Health insurer fined $605K by state for violating network adequacy law
It’s unclear whether a $605,000 fine that the parent company of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois recently paid to the state for violating a “network adequacy” law will result in Springfield Clinic returning to the insurer’s preferred-provider network. Between 55,000 and 100,000 central Illinois patients covered by Blue Cross plans lost in-network access to the clinic’s medical providers and other clinic services in November 2021 as part of a contract dispute between the Blue Cross – the largest health insurance company in the state – and the clinic…