Regence is taking a reimbursement dispute public, saying its members could be deemed out-of-network starting early next year
Insurer Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon is going public with complaints that Providence Health & Services is seeking double-digit price hikes that would be felt by patients around Oregon.
And if the two don’t come to an agreement, Providence, Oregon’s largest hospital system, could stop honoring Regence insurance on Jan. 15 for people covered by plans through their employers and on Feb. 15 for people who use the insurer’s Medicare Advantage plans.
That means people on Regence insurance seeing Providence providers could lose access to their normal providers or find themselves subject to hefty charges for seeing providers who are considered out-of-network by Regence.