Hartford Hospital to terminate Anthem Contract

By Kelly Moders

Hartford Healthcare Corp has alerted Anthem that if they are unable to reach contract agreement they will terminate its participating hospital contracts for Hartford Hospital and Windham Community Memorial Hospital. Without a new contract, starting November 1, 2010, these hospitals will no longer be considered in-network for Anthem. This issue will not affect MidState Medical Center.

Anthem claims that if they were to accept the current proposal that members monthly premium would increase. We will keep you posted on the status of negotiations.