UAB and United Health Care Reach Last Minute Agreement

UnitedHealthcare and UAB have reached an agreement, the day the UAB Health System was set to stop accepting the insurance. Statements from both United and UAB said that the two companies have agreed to a new two-year partnership which “…enables Alabama residents enrolled in UnitedHealthcare commercial and Medicare Advantage health plans to have continued access to all UAB facilities and physicians,”

The two organizations will work together for the next two weeks to finalize the agreement; over that period, United policy holders can continue to receive care at UAB entities without any interruption.

United was scheduled to stop being accepted at most UAB entities – with the exception of  emergency rooms – beginning July 31st after the two companies failed to reach a contract agreement.  

Around 25,000 policyholders were going to be affected by that situation – and last month, the UAB Health System sent out 40,000 letters to patients who went to a UAB entity in the past two years with United insurance, notifying them they may have to pay “out-of-pocket” costs if no agreement was reached.

In a written statement issued Wednesday, the UAB Health System CEO stated “We are pleased that we were able to reach an agreement with United Healthcare that will allow us to continue in our mission to provide the highest quality health care to their policy holders in Alabama – as the flagship hospital for the state we provide medical services that no other healthcare facility can provide and we are committed to offering our services to everyone in the state of Alabama,”

(AL.COM/www.al.com)

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