Hopkins, CareFirst reach a deal over insurance coverage

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Hopkins and CareFirst said last month they were at an impasse over rates the insurance company pays for care at Hopkins, a major provider of primary, specialized and outpatient surgical services in the region.

In a brief statement and video, Kevin W. Sowers, president of the Johns Hopkins Health System and executive vice president of Johns Hopkins Medicine, said Hopkins doctors, nurses, other caregivers and ambulatory surgery centers will remain in-network for CareFirst members.Thank you for your patience as we worked with CareFirst to come to this resolution,” Sowers said in the video.

A CareFirst spokeswoman said CareFirst and Hopkins officials would not agree to interviews or answer questions about the “financial and nonfinancial terms of the agreement.”