If the contract dispute between CareSource and Cleveland Clinic is unresolved, affected CareSource policyholders would lose in-network access to Cleveland Clinic Sept. 1. However, patients at Ashtabula County Medical Center would not be affected, as the hospital retains its own payer contracts.
While Ashtabula County Medical Center CEO Michael Habowski told Star Beacon CareSource members can access the hospital’s services and Ashtabula County Medical Center physicians at in-network prices, any CareSource patients referred to Cleveland Clinic-owned facilities may be out-of-network.
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