Some service agreements between one of west-central Illinois’ largest health insurance companies and one of the areas largest healthcare providers will end next week because the two organizations so far have failed to reach agreements to continue, the Journal Courier reports.
Without the service agreements between Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois and Springfield Clinic, some clinic patients will be forced to decide whether to pay out-of-network prices for care or switch providers later this year.
Springfield Clinic’s ambulatory surgery center’s agreement with Blue Cross Blue Shield will be the first to end — on Aug. 19 — for all of the commercial networks, including PPO, Blue Choice and HMO.
The remaining primary, specialty and urgent care services will continue to be covered in-network until Nov. 17. Read more.
