PacificSource Health Plans has agreed to get global emergency assistance services for plan members from Assist America Inc.
PacificSource, Springfield, Ore., provides or administers health coverage for 151,000 people in the Pacific Northwest.
Assist America, Princeton, N.J., provides services such as medical referrals, emergency medical evacuations and companion transport for insurance plan members who become ill or injured while traveling in another country, or while traveling 100 miles or more away from home.