CommonSpirit Health (formerly CHI Memorial) and Cigna Healthcare have reached a new contract agreement. CommonSpirit hospitals will now remain in the Cigna LocalPlus and Open Access Plus networks.
The agreement date has been back-dated to February 1, 2026, so patients should experience no disruptions in coverage.
Source: Local 3 News
East Tennessee Children’s Hospital has reached an agreement to continue its relationship with Cigna, the hospital announced Friday. It means families using the insurance provider won’t see any interruption in coverage.
Cigna and ETCH went head-to-head at the beginning of the year, with the insurance company threatening to pull coverage on March 1, citing too high a cost supporting the specialized hospital.
In a statement, Cigna Healthcare said “We’re pleased that East Tennessee Children’s Hospital will remain in our network, and we remain committed to the health and well-being of the families we jointly serve.”
Source: WVLT
CommonSpirit Health’s Tennessee and Georgia facilities (formerly CHI Memorial), went out of network with Cigna Healthcare on February 1. The network split affects individuals covered by Cigna’s commercial Open Access Plus PPO and its narrower-network Local Plus plan. Affected facilities include:
CommonSpirit has posted a member web site with more information.
Source: Becker’s Hospital Review
Cigna and Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Memorial Hospital — under Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health, formerly CHI Memorial — have not reached an agreement ahead of their February 1 contracting deadline. If an agreement is not reached, Memorial Hospital will be out-of-network for Cigna members beginning on that date.
Source: Becker’s Payer Issues
East Tennessee Children’s Hospital told WBIR/10News that, after they published a story about the possibility of losing coverage, Cigna sent a “comprehensive proposal.”
No further updates are available yet.
Source: WBIR
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
Cigna and Tenet Healthcare reached an agreement in their contract dispute, spokespersons confirmed on December 31.
“An agreement has been reached with Tenet Healthcare, their physicians and ambulatory surgery centers to continue providing in-network healthcare with no interruption in coverage for our customers,” a Cigna spokesperson told Becker’s. “Together we will continue improving the health and vitality of the people we both serve in the community through access to affordable care.”
A Tenet Healthcare spokesperson confirmed the agreement to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
Sources: Becker’s Payer Issues, South Florida Sun-Sentinel via InsuranceNewsNet
Augusta Health in Fishersville, Virginia, is announcing that contract negotiations with Cigna have been resolved. Augusta Health will remain in-network with Cigna.
Source: Augusta Health
As the countdown to New Year’s Eve shortens, Tenet Healthcare and Cigna remain at odds. The current contract expires on December 31, 2025.
This contract affects hospitals and facilities in eight states: Arizona, California, Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. On their microsite for members, Tenet estimates that millions of patients in these states could be impacted.
While Cigna has not established a microsite for members, they did issue the following statement:
It’s disappointing that Tenet Healthcare is choosing to terminate our contract and spending untold amounts of dollars on expensive advertising to stoke fear among patients as a negotiating tactic. Unfortunately, Tenet is seeking contract terms that would inflate the cost of care unreasonably, making their hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers much more expensive for patients than other facilities.
If the contract expires, continuity of care provisions will apply.
Sources: Becker’s Payer Issues, Tenet Healthcare
It appears that the negotiations between Lexington Health and Cigna have broken down, at least for the moment. The breakdown at this late date suggests that Lexington Health very likely will exit the Cigna network as of January 1, 2026.
Lexington Health is telling all patients to contact Cigna directly for more information. Continuity of care and emergency room access policies will apply.
Both Cigna and Lexington Health said they’re still open to negotiating an agreement, but their respective statements strongly suggest they’re not doing so right now.
Source: WIS