The previous contract ended Dec. 31.
The new contract “applies to all Blue Shield products in which Sutter Health providers historically participated, including HMO, PPO and those offered through Covered California,” the state’s health insurance marketplace, according to a news release. Sutter Health patients will not experience a lapse in coverage, the release reads.
“We’re very pleased to reach a fair and reasonable agreement that preserves patient access to our award-winning physicians and hospitals that Blue Shield promised its members during fall open enrollment—and also safeguards our ability to continue meeting patient and community commitments,” Sutter Health CMO Steve Lockhart, MD, said in a statement.
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