Salem Health, Regence continue negotiations after patients lose in-network coverage

Salem Health and Regence have returned to the negotiation table two weeks after their stalemate caused thousands in Salem to lose access to in-network health care at Salem’s only hospital.

The split means that some Regence members have spent the first weeks of the year switching insurance, struggling to find alternative providers and even considering moving away from Salem over transportation concerns.

Throughout over a year of negotiations, the two parties butted heads over how…