Mount Sinai and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield are in a contract dispute. What does this mean for patients?

WNYC News | Mar 2

Patients who have Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield and usually see doctors at Mount Sinai have been in a bind since the start of the year due to a contract dispute.  

Mount Sinai doctors went out of network for Anthem members in January, which means patients have to pay more OR look elsewhere for care. Hospitals are set to go out of network in March if the parties can’t reach a deal.

Elisabeth Benjamin, the vice president of health initiatives at the Community Service Society, joins WNYC's Sean Carlson to help us better understand the fallout from all of this.

 

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