'It Could Be Detrimental' | East Tennessee Families Anxious as 27,000 Could Lose Children's Hospital Coverage in March

Deadline looms for Cigna, East TN Children's Hospital to reach new agreement

Cigna Healthcare and East Tennessee Children's Hospital are in negotiations to reach a new agreement to keep the pediatric medical center in-network, with a deadline of March 1, or thousands of Cigna-coverage patients will have to pay higher out-of-network costs at the hospital.

'It could be detrimental' | East Tennessee families anxious as 27,000 could lose Children's Hospital coverage in March

Thousands of families, like the Smiths, face uncertainty as East Tennessee Children's Hospital and Cigna's ongoing contract dispute threatens coverage.