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OAKLAND, Calif. (June 23, 2026) \u2013\u202fBlue Shield of California<\/a>\u202fand Community Medical Centers (CMC) reached an agreement that ensures the nonprofit health plan\u2019s Health Maintenance Organization (HMO), Preferred Provider Organization (PPO), Medicare Advantage, and Administrative Services Only (ASO) members and customers can once again access in-network healthcare at Community Medical Centers hospitals and providers.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n The new collaboration includes in-network access to healthcare at Community Regional Medical Center, Clovis Community Hospital, Fresno Heart and Surgical Hospital, and the medical group Community Health Partners.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cAfter many months of negotiation, we\u2019re excited to have reached an agreement that will expand our members\u2019 access to affordable healthcare in Fresno,\u201d said Greg Siebert, senior vice president of Provider Partnerships and Network Management at Blue Shield of California. \u201cWe\u2019re grateful to our members and customers for standing with us. We are happy to welcome Community Medical Centers back into the Blue Shield network.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n About Blue Shield of California\u00a0<\/p>\n Blue Shield of California strives to create a healthcare system worthy of its family and friends that is sustainably affordable. The health plan is a taxpaying, nonprofit, independent member of the Blue Shield Association with nearly 6\u202fmillion members, 6,800 employees and more than $28 billion in annual revenue. Founded in 1939 in San Francisco and now headquartered in Oakland, Blue Shield of California and its affiliates provide health, dental, vision, Medi-Cal and Medicare healthcare service plans in California. The company has contributed more than $60 million to the Blue Shield of California Foundation in the last three years to have an impact on California communities. For more news about Blue Shield of California, please visit\u202fnews.blueshieldca.com<\/a>. Or follow us on\u202fLinkedIn<\/a>\u202for\u202fFacebook<\/a>.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OAKLAND, Calif. (June 23, 2026) \u2013\u202fBlue Shield of California\u202fand Community Medical Centers (CMC) reached an agreement that ensures…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372380,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8],"class_list":["post-372379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}