Hospitals of Providence drop Humana

The Hospitals of Providence no longer have Humana on their network.

An ad appearing in Wednesday’s El Paso Times, paid for by the Hospitals of Providence, stated that Humana had dropped certain physicians and hospitals from the Providence network as of October 1st. The insurance company blames Providence’s parent company Tenet.

A statement from the insurance company reads “Humana has tried for many months to keep Tenet as a preferred medical care provider in the humana network … Humana is still in negotiation with Tenet on a new contract, but so far Tenet has not agreed to terms that are fair and reasonable for our health plan members and customers.”

Hospitals of Providence CEO Sally Hurt-Deitch says there is hope the situation can change and they are in negotiations with Humana.

Thousands of retired school employees in the El Paso region have Humana as their insurance provider.