BCBS of Ga. and Piedmont finally come to terms

After a stressful seven-month battle that included bitter public statements and a couple of lawsuits, plus a month-long contract gap that left patients scrambling for providers, Piedmont Healthcare and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia have finally come to a new three-year agreement. Specific details are confidential. In a joint press release, both parties magnanimously invite those enrollees who changed primary physicians last month to come on back.  More than 130,000 enrollees were affected by the contract dispute, though it's not known how many ditched Blue Cross, how many ditched Piedmont and how many just didn't go to the doctor and hoped for the best. 

To get more detail on the new contract:
- check out the BCBS release here