Best Doctors lands Pennsylvania account

Best Doctors Inc. said today that it has been chosen by a Pennsylvania consortium to provide its services to more than 20,000 school district employees, retirees, and eligible employee family members.

Best Doctors is headquartered in Boston, and it said it will now provide services to the Allegheny County Schools Health Insurance Consortium, or ACSHIC, which represents school employees, retirees, and their eligible family members for the purpose of acquiring health insurance coverage.

Best Doctors aims to be a medical resource for ensuring that individuals with serious illnesses have the right diagnosis and the right treatment.

Under the agreement with ACSHIC, Best Doctors said it will "help empower" the consortium's members by "providing expert answers to their questions about diagnosis and treatment."

Best Doctors was founded in 1989 by two Harvard Medical School professors, and it said it now serves more than 260 insurers, employers, and health plans, touching 10 million people in 30 countries.
(By Chris Reidy, Globe staff)