Our goal is to keep the cost of coverage affordable for our members. Our group customers’ and members’ need for affordability became more urgent during the pandemic and as inflation rose. To deliver the cost savings our customers need, we’ll be negotiating new contracts — or ending contracts — with some providers who are being paid or are requesting higher-than-average rates.

We have not reached an agreement with Envision Physician Services, so their providers are out of network effective Nov. 15, 2022. We know network changes can be frustrating for our members, so we make them only when necessary. Thankfully, however, this issue should have no impact on our members.

We’re focusing these efforts on providers who work at but aren’t employed directly by in-network hospitals. Due to the provisions outlined in the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA), health care patients are now legally protected against balance billing or surprise bills from out-of-network providers. So even if a member gets care from an out-of-network provider practicing at an in-network facility, the member’s portion of the cost won’t change. The law protects our members from getting unexpected bills, even if these providers end up leaving our networks.

Our negotiation concerns only how much BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee pays Envision Physician Services.  

Envision Physician Services providers serve the following health care facilities:

West Tennessee

• Dyersburg Regional Medical Center
• Saint Francis Hospital
• Saint Francis Hospital Bartlett
• Volunteer Community Hospital
• West Tennessee Healthcare Dyersburg Hospital

Middle Tennessee

• American Medical Response
• Associated Endoscopy
• Brentwood Surgery Center
• Centennial Medical Center at Ashland City
• Hendersonville Medical Center
• Horizon Medical Center
• Macon County General Hospital
• NHC Dickson (nursing home)
• NorthCrest Medical Center
• Physicians Pavilion Surgery Center
• Premier Orthopedic Surgery Center
• Southern Endoscopy Center
• Southern Hills Surgery Center
• TriStar Centennial Medical Center
• TriStar Century Farms ER
• TriStar ER Portland
• TriStar ER Spring Hill
• TriStar Mt. Juliet FSED
• TriStar Natchez ER
• TriStar Skyline Medical Center
• TriStar Southern Hills Medical Center
• TriStar Stonecrest Medical Center
• TriStar Summit Medical Center
• Unity Medical Center
• Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital

East Tennessee

• Chattanooga Endoscopy Center
• Parkridge East Hospital
• Parkridge Medical Center
• Parkridge Valley Adult & Senior
• Parkridge Valley Hospital
• TriStar Parkridge North
• TriStar Parkridge West

This change affects Envision Physician Services and the health care facilities where it provides emergency medicine, hospital medicine, radiology, anesthesiology, women’s and children’s services, surgical services, and office-based medicine. For reference on the facilities that this impacts, please see this list.