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RESOLVED: UnitedHealthcare vs TriHealth

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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:

  • Employer-sponsored commercial plans
  • Medicare Advantage plans, including Group Retiree and Dual Special Needs Plan (D-SNP)
  • Medicaid plans
  • Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (VACCN)

UnitedHealthcare members should call the number on their health plan ID card if they need assistance or have any questions.

Source: UnitedHealthcare

RESOLVED: Cigna vs Tenet Healthcare

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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

RESOLVED: Regence BlueShield vs Kootenai Health

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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

RESOLVED: BCBS of Kansas vs KU Health System St. Francis

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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

RESOLVED: BCBS of Texas vs Ascension Texas

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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) customers will remain in-network at Ascension Texas hospitals and clinics under a renewed agreement announced today.

The agreement took effect after months of negotiations and protects members’ access to Ascension facilities, including Ascension Seton in the Austin area and Ascension Providence in Waco, at in-network rates.

Source: KVUE

RESOLVED: UnitedHealthcare vs Bronson Healthcare

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On Tuesday, December 23, Bronson Healthcare and UnitedHealthcare announced that a multi-year agreement had been reached. The contract agreement avoids a potential stop in coverage that would have gone into effect for patients on January 1, 2026.

As a result of the agreement, all Bronson hospitals, outpatient locations and physician offices remain in-network for members enrolled in UHC Commercial and Individual health plans. It affects the following hospitals:

  • Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo
  • Bronson Battle Creek Health
  • Bronson Lakeview Hospital in Paw Paw
  • Bronson South Haven Hospital

Members enrolled in UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage plans, including Group Retiree and Dual Special Needs Plans, as well as UnitedHealthcare Community Plans in Michigan (Medicaid) will also continue to remain in-network with Bronson and will have uninterrupted access to the health system’s providers and hospitals.

Source: M Live

RESOLVED: Aetna vs BJC Health

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BJC Health has reached an agreement with Aetna on all key terms for a new, multi-year agreement for commercial, or group, plans and a one-year agreement for its Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. This agreement ensures BJC HealthCare and Saint Luke’s entities, including hospitals and physician and provider practices, remain in-network.

As a result of these negotiations, there will be no lapse in BJC’s network participation or in-network benefits for Aetna members.

Source: BJC Health

RESOLVED: UnitedHealthcare vs Fairview Health

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Fairview Health Services and Eden Prairie-based UnitedHealthcare have reached a multi-year agreement that keeps the Minneapolis health system in the insurer’s network through 2028, avoiding a significant disruption in access to care for about 125,000 people who get insurance through their employers

Here are the impacts on patients who use Fairview providers.

  • UnitedHealthcare plans — commercial and Medicare Advantage — remain in network.
  • Patients can continue seeing Fairview providers in 2026.
  • Appointments already scheduled for 2026 will proceed as planned.
  • No insurance plan changes are needed to stay in network.
  • Emergency care remains available to all patients, regardless of insurance.

Neither side released details on how they settled their differences.

On Tuesday, Fairview posted an online message for patients announcing the contract. UnitedHealthcare thanked patients for their patience in a website posting.

Sources: KARE, KFGO, Minnesota Star-Tribune via MSN

RESOLVED: Cigna vs UNC Healthcare

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On Friday, December 12, UNC Health announced they have reached and inked an agreement with Cigna Healthcare. This will allow its customers across North Carolina to continue receiving in-network care from UNC Health providers, clinics and hospitals.

The new deal covers all Cigna Healthcare commercial plans and will be retroactive to December 1. This means that claims will be reprocessed, and patients who paid UNC Health upfront while out of network will be refunded as appropriate by UNC Health as Cigna Healthcare completes claim processing.

Source: WTVD