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Blue Cross-duPont Hospital renew contract 5:15 p.m., Aug. 22, 2005--Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Delaware and Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington have reached an agreement to continue services for Blue Cross subscribers who use the hospital and its physicians. As a result, University employees and their dependents enrolled in Blue Cross may continue to receive services at the hospital and use its physicians beyond the end of the current contract, which expires Sunday, Aug. 28. The new agreement runs through 2008 with an option to extend it through 2009. Additional information can be found at the state insurance commissioners web site at [www.state.de.us/inscom/departments/news/081905-Press-BCBSD.shtml]. The Wilmington News Journal also reported on details of the agreement on Aug. 20. That story is posted online at [www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050820/NEWS01/508200306/1006]. If you have questions or concerns, please e-mail [ben-serv@udel.edu] or call the Office of Human Resources at (302) 831-2171. To learn how to subscribe to UDaily, click here. |