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Opinion: Cutting CHI St Luke s may raise Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance costs

Opinion: Cutting CHI St. Luke s may raise Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance costs Vivian Ho FacebookTwitterEmail CHI St. Luke s Hospital at The VintageCourtesy of CHI St. Luke s A local hospital is once again feuding with a health insurance company over a pricing dispute. The details are complex but the stakes are clear. Thousands of patients who expect to be able to use their insurance to cover medical treatment at Houston’s major hospitals could lose a major option. CommonSpirit Health, the parent organization of CHI St. Luke’s, is set to terminate its contract with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas on Dec. 16 in a pricing dispute. A Blue Cross representative stated that CHI St. Luke’s is asking for “egregious” price increases. CHI St. Luke’s indicated that it is asking for “… rates that enable us to preserve access and care to critical health services for the patients we serve …”

Houston-area hospital workers receive Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

First Houston hospital workers receive COVID-19 vaccine Robert Luckey, who works as a nurse in Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center’s COVID Intensive Care Unit, was the first to receive the vaccine. Author: KHOU 11 Staff, Stephanie Whitfield, Chris Costa (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 11:52 AM CST December 15, 2020 Updated: 10:20 PM CST December 15, 2020 HOUSTON Memorial Hermann Health System received its first shipment of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and immediately began administering the vaccine to its frontline healthcare workers. Robert Luckey, an RN, who works as a nurse in Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center’s COVID Intensive Care Unit, was the first to receive the vaccine.

First coronavirus vaccines expected to arrive in Houston early Sunday

First coronavirus vaccines expected to arrive in Houston early Sunday FDA approves Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine The Food and Drug Administration has approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for U.S. residents. Dr. Danish Ali with Archpoint Pain Institute explains what s next. HOUSTON - Pfizer s coronavirus vaccine could arrive in Houston early Sunday morning, according to Memorial Hermann Health System. The first frontline healthcare workers could receive the vaccine the same day.  It provides a source of relief for our healthcare workers, said Dr. David Callender, its President and CEO, on Friday. In this photo illustration, a man holds a syringe with a fake Covid-19 vaccine with the Pfizer logo in the background. (Photo Illustration by Robin Utrecht/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

COVID-19 vaccine could arrive as soon as Monday, says Memorial Hermann CEO

COVID-19 vaccine could arrive as soon as Monday, says Memorial Hermann CEO
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But what about us? Some workers on the frontlines of COVID-19 left out of the first round of vaccines

Skip to main content Frontline workers at some Houston hospitals in poor areas left out of the first round of vaccines FacebookTwitterEmail 14 1of14Tanna Ingraham, right, is hugged by medical student Pauleth Tenorio, left, inside her room at United Memorial Medical Center, on Friday, Dec. 11, 2020, in Houston. Ingraham, who is a registered nurse and works at UMMC s COVID Unit, has contracted the virus for the second time in six months. As thousands of health care workers at Houston s largest hospitals will be first in line to receive the new COVID-19 vaccine in the coming days, those at smaller institutions, including UMMC will get none.Godofredo A. Vásquez/Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less

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