Harvard Pilgrim Health Care is a non-profit health services company based in Canton, Massachusetts serving the New England region of the United States.
On August 14, 2019, the boards of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan announced plans for the two insurers to merge their organizations into a new company. The new company serves 2.4 million members in Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island.[1] The merger completed on January 1, 2021, making the then unnamed company the second largest health insurer in Massachusetts.[2][3] On June 15, 2021, the new name of the parent company was announced as Point32Health, named for the 32 points on a compass.[4]
- ^ Staff Writer (2019-08-14). "Tufts Health Plan, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care are combining". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2019-08-14.
- ^ Dayal McCluskey, Priyanka (January 4, 2021). "Tufts and Harvard Pilgrim complete merger, creating big new health insurer". The Boston Globe.
- ^ "Tufts Health Plan and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care officially come together" (Press release). Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc. January 4, 2021.
- ^ Dayal McCluskey, Priyanka (June 16, 2021). "The state's second-biggest health insurer has a buzzy new name - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2021-06-24.