Two years after Steward Health Care’s collapse upended hospital care across Massachusetts, the bankruptcy battle is far from over — and the state’s largest health insurer is being dragged further into the fight.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA) is disputing a broad discovery request from the trustee overseeing Steward’s bankruptcy estate, challenging it as “premature” and an attempt to sidestep mandatory arbitration — a private dispute resolution process required under its contracts with Steward.
The move puts BCBSMA squarely in the middle of a wide-ranging effort to recover money the trustee says insurers owe to Steward’s former hospitals…