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BCBS members lose in-network access to CHI hospitals By Donna McCollum and Christian Terry | December 17, 2020 at 5:30 PM CST - Updated December 17 at 8:20 PM LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - Approximately 65,000 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas members have lost in-network access to CHI Texas Division locations, including the CHI hospital in Lufkin. Contract negotiations between the two parties broke down at last night’s deadline. CHI St. Luke’s CEO, Doug Lawson, said today the two parties definitely need one another. ”Without a doubt. Without a doubt, but we can longer be in the position where we are significantly underpaid for the services that we are providing to the community. We cannot invest in the facilities that the communities need. We cannot invest in replacement technology and competing and paying staff a competitive salary has become increasingly difficult with the rates we have been receiving,” he said. ....