Hartford HealthCare’s six hospitals, various other facilities and 2,000 care providers will continue to be in network for Cigna’s commercial plan members over the next three years as a result of a new contract agreement.
HHC and Cigna, who announced the deal Wednesday, said they came to terms more than a month ahead of the expiration of the prior contract. The new contract takes effect Nov. 1.
Financial terms were not disclosed. Contracts between insurers and healthcare providers detail prices for a wide array of services and are virtually always kept secret.
The early agreement stands in contrast to HHC’s six-week contract standoff last year with Anthem, which led to calls by lawmakers and others to pass state regulations to reduce patient confusion during a contract dispute.
The legislature this year passed Public Act 115, which requires the parties having a dispute to continue to honor the existing deal’s terms for 60 days and mandates earlier notification when an insurer removes a provider from its network or vice versa.
