On October 2, 2007, a judge denied our request to prevent Condell Medical Center from prematurely terminating its contract before December 31, 2007. As a result, there are no contracts in place with Condell, effective October 2, 2007. At this time, Condell is a non-plan hospital. In addition, some physicians may be leaving the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois PPO network as a result of Condell no longer being a contracted provider.

We are disappointed in this ruling and regret the inconvenience this will cause your employees that use Condell Medical Center facilities and physicians. We also recognize that our customers have been relying on our expectation that Condell would remain in network through December 31, 2007.  Thus, we have developed a strategy to minimize the impact on members and our employer group clients by designing an orderly transition period. Below are links to letters, outlining the transition, that are being sent to impacted members this week. 

If you have any questions, please contact your Producer or Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois Account Executive.