East Tennessee Children’s Hospital and Cigna are at odds over a network contract that expires on February 28, 2026.
Cigna said, in an emailed statement, that it was the children’s hospital that threatened to leave the provider’s network, but a hospital representative said it was the other way around, and Cigna had decided to boot the hospital from its coverage.
The families of ETCH patients found out about the Cigna issue on December 30 in a letter from the hospital. Both the hospital and insurance provider said they hope to work out a deal that keeps patients covered.
Source: WVLT