JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Ten Mississippi hospitals are alleging that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi shortchanged them by more than $13 million by improperly reduced inpatient payments for a range of medical services.

The suit, filed Tuesday in Hinds County Chancery Court, contends Blue Cross Blue Shield reduced its inpatient payments to the hospitals, each owned by Health Management Associates, by rewording certain sections of its policy manual to reflect those changes instead of negotiating any payment adjustments with the hospitals.

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