Blue Cross Blue Shield ordered to pay $108.3M to two Milam County hospitals

Blue Cross Blue Shield has been ordered to pay more than $108.3 million in damages and attorneys’ fees to Little River Healthcare, which operated Milam County hospitals in Rockdale and Cameron until the facilities went bankrupt in 2018. An independent arbitrator found that BCBS had violated its contract with the Milam County hospitals and failed to meet the Texas Prompt Pay Statutes.