Tenet, Humana reach contract resolution after 7 months

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare and Louisville, Ky.-based Humana reached a multiyear agreement to reinstate in-network access to all Tenet providers, according to Tenet’s first quarter financial results.

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The organizations terminated their contract on Sept. 30, 2016. The next day, Humana was out of network with Tenet physicians, hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, urgent care centers, imaging centers, laboratories and home health centers.

Under a new contract signed May 1, all Tenet providers will rejoin Humana’s network between June 1 and Oct. 1. 

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