Pediatric patients could face fallout from failed contract negotiations
Contract negotiations between Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare and BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee have failed leaving parents concerned about access to the specialized care the hospital provides. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital has the region’s primary level 1 pediatric trauma center, the only comprehensive pediatric cerebral palsy clinic within 200 miles and one of the largest pediatric surgical brain tumor programs.
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BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare Le Bonheur Children’s HospitalAisling Mäki
Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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