If you’re a Blue Cross Blue Shield health insurance customer, Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority rides could be an out-of-network cost starting in January.

KCEAA and BCBS have been negotiating a contract to change the rates that BCBS pays to KCEAA for ambulance rides. Health

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Current rates

Currently, BCBS pays below the rate that the Public Employees Insurance Agency pays, said Tom Susman, the spokesman for KCEAA. PEIA typically pays the lowest rate among insurers. For example, on a Basic Life Support Emergency transport

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