Cigna and Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica have finalized an agreement to keep the health system's patients in network with the payer, ABC affiliate WTVG reported Dec. 29.
The sides reached a verbal agreement Dec. 21 after ProMedica sent letters to Cigna members Dec. 5 stating that the system would go out of network with the payer if the two sides were unable to reach a new deal by Jan. 1.
A Cigna spokesperson said the agreement "provides a framework to make high-quality healthcare more affordable and accessible, which is increasingly important as our clients and customers manage rising prices due to inflation," according to the report.