Florida Blue

Details of the insurance agreement is starting to come into focus for Northeast Florida patients. Meantime, an impasse remains in negotiations between United Healthcare and UF Health.

Florida Blue and NCH were able to come to a multiyear hospital-insurer agreement that will keep the Naples-based health system's doctors, hospitals and practices in-network for about 40,000 patients.

Naples-based NCH may be considered out of network at the end of September if the two parties can’t come to an agreement.

As many as 50,000 Florida Blue members in northeast Florida would have to pay out-of-network costs for most but not all services at Baptist Health and Wolfson Children’s Hospital.

The hospital-insurer agreement expires Sept. 30, meaning Florida Blue clients would need to pay for their care at NCH hospitals and physician groups. Florida Blue is alerting customers of the impasse.

The three-year hospital-insurer agreement between Baptist Health and Florida Blue will expire Sept. 30. Accusations are flying from both sides, but both sides say they want to end the impasse before then.

Most marketplace health insurance plans cost $10 a month, yet a majority of survey respondents said they believe it was $50 to $500 per month.

The funds will expand the capabilities of the hospital's employee assistance program, which also provides contract services to 19 other major employers in North Florida.

Florida Blue and Guidewell CEO and president Pat Geraghty joins Intersection to talk about the impact of the pandemic on the health insurance industry, how people are getting insurance and vaccine mandates.

GuideWell expects to close on the deal in the first half of 2022 by acquiring all outstanding shares of Triple-S Management common stock for $36 per share in cash.