Lexington Medical Center Will Become In-Network Provider for South Carolina Health Insurance Marketplace Plans in 2020
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November 7, 2019
West Columbia, S.C. – Lexington Medical Center is pleased to announce that the hospital and its physician practices will be in-network with two South Carolina Health Insurance Marketplace plans, beginning January 1, 2020. The plans are sponsored by BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina and Molina HealthCare of South Carolina.
The South Carolina Health Insurance Marketplace is part of the Affordable Care Act, which became federal law in 2010. The ACA led to the creation of health insurance marketplaces in each state.
Open enrollment for the South Carolina Health Insurance Marketplace will take place from now until December 15, 2019. To learn about health insurance options in the marketplace, visit
www.healthcare.gov.
Lexington Medical Center looks forward to continuing to meet the health care needs of our community.
Lexington Medical Center is a 607-bed teaching hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It anchors a health care network that includes five community medical centers and employs a staff of more than 8,000 health care professionals. The hospital is ranked best hospital in the Columbia Metro and #2 hospital in South Carolina by U.S. News & World Report and was named one of the “Best Places to Work in South Carolina” by SC Biz News, in partnership with the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce and Best Companies Group. Lexington Medical Cancer Center is an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence and has a clinical research and education affiliation with MUSC Hollings Cancer Center. The network includes a cardiovascular program recognized by the American College of Cardiology as South Carolina's first HeartCARE Center. The network also has an occupational health center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, an Alzheimer's care center and more than 70 physician practices. Lexington Medical Center operates one of the busiest Emergency departments in South Carolina, treating nearly 100,000 patients each year. The hospital delivers more than 4,000 babies each year and performs more than 25,000 surgeries. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies.
