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Michelle Crouch

Oct 14, 2026

0:28
Would you like to go into that, or do you want me to briefly explain what decision that came down to?
0:33
Well, yeah, basically the judge yesterday sided with Atrium in, in this dispute between the state health plan, um, and, and Atrium.
0:44
And so there are still some claims that, um, the state health plan has pending, so I'm expecting more court action to happen, but for right now, um, Atrium's program that we wrote about remains in place.
2:13
Michelle, how did we get here? What changed about the state plan for 2027, and why, you know, was Atrium left out of the group of preferred p- providers? It seems like they would have wanted to be in those.
2:25
Yes, yeah, great questions.
2:27
So, well, the health plan covers about 750,000 teachers, state employees, retirees and their families.
2:34
Um, and it's facing this huge financial crisis, something like a $1.5 billion deficit.
2:42
And so to close that gap, the treasurer's office came up with this plan this year, and they basically said to all the hospitals, "If you give us better prices, we can send you more patients.

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