There’s a big difference between what high cost and low cost hospitals are paid in Massachusetts even though the quality of care, according to several reports, is often the same. An ultrasound might cost $2500 at one hospital, for example, and $1000 at... »
Tufts Medical Center and its physicians have reached a new three-year agreement with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, the two sides said this morning. The deal, in which Blue Cross agreed to give Tufts and the doctors a 3 percent annual increas... »
Tufts Medical Center and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts agreed tonight to continue contract talks with the help of an unnamed third-party. In a joint statement, the hospital and insurer said they “are committed to reaching agreement on a new c... »
Today’s announcement that Tufts Medical Center and its physicians at the New England Quality Care Alliance (NEQCA), and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts hit a contracting impasse (see coverage from WBUR, and this personal story, and the Globe st... »
CommonHealth reports that contract renewal talks between Tufts Medical Center and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts have broken down. This "could leave at least 88,000 patients in search of a new primary care doctor, reports WBUR’s Martha Bebing... »
Negotiations have broken down over rate increases for Tufts. Blue Cross says those increases would amount to double-digits for the medical center. »
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By: Kathryn Olson Tufts Medical Center and health insurance provider Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts are back at the negotiating table after a tense month of contract negotiations. If negotiations fail, Blue Cross customers would have to find n... »
