Florida Blue and Cleveland Clinic strike deal to keep Broward hospital in network

Cleveland Clinic Florida has reached an agreement with Florida Blue to remain in-network with the provider.

This means patients with Florida Blue and its various plans can continue to receive care at the Cleveland Clinic in Weston without incurring out-of-network costs. The eleventh-hour agreement reached on Friday comes on the last business day before the existing agreement was set to expire on March 1. This new multi-year contract applies to Florida Blue employer-sponsored plans, Medicare Advantage plans and Health Insurance Marketplace (ACA, or Obamacare) plans.

The hospital leaders had been working fervently to sign a new contract with Florida Blue to avoid interruption in coverage for its patients. In November, Cleveland Clinic had informed patients of the possibility of losing in-network status at the Weston hospital on March 1. On its website, the hospital had announced: “We remain committed to delivering the highest-quality care at an affordable cost — and we hope that Florida Blue joins us in that commitment.”

Read the full story at the South Florida Sun Sentinel.