MU Health Care discusses finances after announcing new contract with Anthem

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

University of Missouri Health Care made $45 million in its fiscal year 2025, according to the UM Board of Curators Health Affairs Committee meeting on Thursday.

This comes after MU Health and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield reached a deal in July, according to a previous KMIZ report. Contract details haven't been released yet.

MU Health Columbia brought in $45.3 million this year, while the Jefferson City branch lost $300,000, according to a financial document from the 2025 fiscal year.

MU Health leaders said revenues would have been even higher if they had stayed with Anthem.

However, MU Health expects to see higher profits in fiscal year 2026 because it waited to charge patients with Anthem so patients wouldn't have to pay out-of-network costs, which are much higher, according to MU Health Communications Specialist Eric Maze.

"We're anticipating that we'll be able to build that back up, now that we're billing patients and receiving payments from those services," Maze said.

The new contract is retroactive to April 1, when the old deal expired, according to previous reporting.

The ABC 17 team reached out to MU Health for a copy of the new contract, but hasn't received it yet.

According to MU Health, the new deal will bring back 90,000 people to MU Health services.