Advocate Health Care’s is acquiring Condell Medical Center effective December 1, 2008. The new name of the hospital will be Advocate Condell Medical Center. As of the December 1 acquisition date, the Advocate Condell Medical Center will return to the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois PPO and HMO networks. Advocate does not participate in the BlueChoice Select network.

Information regarding the formation of the Advocate Condell PHO for the HMOI physician network will be forthcoming.

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Effective June 19, 2008, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois and Advocate Health Care have announced they have reached an agreement that renews all of their contractual relationships through 2010. The newly signed contract will include all of the Advocate hospitals and expand to include Libertyville’s Condell Medical Center when its expected integration into Advocate Health Care is approved by federal and state agencies later this year.

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