SPOKANE — Thousands of people in Spokane County could be searching for new doctors this summer as MultiCare Health and Premera Blue Cross remain locked in contract negotiations.
MultiCare served a contract termination notice to Premera that would go into effect June 1 if the two sides don’t reach an agreement. The healthcare providers have been negotiating since November.
“We still have a way to go. We are communicating directly to our members, but the work is cut out for us over the next several weeks,” said David Condon, Premera’s Eastern Washington vice president…