Mississippi’s insurance coverage commissioner is trying to introduce state laws that limits when a community contract may be canceled between a payer and supplier following one of the vital contentious contract disputes of 2022 between Blue Cross and Blue Defend of Mississippi and the College of Mississippi Medical Heart, the Mississippi Free Press reported Aug. 16.
“We are going to most likely suggest to the legislature that contracts can’t be canceled besides throughout an open enrollment interval,” Commissioner Mike Chaney instructed the information outlet.
Mr. Chaney mentioned the rationale for the proposal is so sufferers can instantly join new well being protection on the state’s market as a substitute of ready for months with out protection.
The argument between BCBS, the state’s largest insurance coverage firm, and Jackson-based College of Mississippi Medical Heart, the state’s largest hospital and singular supplier of many companies, first started in February when UMMC requested increased reimbursement charges from the payer.
No deal was ever reached and since April 1, tens of hundreds of sufferers throughout the state have been left with little to no entry to lined care.