As of January 1, Corewell hospitals in the southeast Michigan cities of Dearborn, Taylor, Wayne and Trenton are no longer in-network for UHC employer-sponsored commercial plans and Individual Family Plans. Corewell officials say if the situation isn’t resolved, additional facilities in Michigan will be out-of-network for many plans, potentially affecting about 125,000 patients across the state.
Source: Bridge Michigan
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
Customers on commercial and employer-sponsored plans by Anthem will lose network access to the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula (CHOMP) on February 1, 2026, if an agreement cannot be reached with parent company Montage Health.
The action would not impact Medicare patients. Anthem members would also still have access to Montage providers outside of the hospital. Only CHOMP would be out-of-network.
Source: Monterey County Now
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
UnitedHealthcare and MyMichigan Health have reached agreement to renew their network relationship for employer-sponsored and individual commercial plans. Members enrolled in these plans will have continued, uninterrupted access to the health system’s providers statewide and the following hospitals:
Unfortunately, UnitedHealthcare and MyMichigan have made the decision to end their network relationship for Medicare Advantage and Medicaid plans. Contract negotiations for those types of plans have concluded without a renewal.
Medicare Supplement plans are not affected and MyMichigan Health remains in-network for those members.
Source: UnitedHealthcare
SSM Health and United Healthcare agreed to extend their current contract for 30 days, or through January 31, 2026.
Negotiations have threatened in-network medical coverage for more than 140,000 people in the bi-state region.
United Healthcare says without a new contract, SSM’s hospitals, facilities, and physicians in Missouri and Illinois would be ineligible for United’s Medicaid and employer-sponsored plans.
Both sides are expected to continue talks in January. For now, United Healthcare patients can continue seeing SSM Health providers at in-network rates.
Sources: Columbia Missourian, Fox 2 News
UnitedHealthcare is announcing a new multi-year contract that provides people enrolled in the following UnitedHealthcare plans continued, uninterrupted network access to TriHealth’s hospitals, facilities and its physicians:
UnitedHealthcare members should call the number on their health plan ID card if they need assistance or have any questions.
Source: UnitedHealthcare
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
Kootenai Health and Regence BlueShield of Idaho have announced that they have reached a new two-year contract agreement, ensuring that Regence members will continue to have in-network access to Kootenai Health’s comprehensive health care services.
The new contract takes effect January 1, 2026, ensuring no gap in coverage for Regence members. Patients do not need to take any action—appointments, referrals, and ongoing treatments will continue as scheduled.
Source: Kootenai Health
Patients with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas health insurance will be covered in network when they receive care from the St. Francis campus in Topeka after the two organizations reached agreement last week.
Patients with BCBS of Kansas plans won’t experience care disruptions and do not need to take any action.
Source: Kansas Reflector