A North Idaho hospital and a major Idaho health insurer are struggling to renegotiate a contract to keep the hospital in network.
Kootenai Health and Regence BlueShield of Idaho are “at an impasse” to renegotiate the provider care contract, state officials recently said.
If a deal isn’t struck by Jan. 1, the Coeur d’Alene hospital could become out-of-network for Regence, which runs the health insurance plan for state government employees and several other plans. The contract ending could raise health care costs at the hospital for around 11,000 Idahoans.
Both Regence BlueShield and Kootenai Health have issued statements about the issue.
Source: Idaho Capital Sun