillsborough, Merrimack and Belknap counties, and eventually throughout the state.