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Philadelphia-area families with medically complex children were caught in the middle of a critical contract negotiation between CHOP and the region's largest Medicaid plan.

The current contract expires June 30. The deal ends months of negotiations that left CHOP families in the lurch.

Also, using the case-mix index to determine the complexity of patient illness, and an avian flu vaccine in development at Penn.

The new deal arrives ahead of a June 30 final deadline when patients would have lost coverage for CHOP services under AmeriHealth Caritas plans.

CHOP is currently in negotiations with two insurance providers whose current contract is up in a matter of weeks, but families whose children are receiving life-saving care are hanging in the balance over what will happen next.

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