Johns Hopkins Medicine may terminate its contract with CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield over a dispute about the insurer not paying high enough reimbursement payments, in a move that could jeopardize health care access for thousands of people in the region.
In an email sent by Hopkins Thursday, the medical system warned patients that without a new contract in place by Dec. 5, Hopkins' health providers, such as doctors and the ambulatory surgery centers run by the corporation, would no longer be in…
