Health care rates cause rift in Chattanooga

BlueCross balks at CHI Memorial’s request for higher reimbursement

Staff photo by Matt Hamilton / The Guerry Heart and Vascular Center at CHI Memorial Hospital is pictured in 2022. CHI Memorial is in a contract dispute with BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee.
Staff photo by Matt Hamilton / The Guerry Heart and Vascular Center at CHI Memorial Hospital is pictured in 2022. CHI Memorial is in a contract dispute with BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee.

Officials from Tennessee's largest health insurance company are in a contract dispute with CommonSpirit Health, parent company to Chattanooga-based CHI Memorial, claiming the health system is demanding a rate increase that would make Memorial the highest-paid hospital in the state.

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