Florida Blue has notified about 31,000 clients they may lose in-network access to Memorial Healthcare System hospitals and doctors on Sept. 1 if the insurer and Broward County network fail to reach a new contract.
As of Wednesday, Memorial is no longer scheduling appointments beyond Aug. 31 for Florida Blue customers unless an agreement is reached. Appointments before then are not affected.
“Discussions are ongoing and productive, and we’re hopeful of reaching a resolution,” Florida Blue said in an online statement. “We’re providing advance notice of the possibility that an agreement may not be reached.”…