Blue Cross Blue Shield

MD Anderson said it was notified via a letter from BCBSTX earlier this year.

Texas' largest nonprofit health system and its largest health insurer first announced in June that they were at odds over reimbursement rates for health care costs.

The health system and the insurer now have until October to finalize a new contract and keep benefits intact for thousands of policyholders.

Thousands of patients will lose in-network benefits through the hospital system if the two entities cannot reach a contract agreement before the deadline.

A deal between the state's largest insurer and one of the Austin area's largest hospital networks means thousands can keep their plans.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas and Ascension are in a contract dispute that could leave thousands of Central Texans out of network next month.

The state's largest insurer and one of the nation's largest hospital systems have a Jan. 31 deadline to reach agreement on a new contract.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas has agreed to repay consumers after state regulators found the health insurance company was mishandling out-of-network…