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« Reed: Deduction change benefits food stamp users | Today | Snow should move in for New Year's Eve » December 29, 2005ER doctors at 3 hospitals will stay in Blue Cross networkPROVIDENCE - The doctors who work in the emergency rooms at Miriam Hospital, Rhode Island Hospital and Hasbro Children's Hospital have reached an agreement with Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island and will stay in the Blue Cross network. The 11th-hour agreement means that Blue Cross will cover doctors' services along with other emergency room care at every emergency department in the state. The 50 doctors, previously unhappy with the payments Blue Cross had offered, had planned to drop out of the network on Jan.1, 2006. But the new agreement keeps them in the fold. - Journal medical writer Felice J. Freyer If the doctors had dropped out, patients would have faced additional costs and paperwork, but still would have been able to get emergency care at Miriam and Rhode Island Hospitals. Still, it was a confusing and worrisome situation for patients, and hospital officials feared many would choose other emergency rooms. "It's great news. It's a good way to begin the new year," said John Gillespie, senior vice president of Lifespan, which owns Miriam and Rhode Island. (Hasbro is the children's unit of Rhode Island Hospital.) - Journal medical writer Felice J. Freyer Posted by Jack Perry CommentsGreat News! Posted by: Tom at December 29, 2005 05:52 PM |
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