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Insurance provider Anthem Blue Cross dropped Dignity Health hospitals and medical groups after the groups failed to reach an agreement in their contract negotiations, leaving thousands of people racing to find services.
The contract between the insurance entity and medical care provider expired July 15, so members of certain Anthem health insurance plans are no longer covered at Dignity Health medical facilities.
Anthem Blue Cross did not return requests for comment by air time but the insurance provider told the San Luis Obispo Tribune that members who hold Commercial PPO, EPO, HMO and POS benefit plans as well as some Medicaid and Medicare Advantage plans are all impacted.
and last updated 2021-05-28 00:17:20-04
Emergency workers in San Luis Obispo County were given an extra dose of appreciation Thursday.
Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center in San Luis Obispo and Twin Cities Community Hospital in Templeton, both part of Tenet Health Central Coast, hosted EMS Appreciation drive-thru barbecues.
âYou are true lifesavers, often putting you own life on the line to save others. Thank you, you are a vital part of our local community,â the flyer for the two-hour event stated.
The meal included a tri-tip or chicken sandwich, salad, dessert and a drink. Every once in a while, a firefighter will ride in on an ambulance and end up here and the staff here greets us with open arms because we help them make their job better in taking care of these patients and getting them better, said Morro Bay firefighter Grant Frempter, who enjoyed a meal at the Sierra Vista site.
Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle, Columbus, Mississippi
Beverly Hospital, Beverly, Massachusetts
Elmhurst Memorial Hospital, Elmhurst, Illinois
French Hospital Medical Center, San Luis Obispo, California
Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital, Commerce Township, Michigan
Inova Loudoun Hospital, Leesburg, Virginia
Kaiser Permanente Orange County-Anaheim Medical Center, Anaheim, California
Mayo Clinic Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona
Memorial Hospital Miramar, Miramar, Florida
Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital, Winfield, Illinois
OhioHealth Dublin Methodist Hospital, Dublin, Ohio and OhioHealth Grady Memorial Hospital, Delaware, Ohio
OSF St. Mary Medical Center, Galesburg, Illinois
Rex Hospital, Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina
Rose Medical Center, Denver, Colorado
Saint Anne s Hospital, Fall River, Massachusetts
New treatment that fights COVID-19 has doctors encouraged
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. - There s a new treatment for COVID-19 that s showing great promise in keeping people out of the hospital. Monoclonal antibodies were granted emergency use authorization by the FDA in November, and local health providers have been using them for high-risk patients before severe symptoms develop. It s really the only medicine where we have evidence to use before someone gets sick enough to require oxygen, Cottage Hospital Infectious Disease Dr. David Fisk said.
Fisk calls monoclonal antibodies an important tool in the fight against COVID-19. They can help the immune system respond more effectively to the virus.