Grady Health System No Longer Accepting Blue Cross Blue Shield

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A long-simmering dispute between an Atlanta chain of hospitals and a national insurer has finally boiled over, with the hospital declaring it will no longer accept the insurance at its facilities.

Grady Health System and Blue Cross Blue Shield have been unable to come up with an adequate resolution to their dispute over reimbursement payments, WSB-TV reports. The station says that Grady wants higher reimbursement payments from Blue Cross, but Blue Cross says Grady wants too much.

As a result, the Grady Health System, which includes Grady Memorial Hospital, will no longer accept Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance plans, WSB-TV says. Patients with Blue Cross Blue Shield will have to pay out of pocket for medical care or face large medical bills.

Grady told WSB-TV that no patients with Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance will be turned away, however.