Blue Cross, Children's Hospital don't reach contract agreement by deadline

The state's largest children's hospital and the state's largest insurer couldn't come to terms on a new contract by Wednesday's deadline, and that could cause cost increases. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and Children's Hospital and Clinics of Minnesota fired broadsides at each other as the deadline passed, reports MPR News. Children's said Blue Cross's demands would result in a Medicaid cut, while Blue Cross said Children's is demanding larger reimbursements than other hospitals. The…
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