CGHS will continue to accept BCBS insurance as an out-of-network provider, effective this Thursday, according to a news release. Following nearly nine months of negotiations and threats from CGHS to terminate their contract, the health system and the insurer announced in late April that they had reached an agreement on their physician and hospital contracts. However, CGHS CFO Rhonda Perry said in the release that “the lack of effort invested by Blue Cross, one of the state’s largest health insurers, toward good faith resolution has seriously jeopardized our agreement.”
Central Georgia Health Network CEO Steve Barry also expressed disappointment with the payer in the news release. “At this time, the proposed terms we have received from Blue Cross Blue Shield are very different from the principles to which we had agreed on April 24, putting both the hospitals and physician network in extremely unfavorable positions,” he said. “While we continue to work diligently to meet the objectives of our agreement, Blue Cross Blue Shield has failed to demonstrate a commitment to resolving the remaining contract issues.”
Bert Kelly, BCBS of Georgia’s director of communications, issued a statement saying the health insurer is continuing discussions with CGHS.
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