A major health insurance company and the only major hospital in Yavapai County have not come to an agreement over contract terms that has left more than 11,000 members out of network care for many services.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona and Yavapai Regional Medical Center could not come to a contract agreement earlier this month, and they have not come to the table since.
However, State Senator Ken Bennet, who represents the Prescott area said that both companies appear to want to meet again, “I’m told by one of them, both of them, in one way or another that they’re not too far apart,” he said.Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona has not re-engaged in negotiations since rejecting our proposal on Feb. 8.
ABC15 reported earlier this month that the move does not affect all their members and emergency care, even at Yavapai Regional Medical Center, and is still covered at in-network rates.After February 8, if your plan uses one of the following networks, Yavapai Regional Medical Center hospital facilities, and their hospital-based physician group it will be considered out of network:For those who have Senior Security Medicare Supplement, some may be impacted.
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