1. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia’s contract with Hospital Corporation of America was set to expire Oct. 1, meaning HCA’s facilities, physician groups and ancillary facilities would be considered out-of-network.
2. HCA announced it was no longer included in BCBC’s Georgia network until negotiations ended, WSAV.com reported Oct. 3.
3. Snellville, Ga.-based Eastside General Surgery and more than a dozen other Georgia physician groups are now back in the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia plan, effective Oct. 1. Patients won’t be required to pay out-of-network costs for covered services received from HCA on or after Oct. 1.
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