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About Affinity Health Plan

Affinity Health Plan was founded by Maura Bluestone Bluestone also made The Bronx Health Plan (later known as Affinity Health Plan) while working with several Federally Qualified health centers in the Bronx, This was done as a non-profit organization to improve the health of under-served populations. This plan became the first organization in New York State to receive a Prepaid Health Services Plan License. During this time, her organization went from 23 people to a quarter of a million people.

Affinity now offers multiple Medicaid and HMO Plans. In 2013 they extended their coverage for medicare to Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland, and Orange counties. Now affinity health plan has over 265,000 members today. In 2002, Affinity developed the Sunrise Program, to offer coverage for uninsured persons who worked in lower Manhattan and lost their employment due to the result of the World Trade Center disaster.

General Contact Information 

If you would like to contact the affinity health plan directly, we have provided the most common departments you can call or visit them online

• Child Health Plus, Essential Plan, and Medicaid: 718-794-7700

Types of Health Insurance Plans Sold by Affinity Health

Affinity is a downstate new york health plan that if know for focusing on Medicaid type plans, including Medicaid, child health plus, the new york essential plan, and the HARP program  Affinity offers the most common plan types which allow their members t to balance cost and freedom

• HMO
• PPO
• EPO

Affinity Health Insurance markets 

Affinity provides Health plans to the following markets throughout New York State

• Medicaid
• Child Health Plus
• Essential Plan
• Health and Recovery Plan (HARP)

County listing of  where Affinity Health Plans are sold vs other New York State Health Insurance Carriers

County	Aetna	Affinity	Anthem	CDPHP	Crystal Run	Emblem	Empire	Excellus	Fidelis	HealthFirst	HealthNow ENY	HealthNow WNY	Humana	Independent	Metroplus	Molina	MVP	Oscar	Oxford	Univera	United	WellCare	YourCare
Albany
Allegany
Bronx
Broome
Cattaraugus
Cayuga
Chautauqua
Chemung
Chenango
Clinton
Columbia
Cortland
Delaware
Dutchess
Erie
Essex
Franklin
Fulton
Genesee
Greene
Hamilton
Herkimer
Jefferson
Kings
Lewis
Livingston
Madison
Monroe
Montgomery
Nassau
New York
Niagara
Oneida
Onondaga
Ontario
Orange
Orleans
Oswego
Otsego
Putnam
Queens
Rensselaer
Richmond
Rockland
Saratoga
Schenectady
Schoharie
Schuyler
Seneca
St. Lawrence
Steuben
Suffolk
Sullivan
Tioga
Tompkins
Ulster
Warren
Washington
Wayne
Westchester
Wyoming
Yates

Special Programs offered by Affinity Health Plans

Almost all New York Health Insurance companies provide discount programs to their members. Below are some of the more popular affinity special programs offered by Affinity.

• Care Management Program
• Care Coordination
• Mammography Incentive Program
• Healthy Beginnings Program
• Primary Care
• Special Needs Plan Model of Care (SNP MOC)

Complaints against Affinity Health Plan and Other Health Insurance Carriers by consumers

Every year the NYS Department of Financial Services (DFS) files complaints it receives from consumers against their health insurance provider. Complaints most often involve issues such as matters regarding premium payments, requests for medical and hospital reimbursement, coverage issues, network issues, benefits relative to plan usage, rates, and premium issues. the following table is a compilation of the most recent annual complaint from 2018, filed in 2019.  This information was originally published in the New York Consumer Guide to Health Insurers

AffinityHealth Individual Insurance Plans offered for Sale

The only products that Affinity sells on the New York State of Health Exchange are its Essential plans. Please contact us for additional information or to assist in setting up your Affinity Essential (888)215-4045

• Essential Plan 1
• Essential Plan 1 Plus
• Essential Plan 2
• Essential Plan 2 Plus
• Essential Plan 3
• Essential Plan 4 

List Of Hospitals and network size per county

The following hospitals and facility care listing apply to all plans sold on the New York State of Health Exchange, using the  Affinity Network.  If you’re a current Affinity member or are considering a plan. before receiving hospital care hospital, your advised to contact the insurance company to verify  that the hospital is currently part of the network and the health plan you have or  the plan you’re considering